Interview Tips

Intro

• Name
• Do some sleuthing about the interviewer

Introduce

• I have always been a creative technologist
• tinkering, building experiences and products either on my vision or someone elses. Sharing my knowledge, teaching is important too
• masters, specialization - AI, CV and analytics
• Artist!

What Makes You Unique?

Introduce Yourself

• hiring managers are context switching to your interview. they probably dont know jack about you. so tell them
• Who you are professionally rn. One sentence
• Some sentences about your experience or education. start with recent and then go back in time
• Why is this the best next step for me. Aka why do I want this job

In X Years?

• long term goals - align with the company
• dont say a higher position
• how will this position help you grow in a direction you are proud of
• learning the industry, go to person with X skill, learn more skills, “mentor others”, bigger projects
• know my strenghts, new opportunities to learn in the company and stuff

Why Do You want This Job?

• the motivation
• the job, the role, the team

What Questions for the Interviewer?

• I did read the job description, but from your perspective how would you describe the role?
• what makes this role available?
• what kind of additional responsibilites can be gained over time?
• what can be expected in say the first few months?
• how do you measure sucess for this role?
• what have been the biggest challenges for the role?
• what are some mistakes people have made in this role before?

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