vhandit

As a software engineer, I recently have heard of a lot of feedback from my colleagues and friends that they don’t see their career path or they don’t know how to move to the new levels in their company. No exception, I used to have that thinking before.  In my opinion, there is a very important reason why people are struggling to find the answer because “career path is not always the job titles”. Normally, each company has its own job titles such as junior-level developer, middle-level developer, senior-level developer, teach lead, software architect, CTO, etc. Hence, it is not true that a job title is reasonable for every company. The interview is often conducted hardly to find a candidate matching the company title. If we have a good enough job title standard, the interview would take place very easily, right? Therefore, I prefer to define my own career path through what skills are gained under a job title. But wait, why do I need a career path? To me, a career is an indispensabl...

I have joined several job interviews with candidates at my current company. As a technical supporter, my attention was mainly focused on specific technical points rather than behavioral ones. However, I saw that these following  typical   questions  were rarely missed for any interviews. In fact, there is a meaning behind of the questions.  The concern is candidates should focus on answering the right things that interviewers really want to know. Take a look! Introduce about yourself It is "What and why are you fit for this job?".  So, it is good to go "Talking too much about your hobbies."? I would say "We don't care about your hobbies much". ;) Why do you want to find a new job? It is "Why this job are interesting you?".  So, it is good to go "Talking about something negative like 'I hate my boss/leader'"? I would say "Who wants to work with a negative person?" What did you do in your current j...