An expert guide to technical interviews with Ian Douglas from Postman

🎙 About the episode

Meet Ian Douglas 🇺🇸🇨🇦! Ian has been in the industry for 26 years and in this episode, imparts his wisdom about how stand out then succeed at technical interviews to you. 

🔗 Connect with Ian

• 👨🏻‍💼 LinkedIn
• 🌐 Website
• 🐦 Twitter

⏰ Timestamps

• Introduction (0:00)
• Removing the stigma from the interview process (01:39)
• Why technical interviews are kinda broken (3:16)
• What the heck does culture fit even mean? (08:57)
• How to answer “What is your biggest weakness?” in an interview (14:04)
• More on culture fit  (16:08)
• The truth behind why companies hide salaries in job descriptions (18:52)
• Your previous salary has nothing to do with your new one (20:50)
• Ian’s experience interviewing at 27 companies (23:28)
• How to increase your callback % when applying to jobs, even if you don’t have much experience yet (27:39)
• Ian’s LinkedIn #drama (31:15)
• Rejection isn’t personal and you never know what’s happening internally (36:42)
• It all works out in the end (39:15)
• How to practice your interview skills in the real world (40:49)
• Get your foot in the door and the rest will follow (43:14)
• How much loyalty should you have to a company? (46:06)
• How Ian botched an interview at Twilio (46:29)

🧰 Resources mentioned

• Ian’s website, Techinterview.guide
• Rezi.ai

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