Software engineers are the core of many businesses, but hiring them is tough.
You want a high bar, but you don’t want to reject good candidates. You want to challenge them, but you don’t want to burden them with unreasonable requirements. At the end of the day, it’s tough to find a balance that still lands you with the strongest possible team.
The reality is that every company has to interview people, yet very few do it well. Why is that?
To help answer this question, we’re teaming up with Gayle Laakmaan McDowell, author of Cracking the Coding Interview to a create a free live class right here on CreativeLive, focused around her best practices for interviewing and hiring talented developers.
Gayle has worked as a software engineer for Google, Microsoft and Apple. She was part of Google’s engineering hiring committee and the author of Cracking the Coding Interview, Cracking the PM Interview and Cracking the Tech Career, as well as leading interview training engagements for many top Silicon Valley companies.
Greylock Partners has been investing in companies for 51 years, and for 51 years we’ve been struggling with interviewing engineers. We had originally planned on this class being a private training for Greylock portfolio companies, but after building out the content with Gayle, we felt that there was an opportunity to educate all hiring managers and startup execs on how to better interview developers.
Join us for the free live broadcast of Creating an Effective Developer Interview on August 3rd. For now, here’s a little more about what we’ll be covering in the class:
Components of the Interview.
What are the goals of your developer interview? How do you create one that’s effective for hiring developers who can actually grow with your company? We’ll start with teaching you how to set an interview structure and format that ladders up to your greater hiring goals and ensures you bring on the right teammates.
Behavioral Questions.
Behind the scenes of what makes good and bad questions, and how your expectations will change based on your own personal experiences. You’ll learn how to formulate questions that cut to core of what you’re trying to learn about your candidates.
Assessing Culture Fit.
Should you be looking for culture fit? What do you need to be aware of when you do so? We’re diving into whether or not culture fit should be a primary concern for your immediate hiring needs, and how to make sure you’re looking for the right social cues and subtle signals that most hiring managers miss.
Knowledge Questions.
Is it always best to hire the smartest or most experienced candidate? We’re discussing the pros and cons of when looking for pure knowledge above all else, is and isn’t a good idea for your business goals, and how your expectations should shift with different levels of experience in candidates.
Specific Algorithms and Coding Questions.
Gayle will be leading a deep dive into the tactical problem solving and algorithm-based questions you need to be asking in your developer interviews.
Mock Interviews.
Finally, we’ll be putting the live studio audience through a series of mock interviews to practice the skills that have been learned in the class.
Whether you’re looking to hone your ability to effectively interview developers, or you just want an edge above the competition for your next interview, this class is for you.
Join us and RSVP for the free live broadcast of Creating an Effective Developer Interview, August 3rd right here on CreativeLive.
