Interview With Engineering Hiring Managers: Go-To Questions And How To Best Prepare
💎 Prepare for your interview with engineering hiring managers using some actual examples of go-to questions!
📼 Press PLAY to hear tips from Ami Kumar and Sarah Schell, both Directors of Engineering at GameChanger, on how to prepare for your interview with a hiring manager. They shared some of their favorite questions to ask candidates.
📼 What's the assessment of soft skills like during an interview with a hiring manager? Ami and Sarah, as Directors of Engineering, assess a combination of technical skills and soft skills during your interview. From a softer side, they'll ask you to think about how the changes you're suggesting would impact the users as well as your past experiences and what you learned along the way. When doing so, it's important to provide context. Some questions candidates will be asked are: Who were you working with? What were the objectives? What was the conflict? What options were considered? What were the trade-offs? And most importantly, what was your specific role in that situation?
📼 There are so many different questions that you can ask the hiring manager at the end of the interview, not only for engineering roles but for any role you'd like to apply for. Some great questions to ask are: What is your day-to-day going to look like? What tools and technologies will you get to learn? What kind of growth opportunities and learning opportunities does the company offer? Showing that you're trying to visualize life inside the company helps you stand out to the interviewer.
Last Tip For Your Interview With an Engineering Hiring Manager
To improve your chances of getting hired at GameChanger, Sarah recommends focusing on a couple of areas. First, always work on improving your craft, whether it's writing the swift code, learning about testing patterns, or performing data analyses. Second, Sarah looks for candidates who can work effectively in a team. This means having the ability to collaborate, mentor, be mentored, articulate novel ideas, give feedback, and even respectfully dissent.
📨 Are you interested in joining GameChanger? They have open positions! To learn more, click here.
Get to know Ami and Sarah
Ami Kumar is currently a Senior Engineering Manager at GameChanger Media, Inc. and she's getting her Master's degree in Machine Learning at Georgia Tech. She graduated from Columbia University's Fu Foundation of Engineering and Applied Sciences with a major in computer science, following the applications track.
Sarah Schell has been a part of the team at GameChanger for more than four years now. She started as a Data Scientist, and after being the Data Science + Data Engineering Manager, she's now become the Director of Engineering at the company.
More About GameChanger
GameChanger is a dynamic technology company based in New York City with teammates working remotely to solve some of the biggest challenges in tech. They have more than 550,000 youth sports teams on their app and they deliver live video streaming, scorekeeping, and team communication tools that connect families to the most important game of the week.
[VIDEO ▶️ ] Prepare for Your Interview With a Commercial Real Estate Management Company
💎 Get ready to bring your best self to a job interview at a commercial real estate management company!
📼 Press PLAY to hear insight from a recruiter at VTS, a commercial real estate management company, into how to best prepare for your interview. Andres Harrison, Senior Talent Acquisition Manager at VTS, shares some tips on putting your best foot forward in a virtual setting, as well as the steps for the application process at VTS.
📼 What's the first thing to do before your interview with a commercial real estate management company? Always do your research. Check out the company's web presence, its "About Us" webpage section, social media profiles, everything! You should learn about the company, the position, and the company values. As Andres says, it's important that you know beforehand what you're walking into, not just about the scope of the role.
📼 Andres' go-to questions for a candidate in an interview dig into their motivation for applying to a position at a commercial real estate management company. The recruiter will want to know why you're excited about this role and that you did your research on the industry.
How to Dress for Your Interview at a Commercial Real Estate Management Company?
As a recruiter, Andres is often asked how candidates should dress during an interview. It's important that you do your research on the company culture. If it's more of a buttoned-up corporate environment, you should dress the part. And if it's casual, then you should also dress the part. In a virtual interview, it's no different. As for your interview with VTS, as long as you bring your best foot forward and your authentic self, you're good to go!
📨 Are you interested in joining VTS? They have open positions! To learn more, click here.
More About VTS
VTS is commercial real estate's leading leasing and asset management platform, bringing together landlords, brokers, and tenants to make deals happen. VTS software enables office, retail, and industrial landlords and brokers to transform their leasing process and convert leads to leases 41% more efficiently. MarketView™, the industry's first market benchmarking product gives landlords real-time information to inform deal negotiations and leasing strategies.
Completing the VTS platform offering is VTS Market & Marketplace, the industry's first, integrated online marketing platform and marketplace, powered by the 12B square feet of space managed on VTS software. VTS Market & Marketplace is designed to drive tenant demand for landlords, and remove friction from the leasing process for tenants and tenant rep brokers.
Join the team that's revolutionizing commercial real estate! The company vision is for every team member to bring a full expression of themselves – including their unique experiences, thoughts, and backgrounds – to their work. They innovate by earnestly engaging with, and including diverse perspectives to transform the technology and commercial real estate industries, and the communities they live in.
[VIDEO ▶️ ] How To Prepare Your Resume For Interviews - Tips From a Gainsight Recruiter
📼 Wondering how to best prepare your resume before job interviews? Watch this video to get super valuable tips from Regina Kiffin, Recruiter at Gainsight, the venture-backed, fast-growing tech company that is revolutionizing Customer Success for businesses.
📼 In this video, you'll learn Regina's favorite questions to ask interviewees and how you can prepare your answers in advance to help you stand out. As Regina highlights, research is key for preparation! Make sure to do your homework before meeting the interviewer, research the company, and reflect on why you want to join Gainsight in this particular position.
📼 Don't miss Regina's insight on Gainsight's culture and values as well as why this company is such a great place to work.
🧑💼 Are you interested in joining Gainsight? They have open positions! To learn more, click here.
[VIDEO 🎥 ] PayPal Interview - Get to know their interview process!!
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It's almost time for you to start the PayPal interview process What do you need to do to get prepared?
Preeti Lovekar, a group engineering manager at PayPal gives us an exclusive look at the Paypal interview and application process, culture, and values. Press play to get some top-notch tips on how you can make your application stand out.
To learn more about PayPal and their open roles, click here.
PayPal Interview Tips
The Paypal interview process varies depending on the role you're applying for. Regardless of job title, be prepared to go through a whiteboard session where you can showcase your problem-solving skills. Here's what you should know before you begin!
- Don't be afraid to ask clarifying questions
- Make sure you're communicating your thought process
- Familiarize yourself with the technology the interview
- BREATHE! Relax so you can show the best side of you!
More about PayPal
"PayPal has remained at the forefront of the digital payment revolution for more than 20 years. By leveraging technology to make financial services and commerce more convenient, affordable, and secure, the PayPal platform is empowering more than 300 million consumers and merchants in more than 200 markets to join and thrive in the global economy. Come build with us.
Every time you pay for an Uber ride or book on Airbnb, you're using our product. We create products that make payments easier — so easy that they fade into the background, making entirely new kinds of interactions possible.
We value what makes you different and encourage you to act on your ideas — no matter how pie-in-the-sky. You bring skills and a customer-first mentality, and we'll bring the tools and environment you need to do the best work of your life. We know the confidence gap and imposter syndrome can get in the way of meeting spectacular candidates. Please don't hesitate to apply."
To learn more about PayPal and their open roles, click here.
