We talked about:

• Oleg’s background
• Standing out in recruitment process
• NextRound — a service for free mock interviews
• Why rejections are generic
• Starting NextRount — preparing a list of situations
• Steps in the interview process
• Read the job description!
• CV is your landing page
• Take-home assignments
• Questions about your past experience
• Hypothetical case questions
• Technical rounds
• Handling rejections
• What to do after receiving an offer?
• Do recruiters pay attention to age?
• Getting a job with a PhD — it’s a cold start problem
• Should I answer rejection emails?
• Negotiating when my salary is low
• Should I apply for jobs that require 5 years of experience?
• Tricking applicant tracking systems
• What else Oleg learned after interviewing 300 data scientists
• How a horse's ass determined the design of a space shuttle

Links:

• Oleg's service for interviews: https://nextround.cc/
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/olegnovikov/

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