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In this blog, you will find simple and actionable tips and tricks for conducting tech interviews, designing and preparing the tech interview process and developing a great candidate experience. Follow us on LinkedIn for daily interviewing best practices.

Kat has prepared 350+ interviews, and has conducted more than 600 technical interviews herself. She leads technical interviewer trainings for hiring manager and in-house tech team members who will be the ones interviewing their future colleagues. She was the CTO of 2 startups after having a decade-long career in Machine Learning and software engineering.

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Video Interview Essentials

Here is a useful list of things to do when preparing for a video interview. This piece applies both to the interviewers, who want to act professionally, and to the candidates, who want to make a great first impression.

Posted by Kat Stam | September 3, 2024

Get the Job Description Right to Hire Top Tech Talent

Hiring the best top tech talent starts even before the interviews have began. It starts with writing a great and effective job description which lists the required and desired tech and soft skills a successful candidate should have.

Posted by Kat Stam | August 29, 2024

save 25 man hours at the tech interview stage

How to save 25 man-hours at tech interview stage

When hiring, companies prefer to keep the technical interviewing in-house. This means that they select developers from their teams to interview the applicants who have reached to the tech assessment stage. Here is the hidden cost of that in terms of man hours.

Posted by Kat Stam | July 10, 2024

3 common tech interview formats

Every single tech candidate passes though an assessment - of their skills and knowledge. Here are the 3 most common formats tech interviewers, or interview engineers, follow to structure the tech assessment.

Posted by Kat Stam | May 29, 2024

Practical tips: design a rock-solid interview process for your tech job openings

Long and impractical interview process cost money and put off the best candidates from applying. Here is how to design a 3-stage light-weight technical interview process which saves money, saves candidates time and finds the right fit for the job.

Posted by Kat Stam | May 27, 2024