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S1:E6 - How to ace a technical interview (Tiffany Peon, La Vesha Parker)

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4.7618 Ratings

🗓️ 20 September 2017

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Developers La Vesha Parker (Etsy) and Tiffany Peon (New York Times) break down each part of the technical interview process, giving you examples and explanations of exactly what they’re looking for.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Oh, that's my prime delivery.

0:01.6

What, already?

0:02.7

Only one thing can match the buzz of Prime's fast delivery.

0:06.2

And that's the buzz of Prime's entertainment.

0:09.0

What are we watching?

0:09.7

Heads of state, that new action comedy with Idris Elber as the Prime Minister,

0:13.3

John Sina as the president, and Prianka Chopra Jonas,

0:15.9

as their only hope.

0:17.0

It looks like a blast.

0:18.2

From fast delivery to explosive entertainment, it's on Prime. For only

0:23.0

899 a month, join now. Content includes limited ads, subscription or to renews. For more information,

0:28.2

go to amazon.com.ukau.U.K. slash prime. Welcome to the Codenovie podcast where we talk to people on their coding journey in hopes of helping you on yours.

0:43.6

I'm your host, Suran, and today we're talking about technical interviews.

0:48.2

This is the story of two developers.

0:50.9

My name is LaVisha Parker.

0:52.3

I go by Visha.

0:53.2

I'm Tiffany Payone. And I am a full-stack

0:55.3

developer at Etsy. And I am a software engineer at the New York Times. I work on the cooking

0:59.9

website. They work at two very different companies, and they took two very different paths to get

1:05.5

to where they are today. My junior year in college, I got an email from the College of Engineering at Cornell.

1:13.3

Etsy was one of the companies listed as a company looking for interns.

1:18.0

I would touch base with them every, like, a few weeks.

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