literally writing the book on technical interviews w/ david mccarter
guest: david mccarter, software engineer, author, and microsoft mvp
- prepare for interviews beyond reading the job description, since most candidates barely glance at it before showing up
- ask the interviewer questions too, since interviews are a two way conversation and you need to know if you actually want the job
- before accepting an offer, try to poke holes in it and even use ai to pressure test the details
- use ai to generate likely interview questions from a job description, but don't let it write your resume or code from scratch for you
- get into the habit of writing and releasing your own small projects regularly, since that builds the practical skills that separate you from ai