Episode 18: Interviewing

The Ruby Blend - Episode 18 Welcome to The Ruby Blend! The guys catch up on what's been going on this week. Ron has been taking an insurance class with his work to learn the ins and outs of the insurance industry, Nate's been busy working with Code Fund becoming an independent company, and Andrew has been on the interviewing circuit trying to find a new job. This leads us to the topic of today's episode, which is "Interviewing." The guys chat all about all the different things they've experienced over the years with the interviewing process and all the different things they've encountered with finding new jobs over the years. They do have some bits of advice to share as well. Andrew lets us know what he's been having to do currently with his interviewing process. And why is Andrew not allowed to go bowling anymore? Download this episode to find out all this and much more. Sponsored by: Linode Panelists: Andrew Mason Nate Hopkins Ron Cooke Guests: None Show Notes: [00:00:38] The guys share with us what's been going on in their lives and with their jobs. [00:08:42] Andrew fills us in what the interview process has been like for him, which has included a take home project. Ron shares something about a take home test he had to do for a job interview. [00:17:20] Andrew mentions an upcoming interview he has with a larger Rails shop and it will be him doing a pair with one of their engineers. Ron mentions a whiteboard interview he had to do once and didn't like. Andrew also has some advice about reversing a string with Ruby. [00:28:22] The hiring process being broken is discussed and how it hasn't changed over the years. [00:31:05] Nate asks Andrew if he has any thoughts about any new technologies that he hasn't used during this whole interview process, like libraries he hasn't used, old versions of libraries, or libraries he doesn't care to use. [00:38:33] The topic of JBuilder and JSON is brought up and Andrew says no one is writing JBuilder anymore. [00:44:53] Nate tells us how Stimulus Reflex is coming along, and he lets us in on a little piece of trivia about Stimulus Reflex that he's never touched on, and Ron is involved in it. The guys are waiting for Nate to get "yacht status" and when he does, Andrew wants to be the captain of that yacht. Credits: Produced by Justin Dorfman Edited by Paul M. Bahr at Peachtree Sound Show notes by DeAnn Bahr at Peachtree Sound Ad Sales by Eric Berry Follow Us: Our Website Twitter Dev.to ★ Transistor.fm is now hosting an archive of the podcast for us. Learn how to start your own podcast!