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Red flags in a job interview

by Ela Mościcka | Helping you build and navigate a career in tech5 Comments on Red flags in a job interview
Red flags in a job interview

Have you ever left the job interview feeling that something is just not right? Have doubts about joining that company? High chances are you’ve spotted some red flags.

Keep in mind that the recruitment process is a two-way street. It’s not only about the company hiring the right person, but also a great opportunity for you to learn more about them before you say “yes” to their job offer.

Make sure to give yourself time to think about the entire interviewing experience as those might have been important warning signs.

Here are 8 red flags in a job interview that you shouldn’t ignore.

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Career, Job Search

Questions to ask in a job interview

by Ela Mościcka | Helping you build and navigate a career in tech1 Comment on Questions to ask in a job interview
Questions to ask in a job interview

You may already know from my 2 previous articles: “How to prepare for a technical interview (and “live coding” part) for a Software Engineer role?” and “Interview preparation checklist” how crucial it is to have your questions ready – thanks to this you not only show your interest but also learn about things that are important for YOU.

They will also help you understand whether the role you’ve applied for and the company you’re interviewing with is really for you.

Use the below questions throughout your interviews. Some might be relevant for a member of the recruitment team, others will be suitable for other Interviewers or your future Manager (they’re usually called “Hiring Managers”).

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Career, Recruitment

Hiring Managers, you’re doing it wrong!

by Ela Mościcka | Helping you build and navigate a career in tech2 Comments on Hiring Managers, you’re doing it wrong!
Hiring Managers, you’re doing it wrong!

I’ve officially said “goodbye” to tech recruitment in July 2020. During those fantastic 9+ years, I worked on many hiring projects: from bringing completely new disciplines to the company, building new teams, to help growing existing ones.

As you can imagine I had a chance to partner with many Managers and… I decided to share some insights from those recruitment processes (no names here, but be prepared for some gifs). All of the below had happened to me and my colleagues from the recruitment team (this is a mix of #TrueStories from various companies I worked in).

My goal is to show you what mistakes you should avoid and how you can become a great Hiring Manager that every recruitment team would love to work with!

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Career, Get Inspired, Job Search

Career change: my 1st year as a Software Engineer at Microsoft

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Career change: my 1st year as a Software Engineer at Microsoft

Celebrating 7 years at Microsoft and my first year as a Software Engineer after the career change: from recruitment to software engineering role at ‘Microsoft Teams’ Prague team!

This post will be a mix of my thoughts/learnings from my 1st year as a Software Engineer at Microsoft: it is not about “I delivered x amount of features in XYZ areas” or “I had a chance to do this and that”.

Quite the opposite: it’s a very personal post about what was happening with me, what challenges I was overcoming. And while I knew that changing my career won’t be easy, I think I didn’t expect some of the below to happen.

I don’t see many posts of what is really going ‘behind the scene’ with those who went through a career change this is why I’m sharing below.

Hopefully, you can be better prepared and avoid some of the things I’ve experienced.

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Career, Job Search

Job search preparation checklist

by Ela Mościcka | Helping you build and navigate a career in tech2 Comments on Job search preparation checklist
Job search preparation checklist

This post contains proven tips I’ve been sharing with my mentees for the last few years and is dedicated to all of you who will be soon/are currently looking for a new job.

I decided to gather all my articles related to job search preparation in one place to make it easier for you – just follow below checklist. Happy job hunting!

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