Resume screen - study of resume

Nov. 8, 2016

Resume screening
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ChWXDnzIB00

PBCES

P  - passion
B  - Brands - high GPA
C - creativity
E -
S - Screening - selective universities etc.

Work on resume screen tips through Google search:

1. Read article:
https://www.facebook.com/notes/facebook-engineering/get-that-job-at-facebook/10150964382448920/

2.
http://steve-yegge.blogspot.ca/2008/03/get-that-job-at-google.html

1. Study a data-structures and algorithms book

Julia's favorite advice:
to practice the art of recognizing that certain problem classes are best solved with certain algorithms and data structures

Mental Prep

Go in humble, open-minded, and focused. 

Don't try to change the subject and answer a different question. 
Don't try to divert the interviewer from asking you a question by telling war stories. 
Don't try to bluff your interviewer. 

You should focus on each problem they're giving you and make your best effort to answer it fully.

Even if you think you know the answer to the problem, ask some questions and talk about the approach you'll take a little before diving in.

Do not come across as arrogant, people will question whether they want to work with you.

The best way to appear arrogant is to question the validity of the interviewer's question – it really ticks them off, as I pointed out earlier on.

Treat every question as legitimate, even if you are frustrated that you don't know the answer.

Feel free to ask for help or hints if you're stuck.

Do not take too long before actually solving the problem, or some interviewers will give you a delay-of-game penalty.

Try to move and write quickly, since often the interviewers want to get through more than one question during the interview.

They will mark you down because they could not get a full picture of your skills.

The benefit of the doubt is rarely given in interviewing.

Operating System:
Doug Lea's Concurrent Programming in Java
(lots of other books on concurrency. I'd avoid the academic ones and focus on the practical stuff, since it's most likely to get asked in interviews.)