Coding Interview Preparation - The Softer Skills
What you'll learn
- Differentiate between different types of interviews and how to approach them (i.e. behavioral, white board/coding questions, take home challenges, refactoring, system design, etc.)
- Easily answer behavioral questions when asked “Tell me about a time when you…”
- Build a step-by-step list to approaching coding questions
- Create of list of key questions to ASK the hiring manager and the interviewer specific to a particular role and company
- Develop a prep system you will use on all future interviews
Requirements
- Some Coding Skills
- Notebook or note taking app
Description
40-50% of interviewees fail their software engineering interviews for non technical reasons. Don't let yourself be one of them!
This course will teach you about each step of the process and how to prepare for each of them along with the soft skills needed to impress your interviewer and crush every coding interview.
You will
- Learn to differentiate between different types of interviews and how to approach them (i.e. behavioral, white board/coding questions, take home challenges, refactoring, system design, etc.)
- Learn how to organize your interview prep material and company communication
- Learn what you should research when preparing for a specific job
- Complete a self analysis activity to prepare yourself to answer popular traditional and culture fit interview questions
- Develop stories so you have a response to any type of behavioral question
- Be given the steps you should take anytime you get asked a white boarding question
- Create a list of questions to bring to your interview
If your ready to feel confident going into each and every interview and land you dream job, this course is for you!
Here is a review from the first student to complete my course:
"WOW. For how relatively short this course is (a few hours), it has everything I was looking for and much more. Katelyn explains everything with clear, concise real-world examples. There are a lot of great pdf's to download with each section of the course that are super useful; checklists, exercises, common questions, etc. Just fantastic. What's even more awesome is there's a whole section of the course devoted to the technical part of the interview. I liked how there were exercises to do along the way that can be used and stored for your own interviews/interview prep. In addition I really liked how there were some hints/examples of things you could say in response to some of the questions in the exercises to help get your creative juices going, extremely helpful. Overall a fantastic and invaluable course I would recommend to anyone." - Justin H.
Who this course is for:
- Interns and New Grads who want to learn about the ins and outs of the software engineering interview process.
- Junior/Mid Level Engineers who are looking for pro-tips to help them feel more confident through interviews.
- Engineers who have been practicing coding questions, but can’t seem to land the job.
- Engineers looking to land their dream job!
Instructor
- 4.6 Instructor Rating
- 375 Reviews
- 1,766 Students
- 1 Course
Hi! I am Katelyn Kasperowicz. Thank you for checking out my course.
I am a developer who loves to help people change their lives through teaching. I have taught at two highly ranked coding schools, Turing and Thinkful, teaching both technical and career skills.
I have been interested in teaching and helping others for as long as I can remember. From helping my peers with their homework growing up to tutoring and mentoring students throughout high school and college.
I have a Master’s Degree in Software Engineering and Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science from Stevens Institute of Technology. I have been in web development for 6 years and have worked at a variety of software companies from start ups in the Silicon Valley and New York City to MIT Lincoln Laboratory and Cisco.