Steering interviews back on course

An interview offers a brief window in which to get the signal you need to form a hiring recommendation. But what if the candidate misunderstands a question or doesn't quite answer it the way you had hoped? Here's how I nudge an off-course interview to get it back on track…

Fixing the live coding exercise

Stressed-out candidates make for terrible interviews. But there are ways you can create psychological safety for candidates, so they can show you their best selves during a live coding exercise…

Resume advice for engineers

Sprucing up your resume? As a people manager and before that, a technical lead, I've gone through piles of resumes and developed my own resume-screening process. Here's my approach, broken down into how I believe it translates into successful hires and how you can use it to improve your job-hunt…