Interview Stack

An interview with LinkedIn's Sara Chipps and Abenezer Mario

In this week’s episode of Interview Stack I talked to Sara Chipps, Senior Engineering Manager at LinkedIn, and their new engineer Abenezer Mario, about how to land your first internship and how to turn that internship into a full-time role. They’ll also share:  💻 How to use LinkedIn to get an internship at…LinkedIn 🔑 Two tips for nailing LinkedIn’s technical interviews (aside from Leetcode)  🎯 How to attract diverse candidates   Follow Sara Chipps on LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarajchipps/] Follow Abenezer Mario on LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/in/abenezer-mario/] Follow host Aja Singer on LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/in/ajasinger/] and Twitter [https://twitter.com/AjaSinger]

An interview with Ned's Mayur Motgi and Adrian Apodaca

In this week’s episode of Interview Stack I talked to Mayur Motgi, Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer at Ned, and their new engineer Adrian Apodaca, about what a startup looks for in their first engineering hire.  They’ll also share:  🗣️ How a little communication goes a long way 🎯 The importance of keeping it simple (but not too simple) even when it comes to algorithms 🔈 How to tell your story when you have an unconventional background   Ned [https://www.nedhelps.com/] is a lending infrastructure that makes it effortless to deploy capital. Follow Ned on LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/company/73225884] and Twitter [https://twitter.com/Nedhelps]. Follow Mayur Motgi on LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/in/motgi/] Follow Adrian Apodaca on LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/in/adrianpatrickapodaca/] Follow host Aja Singer on LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/in/ajasinger/] and Twitter [https://twitter.com/AjaSinger] Ned posts job openings to LinkedIn and Wellfound. [https://wellfound.com/]Adrian also recommends Y Combinator [https://www.ycombinator.com/jobs]for startup jobs. In this episode, Adrian recommended Structy [https://www.structy.net/], AlgoExpert [https://www.algoexpert.io/product], and LeetCode [https://leetcode.com/] to prepare for technical interviews.

An interview with SuperHi's Rik Lomas and Piper Haywood

Welcome to the first episode of Interview Stack, where I talk to Rik Lomas, Founder & CEO, and Piper Haywood, Engineering Manager, about how to nail a take-home project (hint: sometimes questions are just as important as answers). We also discuss: 🔈 How an interview fail got Piper comfortable talking about her projects (and then a job at SuperHi) ✍️ The importance of always learning (in public) 📈 How the interview process evolves as a startup grows   SuperHi [https://www.superhi.com/] is an online education platform and global community of creatives learning to code, together. Over 30,000 courses have been completed by students in over 90 countries. Follow SuperHi on Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/hisuperhi/]and Twitter. [https://twitter.com/superhi_] Follow Rik Lomas on LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/in/riklomas/] and Twitter  [https://twitter.com/riklomas/] Follow Piper Haywood on her website [https://piperhaywood.com/] Follow host Aja Singer on LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/in/ajasinger/] and Twitter [https://twitter.com/AjaSinger] SuperHi posts job openings to their jobs page [https://www.superhi.com/jobs], on social media, and their newsletter, as well as https://www.ifyoucouldjobs.com/ [https://www.ifyoucouldjobs.com/]