I ran technical recruiting at TrialPay for a year before going off to start my own agency. Because I used to be an engineer, one part of my job was conducting first-round technical interviews, and between January 2012 and January 2013, I interviewed roughly 300 people for our back-end/full-stack engineer position. TrialPay was awesome and […]
Building an engineering internship program
ClickTime is a small 20 person, privately-held company that works on SaaS time and expense tracking. It’s not a startup, there are no high profile investors, and revenue growth, while consistent, is certainly not explosive. Intern salaries are significantly below what Facebook, Google, and other elite giants pay. There’s no fancy swag, no relo, no […]
How different is a B.S. in Computer Science from an M.S. when it comes to recruiting?
Note: This post can now be found in Forbes! Recently, someone on Quora asked what the difference was between a BS and an MS in computer science from a recruiting perspective. My answer ended up with > 200 upvotes, so I’m reproducing it below: In my experience, an MS degree has been one of the […]
What computer science knowledge/concepts do software engineers use on a daily basis?
For as long as I can remember, there’s been a disconnect between kinds of stuff people ask in software engineering interviews and the day-to-day work that software engineers do. As a recruiter and a former engineer, this disconnect is particularly salient because when I evaluate candidates I have to ask myself two separate questions: Will […]
How long should my resume be?
Disclaimer: I do eng hiring for startups so my advice will be based on startup experience. Big, established organizations may do things differently. I would try to keep your resume as concise as possible without sacrificing readability. Sometimes, this means you will go over one page, especially if you’ve been working for a few years. […]