Every job that I have worked at has been from me applying and interviewing on my own without a friend or coworkers help.
That said, you have to constantly be interviewing for new jobs regardless if you’re at a job and happy. I never said no to an interview. Indian head hunters? Yes. 3 month contracts? Yes. Lower level or jr positions? Yes. You need those interview skills. Only way to get them is to interview as much as possible.
But it doesn’t end there. You have to document and write notes on the interview. The point of this is to be able to learn from your mistakes. I always ask for interview feedbacks from people that interviewed me and ask them for constructive feedback. I ask if I can add them on LinkedIn because I truly enjoyed my call with them. Whatever feedback they say will help you improve your next interview.
Currently as a hiring manager in this AI world, I care a whole lot less about your skills and a lot more about your personality. Don’t use AI to help you answer questions. I can tell you’re reading from a monitor. I can tell the difference between a ChatGPT backed system and a Gemini backed system. Just be yourself. If you don’t know the answer, tell me how you plan to get the answers. How are you planning on checking your code if I’m not in the office? How do you ask for help if you can’t meet a deadline?
Every job that I have worked at has been from me applying and interviewing on my own without a friend or coworkers help.
That said, you have to constantly be interviewing for new jobs regardless if you’re at a job and happy. I never said no to an interview. Indian head hunters? Yes. 3 month contracts? Yes. Lower level or jr positions? Yes. You need those interview skills. Only way to get them is to interview as much as possible.
But it doesn’t end there. You have to document and write notes on the interview. The point of this is to be able to learn from your mistakes. I always ask for interview feedbacks from people that interviewed me and ask them for constructive feedback. I ask if I can add them on LinkedIn because I truly enjoyed my call with them. Whatever feedback they say will help you improve your next interview.
Currently as a hiring manager in this AI world, I care a whole lot less about your skills and a lot more about your personality. Don’t use AI to help you answer questions. I can tell you’re reading from a monitor. I can tell the difference between a ChatGPT backed system and a Gemini backed system. Just be yourself. If you don’t know the answer, tell me how you plan to get the answers. How are you planning on checking your code if I’m not in the office? How do you ask for help if you can’t meet a deadline?
Not sure where I was going with this. Haha.
Have a nice day!