w/alishah novin, director of engineering
guest: alishah novin, director of engineering at salero commerce
- skip take home coding tests and instead ask candidates to walk through a project they actually built
- in interviews ask what you were trying to build, what went wrong, and what you would change next time
- resumes still matter so put your programming languages and tools at the top followed by quantifiable experience
- avoid vague skill ratings like javascript four out of five since reviewers have no idea what your scale means
- include non tech jobs like customer service or serving on your resume if the skills are relevant to the role