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Episode 07: Intro to Behavioural Interviews

Jackson Gabbard

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Jackson Gabbard explains the goals, components, and best practices of behavioral interviews for software engineering roles.

In this video, we break down the goals, components, and best practices of Behavioural Interviews. While they are, for the most part, non-technical, you might find yourself faced with questions you don't feel ready to answer in an interview like this. This episode will help you understand what it's all about and how you can be genuine without shooting yourself in the foot.

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u/wigglywiggsin r/ExperiencedDevs • Recommends

On “If you had 6 months to prepare for interviews, how would you spend it?”

Good distribution of problems. Try https://neetcode.io/ and https://www.hellointerview.com/ if you haven't already. Don't forget your behavioral questions either. I like Dan Croitor on youtube and I've heard this guy is good too. re: DSA fundamentals, they will definitely take you far. Don't worry too much about hard problems unless you're shooting for places like Jane Street. > I might have to fudge my resume a bit though... Honestly? If you're willing to put in the work to learn on the job, fudge away. It's their job to vet candidates. Your resume needs to be very good if you want to get callbacks. Try https://cscareerhub.com/ and I think there's a subreddit for CS resume reviews bu…
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u/Mett25in r/swift • Recommends

On “Technical phone interview for iOS Engineer internship at small startup. What to expect?”

Since you'll be talking with the CEO, he might also ask behavioral questions anywhere from "where do you see yourself in 5 years" to what is your biggest weakness, etc. So take a quick look at this as well. [video P.S. Always prepare some questions to ask for the end of the interview about company/team/funding etc.
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