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i& #39;m sharing the set questions i often use to interview people for devops/automation/sysadmin jobs.
i don& #39;t ask trivia. i don& #39;t give homework.
anything i need to know about someone, i can find out by asking these questions and followup questions based on their answers.
i don& #39;t ask trivia. i don& #39;t give homework.
anything i need to know about someone, i can find out by asking these questions and followup questions based on their answers.
i& #39;m sharing this knowing that a lot of tech bros might show up and tell me that this is bad. i don& #39;t care about their opinions. if they can& #39;t get the measure of someone& #39;s experience from these questions, they shouldn& #39;t be interviewing people.
there aren& #39;t any wrong answers to any of these questions. i tell people that at the very start. by the time we& #39;re halfway through, they are relaxed and comfortable and we& #39;re having a good talk. interviews don& #39;t have to be a performance.
<laughs in REJECTING WHITEBOARD CODE INTERVIEW REQUIREMENTS>
it& #39;s funny because i& #39;ve seen dudes say that whiteboard interviews are necessary because people might fake being technical.
they almost always have the same question for every whiteboard code interview.
you can& #39;t fake answers to my questions. you can memorize code.
they almost always have the same question for every whiteboard code interview.
you can& #39;t fake answers to my questions. you can memorize code.
you can google the answers to tech interview homework. you could have a friend do it for you. but google isn& #39;t going to tell you the *why* of your answers. only experience does.
things i no longer ask about because they are not inclusive:
- have you contributed to open source
- what tech projects do you work on in your spare time
external contributions require resources. time is a luxury not available to everyone.
- have you contributed to open source
- what tech projects do you work on in your spare time
external contributions require resources. time is a luxury not available to everyone.
i also never ask people about negative things, like their biggest technical mistake. lmao like i& #39;m going to tell you about the dumb shit i did when i was 18, sure. i keep interviews focused on the positive. it allows people to stay comfortable and open about their abilities.
thank u for attending my ted talk, time to prep for my next interview. ;)
