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24 Jul, 8 tweets, 3 min read
I've recently covered a few common general interview questions and tips for interviews.

Here is a collection of those threads for anyone curious and about to interview soon.

They even occur in tech interviews, so software developers, take a read!

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1. "Are there any questions left we can answer?"

A simple question but the right answer can be powerful leverage for your position with the company you are applying to.

2. "Where do you see yourself in five years?"

This common question can be difficult to answer.

But with the right preparation, you'll crush it!

3. Why titles you give yourself can sometimes cost you an opportunity

You might not believe it, but perhaps you are underselling yourself, no matter your experience.

Sometimes too much honesty is bad.

4. "Why should we hire you?"

This question is a classic.

It sometimes even hurts candidates when they have to deal with it, but it's an important one, and it gives you a chance to shine.

5. "How would you rate your JavaScript (or XY) skills on a scale of 1-10?"

Being asked to rate yourself can be really difficult.

But if you approach this question right, you'll make a huge win out of it!

6. "Why do you want to work here?"

Most of us search for a job because we need to.

This answer, however, is not really satisfactory for an interviewer.

Here is how to handle this question effectively.

7. "What's your greatest weakness?"

It's not the greatest situation to expose yourself to someone you only know for a few minutes.

But it tells your interviewers a lot about you.

Read here how you can crush this question.

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25 Jul
"What is your current salary?"

Have you ever encountered this question in an interview, or has a recruiter ever asked you this?

This is one of the most critical and morally questionable questions to ask a candidate, and here is how you deal with it.

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Before we talk about the question and how to handle it, we need to talk about how the value of work is determined.

With this knowledge, you will understand the catch of this question and why answering honestly puts you at a disadvantage.

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To completely cover a topic as deep as how to value work, it would definitely need a thread or even a book on its own.

We will thus go with a pretty simplified version that gives you at least a basic idea of how it works.

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23 Jul
The trick to serving multiple social media platforms with content is smart - not hard - work.

1. Choose one main platform
2. Create your content for this platform
3. Derive content for other platforms from it
4. Additionally, derive micro-content

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1. The approach

You want to minimize the work you put into social media.

Your main job is probably not the one of a content creator, but you are something different.

You are a software developer, a marketer, an analyst, or whatever else.

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Most of us have families, hobbies, friends, and what else we also want to take care of.

Doing social media whenever you are not working is definitely not your main goal, I guess, and that's fine.

Thus, minimizing the work while getting a maximum effect is essential.

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23 Jul
Having a personal brand can make the difference between a 5-figure and a 6-figure job.

It can also make the difference between landing a huge contract or not.

Here are five platforms you can build your personal brand on and what you can do there.

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1. Twitter

Twitter is an awesome way to make yourself known.

Especially Tech Twitter is a great place to be.

So many humble and awesome people supporting each other and forming a great community.

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Content is short-lived, and you have to provide value consistently, but even 2 or 3 tweets a day can already help you make a name.

280 characters per tweet are not too much, so it's pretty doable.

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22 Jul
"What's your greatest weakness?"

Have you ever been asked this question in an interview and were like, "Yea, uhm, well...I sometimes want to achieve too much?"

This question is tricky, but here is how you can crush it!

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0. Foreword

I've interviewed quite a few times in the last few years, and I also had the honor to interview a few outstanding software engineers.

I witnessed this question many times, although I never asked it myself.

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My job as a tech lead is to assess the technical quality of candidates and see how much they fit into my team.

I like to use other techniques to do this, but I still understand why HR managers love to ask questions like this one.

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21 Jul
There are 7.9 billion on this planet.

4.66 billion of those have access to the internet.

A fraction of those is software engineers. Many of them try to make money somehow.

If you want to stand out, you need to learn to market yourself.

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1. What is marketing?

"Marketing is the activity, set of institutions, and processes for creating, communicating, delivering, and exchanging offerings that have value for customers, clients, partners, and society at large."

- The American Marketing Society

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And to state it simpler:

Marketing is the art of getting people to know you and to make them curious about you, your services, or your products.

This includes all actions necessary to reach the above.

The ultimate goal is to sell them something.

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21 Jul
"Why do you want to work here?"

"Well, I am a web developer, and you are looking for one. Additionally, I need the money."

Some interview questions are stupid. But giving answers like the one above doesn't help.

Let's see how to tackle this one effectively.

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0. Foreword

I've interviewed quite a few times in the last few years, and I also had the honor to interview a few outstanding software engineers.

I witnessed this question many times, although I never asked it myself.

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I don't particularly like this question, and I love companies that simply throw such questions into the bin.

But, there are still companies out there asking questions like this one.

And this is why you should be prepared for it and the reason I share this with you.

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