EPISODE · Jan 18, 2023 · 44 MIN
A soul-crushing job search
from Software Engineering Unlocked · host Michaela Greiler
Earn additional income by sharing your opinion on userinterviews.com!Episode Resources:Heather's TwitterHeather's job search blog postHeather's BlogAbout Heather ReidHeather Reid is a Test Engineer at Glofox. Before that she was the community boss for Ministry of Testing, making sure that the testing community had everything to be successful. Before that, she was a software tester at Exploristics and at Moola.Episode Chapters:00:00 Introduction02:00 What does a test community boss do?06:28 Can we forget our skills?08:00 Attending workshops09:00 4-hour interview experience10:00 Hurtful rejections pile up12:10 Can't ask questions in an interview14:00 A good interview experience19:00 A technical test23:00 Different backgrounds and perspectives26:10 Arguing during an interview30:50 Improving the state of testing 33:50 Adding accessibility 40:00 Career advice for job seekers
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