Interview Stack

By Aja Singer

A deep dive into the engineering hiring process, where we get insights into technical interviews straight from a new hire and the engineer that hired them.... more

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How many episodes does Interview Stack have?

The podcast currently has 3 episodes available.

Interview Stack episodes:

August 31, 2023 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

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34min
August 17, 2023 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 is a lending infrastructure that makes it effortless to deploy capital. Follow Ned on LinkedIn and Twitter.
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Ned posts job openings to LinkedIn and Wellfound. Adrian also recommends Y Combinator for startup jobs.
In this episode, Adrian recommended Structy, AlgoExpert, and LeetCode to prepare for technical interviews.
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42min
July 20, 2023 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 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 and Twitter.
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SuperHi posts job openings to their jobs page, on social media, and their newsletter, as well as https://www.ifyoucouldjobs.com/
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48min

FAQs about Interview Stack:

How many episodes does Interview Stack have?

The podcast currently has 3 episodes available.