Post by Mariya Hristova

Yay for me - a new platform to Soapbox on!

To start with - Interview pro tips.

📣 Get good at talking about your work.

“Oh shouldn’t my work speak for me?”

Ordinarily, yes, absolutely! In an ideal setting, over the course of your work in a company, your work should shout about you from the rooftops.

I’m talking about in an interview setting.

I wasn’t there, I don’t know what you did!

So help me understand: who you are, what you did, what you know. This is your moment to show off and real expertise comes with the ability to explain it. Help me help you! (Not a puff piece - I will know)

Call me a Feynman maximalist, but if you claim to know something, you should be able to explain it (better yet - teach it, but that is a topic for another time)

Ground rule - no keyword spam. One sentence with four technologies, three frameworks and two abbreviations doesn’t overwhelm me. I will just go back and ask you about each one and we’ll be there all day.

I’ll be posting a few more standout techniques and tips and tricks that hopefully can actually help your next interview (with me or not!).