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The Year of Efficiency: Is it Easier to Hire Tech Talent in 2023?
Mark Zuckerberg branded 2023 as the year of efficiency at Meta (a.k.a. We’re laying off 20,000+ people and closing 5,000 other roles). Amazon, Microsoft and Alphabet also announced major rounds of redundancies this year. And even more subjective measures, such as this Hacker News thread, suggest the tides have turned when it comes to tech […]
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30 Java Coding Interview Questions for Beginner, Mid-Level and Expert Developers
Technology is evolving rapidly and software engineers need to keep up with the latest trends in today’s competitive environment. Java is a leading programming language especially for backend programming. This article presents a variety of coding challenges that span fundamental principles, advanced features and performance optimization strategies to help you improve your Java programming abilities […]
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The Top 10 Books for Software Engineering Managers
It’s important for engineering managers to stay up to date with the latest technologies and best practices in the fast-paced world of software development. One of the effective ways to achieve it is by reading books written by experts in this field. Today we will review some of the best books engineering managers should read. […]
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6 Steps to Effectively Interview a Software Engineer
Interviewing software engineers is important for any company looking to form a strong and capable technical team. You must carefully plan and execute the interview process to ensure the candidate has the essential technical abilities and experience to succeed in the role. You will be testing not just the technical abilities of the applicant but […]
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Effective React Coding Test Design: How to Ensure a Fair and Accurate Evaluation
A survey conducted by Stack Overflow in 2021 revealed that React was the most popular front-end web framework among front-end developers, with over 56% of respondents reporting that they had used it before. Similarly, a report published by GitHub in 2020 showed that React was the third most popular project on the platform, after only […]
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Beyond the Basics: 73 Advanced Coding Interview Questions for Experienced Developers [+1 Code Challenge]
Employing experienced developers is essential to developing a successful technology team, but evaluating their technical expertise can be difficult. With so many programming languages, tools, and frameworks available, it can be challenging to know what questions to ask during a technical interview. This article will discuss the best practices for evaluating the technical skills of […]
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From Screening to Hiring: How to Create a Technical Hiring Process
Technical hiring is slightly challenging as compared to a non-technical hiring. There is a lot of depth in the rapidly evolving programming languages and frameworks. Even for programmers, you need to assess their non-technical skills such as communication, flexibility, ability to lead, etc. However, using some of the best practices along with adoption of online […]
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The Importance of Data-Driven Hiring in a Competitive Talent Market
Today we will discuss data-driven hiring as it relates to recruiting software developers. We will provide an overview of what data-driven hiring is, its benefits, what kind of data is important to track, and what are the most common data limitations. What is Data-Driven Hiring Data-driven hiring is an approach centered around collecting data and […]
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What is Pre-employment Testing and How it Can Help You Hire Better Talent
Do you use pre-employment testing in your hiring process? If not, you probably should (and we’ll explain why later). If yes, there may be tools and services to make your screening even better. In this article, we’ll explore what pre-employment testing is and the benefits associated with it. We’ll also take a look at some […]
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The Top 5 Coding Challenges for Conducting Technical Interviews
Evaluating the technical skills of a candidate is not an easy task. For technical positions, especially where programming is involved, a code challenge is one of the ways to evaluate a candidate. You will see many general code challenges involving arrays, LinkedList, sorting, and so on. While these coding challenges do evaluate candidates to some […]