InterviewPrep.md

Interview Prep

Presenters:

• Product Management: Kaitlyn Yong
• Software Engineering: Anthony Zhang & Calvin Chan
• Design: Simran Jassal & Queenie Wu
• Data Science: Matthew Reyes

Target Audience:

• Hackers who are new to the interviewing process, interested in transitioning, or simply looking to brush up on their skills.

Suggested Prerequisites:

• None

Description:

Learn tips & tricks to help you ace your interviews and land your next job!

Content Breakdown:

• Product Management:

  • PM 101: 5 W’s of Product Management
  • From SWE to PM
    • How to sell your technical skill set
    • How to transition
  • PM Internships / Jobs
    • How to find opportunities
    • Types of PM opportunities
    • Big company vs small company
  • PM Interviews
    • Interview process
    • Interview format
    • Types of questions asked
    • Frameworks to use
  • Q&A

• Software Engineering:

  • Marketable Skills
    • How to figure out which skills to attain
  • Resume
    • Miscellaneous resume tips
    • Walking through Calvin’s resume
  • How/Where to Apply
    • Sources to apply externally
  • Interviewing
    • General interviewing tips
    • Walking through a question (Calvin interviews Anthony) and commentary on how we interview
  • General Career Advice
    • How & why we made certain career decisions
  • Q&A
    • For UW Co-op students: Guidelines for wisely applying on WaterlooWorks

• Design:

  • Design 101
    • What is design really? How does it fit into a team?
    • UI vs UX vs (graphic/marketing/branding)
    • Design process basics and skills you need (tools, techniques)
  • What’s in a design interview?
    • How to find jobs
  • Portfolio Perfection & Case Studies
    • How to get your portfolio looking great & what projects to work on
    • How long should a case study be? (how to talk about your projects)
  • Q&A & Project ideas
    • Ask us anything!
    • Things that you can do on the side to put onto your portfolio

• Data Science:

  • Quick overview of DS jobs
    • Product DS
    • Engineering DS
    • Research DS
  • Expected skills
    • Tech
    • Stats
    • Business & product
    • Domain knowledge
  • General Interview Tips
    • Structuring your answers
    • Practise makes perfect
    • Having a DS mindset
    • Interviewers are human
  • DS Questions
    • Go over DS question categories + examples
      • Technical
        • Coding
        • Stats
      • Knowledge
      • Product & Business
      • Behavioural
      • Describing past projects
  • Resources, Q&A
    • Walk through some interview questions if time permits