Before The Interview

getting the right experience

without a great resume, there is no interview, without great experience, there is no great resume.

for current student, maybe can follow this:

• take the big project classes
• get an internship, do everything you can to land an intership early in school
• start something, build a project on your own time, participate in coding contest

for professional that trying to move from lesser-known company to on of the "biggest", the following advice will be useful:

• shift work responsibilities more toward coding: take on bigger coding challenges
• use your night and weekend: if you have free time, use it to build mobile app, web app, dekstop software

writing a great resume

you should prepare your resume to highlight those two things.

appropriate resume length

keep a resume to one page

• recruiters only spend a fixed amount of time (about 10 seconds) looking at your resume

long resume are not a reflection of having tons of experience, they are reflection of not understanding how to optimize content.

employment history

include a relevant history of every role you ever had. the ones that make your more impressive candidate

writing strong bullets

for each role try to discuss your accomplishments with the following approach "accomplished X by implementing Y which led to Z". heres an example:

• "reduced object rendering time by 75% by implementing distributed caching, leading to a 10% reduction in log in time"

the point is, show what you did, how you did it, and what the results were.

project

only include project that make you look better. independent projects are generally preferred over course project, as it shows initiative

do not add too many project, just pick that make you look better.

programming languages and software

software

look at company that you registered. use software related to the company if there is any software. technical software like visual studio and eclipsesomewhat more relevant.

languages

list everything you have ever worked with. or shorten the list to just the ones that you're most comfortable with add your experience level.

• language: python (senior), javascript(mid level), etc

advice for non native english speakers and internationals

some companies will throw your resume just because of a typo. please check again with native english speakers to proofed your resume.

beware of (potential) stigma

• enterprise languages
• being to language focused: dont flaunt to a language
• certifitation
• knowing only one or two languages

if your expertise in C#.NET, try to developing some project in Python adn JavaScript, if you only know one or two language, build some application in a different language.

it's better if you can learn language that are more different, like Python, C++, and Java