Everybody welcomes the next video so we're gonna be going over the onsite interview.
So if you've gotten to this point you've already done the prep you got your questions you've got you
understand what type of questions you might be asked you know who the people are you looked at their
background you have a general idea of what your experience is going to be like you know what your dress
code is from the recruiter which is important.
So once you have all this information and you've made it into the state or the area that you have your
onsite at YOU'RE READY TO GO.
SO YOU'RE READY FOR THE ACTUAL on site.
So what's a broom.
Where are the appropriate clothes for the interview with the company and for the position you're looking
for.
So for example you might not wear a suit and tie in the valley for most interviews but if you're looking
at it from a C level an executive or higher that might be more appropriate.
Even though the company's culture might be different so always ask the recruiter to make sure you have
the right set of clothes bring at least 20 copies of your resume.
Now this is hard copy is printed out ready to go stapled done if it's one page it's one page.
So you want this.
So in case when somebody gets into the interview they might not have looked at your resumé which it
does happen but if that's the case you at least have it they're ready to go so they can look at it in
hand.
They might already have their copy but that's OK.
You want to make sure you have plenty of copies and you never want to run out of them.
Next take a notebook write down your questions for each individual person and then use it to take notes
after the interview not during unless there's something where they say that they don't know you they
ask you a question you say you don't know but you'll find out quickly scribble down the question so
you can show that you will actually go and indeed look that up later.
It just shows that little extra bit of a willingness to learn.
So that's kind of the steps to bring.
So there's some tips and tricks here think out loud when attempting to give an answer.
Now we've talked about this in previous videos around technical entity but this is specifically important
for the onsite.
Nobody can read your mind even if they're standing there.
So make sure you think out loud when you're processing a problem for a solution.
It doesn't matter.
Think out loud explain your thought process on why you're doing something.
If if you're if you know your thought process you go in the wrong way say that and then flip it and
go to the right and go the other way.
So you want to make sure that you are talking most of the time when you're thinking of an answer.
Use the damn whiteboard.
This is the biggest issue I find when interviewing somebody is in Silicon Valley you'll find whiteboards
everywhere.
Most times even even the glass is can be used as a whiteboard and it's done for a reason.
It's easier to portray something when you're when you're drawing it rather than talking about it.
In most cases if there's a whiteboard in the room which I almost guarantee there's going to be then
you're going to want to use it.
Now I'm not saying stand have have yourself standing up at the whiteboard the entire time but if you
think something that is a diagram that can be explained and diagram or you're trying to simulate what
traffic would look like through a different network don't explain it explain it while you're writing
it on the whiteboard and showing the traffic going to where you need to go if they're showing you a
sequel injection you have to explain what sequel injection query you would use write it on the whiteboard
rather than try to explain it.
It's much much clearer on the whiteboard than it is with somebody trying to explain it only just keep
that in mind.
Use the whiteboard if it's there but don't overuse it be be reasonable with it but if you hear somebody
say oh you want to use the whiteboard for that that's your cue to get up and use the whiteboard.
So use it if you're not finding if you're seeing that every interviewer is asking you that.
Make sure you step up your game and ask and just use it right away.
Ask follow up questions for clarification or any any any type of follow up question that helps you get
to the answer that you that they're looking for.
This is specifically important with coding questions because sometimes there might be surprised coding
questions that the recruiter was not aware of ask follow up questions clarification questions make sure
that you fully understand the problem that they're asking you before you try to give them a solution.
There's no point in giving somebody a solution if you don't understand the problem and that's and that's
important reason why some of these questions around issues are very vague it's vague for two reasons
One they want to know which way you're going to go about it and the second reason is they want to know
if you're gonna ask the clarification questions that you would ask in the real world.
If you're if somebody comes up to you and asks you for.
OK I've got this problem and you just say OK I got the solution.
That doesn't work that way.
You need to go through the process figure out what problems they're actually having because your solution
might only work for whatever 10 second clarification that they gave you but when you truly dig into
it you realize that it might not be that simple or it might not.
Then it might not even be the correct answer for you.
And the last bit is it does take a few deep deep breaths and relax.
The first interview the first probably 10 minutes 20 minutes of that first interview is gonna be the
worst.
And that's just especially if you're not used to going in there you're not used to the interview style
such as like this on site where it's you know five six interviews of people consistently back to back
to back and after about 20 minutes of the first one you'll start calling you should start calming down
and realizing that this is no different than just talking to somebody.
Like I said just because if you want to try to be as organic as possible have an organic conversation
with somebody rather than feeling like you're being drilled with questions.
Once you've got that down you're talking out loud you're using the whiteboard you've given them the
knowledge and the answers that they're looking for.
The only thing you can do at this point is thank them for their time and be on your way until they contact
you.
And by this point hopefully you've gotten a job offer which we'll talk about in the next video.