Creating an Effective Developer Interview Process

Gayle Laakmann McDowell

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Creating an Effective Developer Interview Process

1 Class Introduction 10:12 2 Core Hiring Philosophy 06:15 3 Components of an Interview 23:31 4 Homework And Coding Assessments 21:06 5 Pooled Hiring And Bar Raisers 12:53 6 Decision Making 12:36 7 Behavioral Questions Overview 09:12

8 Situational Questions 09:29 9 Self-Description Questions & Recommendations 14:52 10 Culture Fit Discussion with Airbnb 34:00 11 Knowledge Questions 16:11 12 Algorithm Questions 28:28 13 Coding Questions 21:07 14 Pair Programming with Ben Adida 36:48 15 Design Questions 14:37 16 Go Forth and Hire! 12:00

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In this workshop led by Gayle Laakmann McDowell, former Google software engineer, interviewer and the author of the bestselling book Cracking the Coding Interview, you'll be hands-on, covering all the specifics you'll need to know about coding interviews. It will start with an overview of the hiring process and dive into more detail about types of interview questions (behavioral, knowledge, algorithms/coding, and design). You will learn how to create a hiring process that is efficient, sets a high and consistent bar, and attracts strong candidates.

Although sections of the workshop will be highly technical, non-technical people are encouraged to attend. You will learn:

Differences between assessing senior candidates and junior candidates
The goals and limitations of technology-specific questions
Selecting and asking appropriate algorithm questions
Mechanisms to evaluate coding skills, including whiteboards, laptops and code assessment tools

This class is your comprehensive guide to hiring the right developer for your company.

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Gayle Laakmann McDowell

Gayle Laakmann McDowell is the founder/CEO of CareerCup.com and the author of Cracking the *interview books (Cracking the Coding Interview, Cracking the PM Interview, and Cracking the Tech Career). Her background is in software development, with a BSE/MSE in Computer Science from the University of Pennsylvania and prior experience as a software engineer at Google, Microsoft, and Apple. In addition to running the CareerCup website/forum and writing books, she consults with startups to help them through acquisition interviews and with other tech companies on their engineering hiring process.

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Reviews

Megan

What an awesome opportunity to learn from one of the best on the topic! This course has value for anyone who's looking to hire or work with technical talent! I've attended tons of talent conferences and this course succinctly and tactically address how to effectively interview engineers. Highly recommended.

Kevin Scott

Terrific class with unique eye opening content. This class applies for any Dev. hiring team, whether startups or large, established companies. I recommend this training tool to anyone wanting to help others improve their own interviewing skill set and build dynamic hiring processes / plans.

Ellen

This class was exactly as billed - I received in depth knowledge of how to create great developer interviews. Gayle was very organized and presented her info in a dynamic, inter-active environment. It was really great to be part of the studio audience.