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Casey Ydenberg
Casey Ydenberg
15,622 Points
Posted by Casey Ydenberg
Casey Ydenberg
15,622 Points

Pseudo-interview? Any advice on what to expect?

Hi anyone, I applied for a junior developer position (at a digital agency) and was asked to "meet in person to talk more". Any thoughts on what to expect? Casey

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Daniel Gheorghe
Daniel Gheorghe
2,047 Points
Daniel Gheorghe
Daniel Gheorghe
2,047 Points

I`ve been to alot of interviews ( languages: JS, jQuery, HTML , CSS, , mySQL and AJAX ) and here are some of the questions i got:

Technical interview:

  • I see here that you know {LANGUAGE}, what did you develop with that language or what do you know about it ?
  • What is your favorite programming language and which ones do you hate? Why? .. try to go over it at fast as you can as you can say something that will annoy the interviewer ( if you really care to join the club ).
  • If you could add any feature to the programming language you use the most, what would it be?
  • What do you do if you are required to work with alot of code you see for the first time ?
  • Technical test about the stuff i pretended to know in my CV.

So mainly for a junior position they should not go far with the questions ... just try to keep the answers simple and to the point ... don`t go overheading with explanations.

Human Resources Interview:

  • This is the part i love most ... the cute girl with the googly eyes that asks you questions smiling with her perfect teeth and looks at you as if she would like to eat you up and ... wow there ... i was joking .. it will probably be a middle aged bald woman that will ask you something about your hobby and try to make your profile by looking at your toenails because she/he/it saw that in a movie with Steven Seagal or Transformers ... THIS is the part where you will be asked stuff about the job description that have no meaning to them and they just shake their heads and approve anything you say because you will be confident saying it :) !

Hopefully i`ve been of some use to you and no one feels offended !

btw ... i`m from Romania :( !