Interviewing and Job Hunting for Engineers

These episodes cover the whole job hunt: writing a resume that survives a skim, dealing with recruiters, getting through technical and take-home interviews, spotting red flags during the process, and evaluating an offer once you have one.

53 episodes of Soft Skills Engineering, the weekly advice podcast where Dave Smith and Jamison Dance answer software engineers' questions. Every episode is free, and each page below has the listener's question in full.

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Every episode about interviewing and job hunting

  1. Episode 496: Passing non-technical interviews and my internship with only other interns
  2. Episode 494: Am I interviewing all wrong and leaving old team chats
  3. Episode 485: I'm terrible at hiring decisions and my coworker spams us with AI-generated memes
  4. Episode 482: I got a promotion, but a tiny raise and an imposter interviewed for my team
  5. Episode 464: Rehiring an overpaid boomerang and AI has taken over my teammate's brain
  6. Episode 463: CTO w/ weak resume and I tried management and it was TERRIBLE
  7. Episode 450: I'm terrible at behavioral interviews and time zonessssssss
  8. Episode 444: Surrounded by apathetic coworkers and put it on my resume?
  9. Episode 413: Is my interview candidate cheating and my product owner is getting WRECKED by the client
  10. Episode 404: Interview comedy and talking pay while new
  11. Episode 369: Staying at a sinking ship and behavioral interview questions
  12. Episode 350: Bombing a technical interview and background vetting
  13. Episode 344: Showing impact without hiring and over over over engineering
  14. Episode 341: Offer rescinded and layoff stuff
  15. Episode 333: Unsure about management and I shall decline the offer
  16. Episode 323: Shopping offers and returning equipment
  17. Episode 308: FAANG to startup and Google interview prep
  18. Episode 290: Past offers and from QA to PM
  19. Episode 275: Take-home tests and doing my own recruiting
  20. Episode 236: Making mistakes and Lowball offer
  21. Episode 234: Job hopping and untenable counter-offers
  22. Episode 226: Declining job offers and being the outside hire
  23. Episode 213: Interviewing your future boss and screwed by private equity
  24. Episode 197: Rambling co-worker and awkward resume leak
  25. Episode 187: Interview insanity and making up for lost time
  26. Episode 177: Work life vertigo and work life interviews
  27. Episode 159: Rejecting candidates and corporate image obsession
  28. Episode 158: I accepted a counter-offer and stayed and dealing with engineers who exaggerate their contributions
  29. Episode 154: Why am I terrible at picking candidates and how soon can I quit my job?
  30. Episode 147: How to grow in a flat organization and how to get references when job hunting in stealth mode?
  31. Episode 145: What to do with a bad manager who is loved by upper management and should I include detecting major security vulnerabilities on my resume?
  32. Episode 144: Job hunting while employed and how to start my first technical lead role
  33. Episode 128: Finish The Degree In Poverty? and Hiring Insecurity
  34. Episode 115: Sharing Your Salary When You Leave and Hiring Decisions Overruled
  35. Episode 112: Disinterested Interviewing and Layoff Fallout
  36. Episode 110: Team Spirit and Half-hearted Recruiting
  37. Episode 107: Silence After Interviews and Newsletter Politics
  38. Episode 105: Interviewing for Management and Annoying Noises
  39. Episode 104: Interviews With VPs and Hiring a Tester
  40. Episode 99: Developer Health and Whiteboard Interviews
  41. Episode 95: Paying For Help and Scared of Recruiters
  42. Episode 90: Upper Management Dislikes Me and Undeserved Job Offers
  43. Episode 88: How To Dress For Interviews and Learning To Interview
  44. Episode 83: Gaps In The Resume and Moving To Business
  45. Episode 58: Dropping Out and Interview Prep (Rerun)
  46. Episode 49: Candidate Plagiarism and a Tightwad Employer
  47. Episode 43: Internship Costs and CS Interview Questions
  48. Episode 38: Going Over Heads and Firing Just After Hiring
  49. Episode 31: Going In To Management and Knowing If A Job Is Worth Applying To
  50. Episode 27: Writing Great Resumes and Pushing Back on Non-Engineering Tasks
  51. Episode 18: Dropping out of college and preparing for interviews
  52. Episode 16: Dealing with recruiters and learning new things without frustration
  53. Episode 11: Negotiating offers and dealing with an oblivious boss

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