💬 Technical Interviews
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04/27/21 • 49 min
Welcome to Iteration, a podcast about programming, development, and design
John has been asked:
- When I perform a google search, what happens? Be as specific and accurate as possible including every layer of technology.
- Can you tell me what Indexes are and what they do?
- What is CORS?
Questions JP has been asked:
- What is the difference between something like SQL and Mongo - what are the trade offs?
- How does the JS bridge work in React Native?
- Describe what Redux is for and how you'd implement it in a React project
Maybe some from our own?
- If you could add one feature or change to the Rails framework what would it be?
- How do feel about testing? How do you think about testing? When does it make sense to write tests?
- If I have a really huge model, let's say 500+ lines, how would you go about refactoring it? Example link: https://github.com/discourse/discourse/blob/master/app/models/post.rb
Picks
- I used this to pair with Joe and it was SICK
John: YNAB (https://www.youneedabudget.com/)
- Different approach to budgeting that sucks less
Welcome to Iteration, a podcast about programming, development, and design
John has been asked:
- When I perform a google search, what happens? Be as specific and accurate as possible including every layer of technology.
- Can you tell me what Indexes are and what they do?
- What is CORS?
Questions JP has been asked:
- What is the difference between something like SQL and Mongo - what are the trade offs?
- How does the JS bridge work in React Native?
- Describe what Redux is for and how you'd implement it in a React project
Maybe some from our own?
- If you could add one feature or change to the Rails framework what would it be?
- How do feel about testing? How do you think about testing? When does it make sense to write tests?
- If I have a really huge model, let's say 500+ lines, how would you go about refactoring it? Example link: https://github.com/discourse/discourse/blob/master/app/models/post.rb
Picks
- I used this to pair with Joe and it was SICK
John: YNAB (https://www.youneedabudget.com/)
- Different approach to budgeting that sucks less
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💬 Interview Screeners: Questions and Answers
NOTE THIS IS A RE-UPLOAD AS THERE WAS ISSUES WITH OUR PREVIOUS UPLOAD
> Welcome to Iteration, a podcast about programming, development, and design.
John Intro — My name is John and I am a software developer for a home services startup.
JP Intro — Hi, I'm JP and I am a software developer.
# Questions
What is your testing philosophy?
Why work on that team specifically? Why are you interested in this job?
What kind of problems he like's to work on?
What are some challenges with maintaining a public api?
If I was your manager, what can I do to get the most out of your contribution? What do you need from me to succeed as a developer?
### Picks
John M1 MacBook — So throughly impressed
JP - [https://github.com/procore/handcuffs](https://github.com/procore/handcuffs)
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Engineering Management 🔨
Welcome to Iteration, a podcast about programming, development, and design.
- John Intro — My name is John and I am a software developer for a home services startup.
- JP Intro — Hi, I'm JP and I am a software developer.
Context:
John ran an agency for a couple years with a few developers + Designers, now runs a team of 12(ish) developers + Designers
Few Topics
IC vs Manager
- Code on the side only to show things
- Not coding for production
- Code outside of your core code
Right sizing a team
- Systems Thinking "Stocks + Flows" (Slack)
Mythical Man Month
- False premise: More heads = faster results
Remove bottlenecks
- Break up the work
- Kitchen Metaphor
- Context + Documentation
Safety + Empowerment
- Permission + Trust
- Access
Leading by example
- "Law of the lid"
Don't scar on the first cut
Forbidden Conversations / honesty
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