Beyond Tech Skills

Liron and Jim dive into the interview itself. In this episode they cover the first part of the interview: getting to know each other. In the general part of the interview they will discuss what to talk about and also what not to talk about, general questions that might come up, and how to lead up to the technical part.

Jim and Liron focus on how a candidate should begin their quest for a new position, including how to decide what you’re looking for in general as well as how to dig deeply into what your next prospective company offers. They also explain how best to prepare for an upcoming interview that’s specific to a particular company or organization.

It’s hard to get good help these days, and the reason is many interviewers are simply inexperienced or unsure about how to look at a resume critically to form perspectives on what identifies a great candidate. Liron and Jim talk about a process to review candidates’ resumes and construct meaningful questions for an upcoming interview.

Based on their combined experiences in the technology field, Jim and Liron talk about what should be present in your resume and how to best organize it so that it stands out among the stacks of resumes that a hiring manager is typically wading through.

Liron and Jim kick off a series of episodes on interviewing for Information Technology (IT) positions by discussing what an interview really should do: Reveal both the candidate and the hiring organization to each other via a conversation to determine if there’s a proper fit and finish.

Liron Amitzi and Jim Czuprynski introduce their podcast, discuss the soft skills side of IT, describe their backgrounds, and why this podcast is so relevant to the state of our industry today.