Job interview advice
If you want to walk into the interview feeling confident and prepared, start here. Most interviews ask the same handful of questions, and you can find the most obvious ones everywhere, all over the internet. What most people don't prepare for is what they're really asking you. You might be able to bluff your way through the first question. But when they push back, or ask you a follow-up, that's when you can't bluff. So for every question, know what they're really asking you, what a senior answer should sound like, and how to prepare for their follow-up question. Hope isn't a job or an interview strategy.
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