diff --git a/content/log/2022/big-tech-hiring.md b/content/log/2022/big-tech-hiring.md index 7efe26e..9e6e700 100644 --- a/content/log/2022/big-tech-hiring.md +++ b/content/log/2022/big-tech-hiring.md @@ -284,15 +284,15 @@ Now let's talk business. I will be running an [Uber Mock Interview][uber-mock-interview] on 2022 June 29th. The mock interview familiarizes potential candidates with the interview process, hopefully reducing uncertainty, and thus stress. Listening for a presentation about -Uber's interview process sounds boring; looking at a live interview does not. -For obvious reasons, we cannot live-stream a candidate, so we will do the next +Uber's interview process sounds boring; looking at a live interview — much less +so. For obvious reasons, we cannot live-stream a candidate, we will do the next best thing: conduct an interview which is for all intents and purposes real, -except I will not get or lose a job if I fail it. +except I will not get or lose a job if I make or fail it. So we will be conducting a mock interview. Because it should be educational *and* fun, this is what we will do: 1. I will not know the exercise beforehand. We will all see it, including - myself, at the same time. + myself, at the same moment. 2. I have not done a technical interview for >6 years now, so I did *a bit* of preparation. Not too much though, like most of us when applying for a job. 3. I may fail the interview, therefore I know I will be stressed more than at @@ -323,5 +323,3 @@ Many thanks to Abhinav Gupta and Tim Miller for reading drafts of this. me for a referral. Keep in mind, though, that I will spend some time to understand whether I believe you are a good fit. See the post for my criteria. - -