Interview Prep for the Culture
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Starts a sustained recruitment program with FAMU using whiteboarding workshops, resume reviews and mock interviews, asks for 10% of time from employers to run prep trips, advisory board work and on‑campus events. Leverages Microsoft and later Mozilla resources (including open source contribution pathways) to create resumes and experience for students. Four early hires become interns then full time and remain after five years. Uses virtual e‑mentoring after 2020 pause. Notes that 25% of Black STEM grads come from HBCUs and that building long term relationships, not one‑offs, produces results.
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chapters (15)
- 0:00Welcome
- 1:03My background
- 3:54Early career goals
- 7:24First campus visit FAMU
- 10:12Building FAMU connections
- 13:23First hires from FAMU
- 16:37From finding to creating talent
- 18:44Collaborative prep event
- 21:51Prep trip and readiness
- 24:43Expanding to Mozilla
- 28:32Virtual engagement
- 33:05Three key principles
- 40:38Advice for startups
- 46:38Addressing biases
- 52:13Q&A
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