About Technical Interviews and Mentoring

EP. 4

In this episode, we had a chat with Moshe Feuchtwager and Crysfel Villa, the Front-End and Back-End leads of CodingCoach.

1:02 - Introduction Moshe (CodingCoach’s Front-End Lead)

1:45 - Introduction Crysfel (CodingCoach’s Back-End Lead)

2:53 - About CodingCoach and how Moshe and Crysfel discovered it.

6:06 - What is the main target of CodingCoach?

7:34 - Why do you think it’s important for a developer to become a mentor? How does it benefit you or your career?

10:30 - How does a mentoring look like? Is there a certain pattern? How could you define mentoring?

13:45 - Is there a certain time when you’re ready to become a mentor? Can anyone be a mentor? What if you don’t feel prepared to be a mentor?

18:45 - Should everybody become a mentor at some point in their life? Do you believe mentoring is something that companies should be taking seriously or people should do on their own?

20:40 - Have you ever had any experience mentoring specifically around Technical interviews?

24:08 - Is there a specific type of question that you like asking candidates?

25:30 - Are there any red flags that you look for, in the response of the interviewee?

28:28 - Where do you think most people fail when it comes to Technical Interviews? How can they fix it?

33:20 - In light of everything that’s going on in the world right now, most of the companies started to interview remotely. Do you see any differences? Anything people should be mindful of?

37:50 - What resources would you recommend to those who want to start practicing for technical interviews?

39:42 - We have lots of companies who interview using complex algorithms but at the end of the day, we get into the organization building systems without using the knowledge of the complex algorithms... What's your take on this?

43:30 - What is CodingCoach, and how can you benefit from this community?

46:13 - About CodingCoach’s OpenSource projects, and why you should involve in it.

49:25 - What are the benefits of being a member of the CodingCoach Community?

50:30 - What is the best way to get in touch with CodingCoach?

Resources mentioned in this episode:

1. CodingCoach

2. Transcript of the session - Special thanks for Moshe, Crysfel, Zack, and Brent for writing these slides and answering our community's questions!

3. Moshe's LinkedIn

4. Crysfel's LinkedIn

5. Global Skills Hub

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