The Silence of Juniors
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Talk examines technical hiring and junior developer growth: it compares candidate and employer perspectives on interviews and Individual Development Plans, analyzes common mistakes, and then creates and field-tests an interview/template for assessing and developing junior engineers.
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chapters (20)
- 0:00Interviews are stressful
- 1:07Right hire goal
- 3:16Required skills
- 7:16Android interview structure
- 10:31Junior to senior skills
- 15:10Config changes by level
- 18:24Rating candidate knowledge
- 24:13Interview example
- 29:12Building candidate trust
- 33:44Handling mismatch
- 35:54Candidate profile analysis
- 37:50Employee development plan
- 39:36Interview mistakes
- 41:02Preparing candidate
- 43:12Candidate questions
- 45:18Interview takeaways
- 47:24Q&A on competency matrix
- 50:41Soft skills in hiring
- 52:22Outsourcing vs product hiring
- 54:50Interview types and effectiveness
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