The Scrimba Podcast
The Scrimba Podcast
26 years technical job interview experience in 50 minutes 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.
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⏰ 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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