Do Not Let Interviewing Overwhelm You

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Happy Thanksgiving fellow Americans! I hope that those of you that are employed have taken the week off, and that the rest of us are getting those last minute interview emails to confirm post break.

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1. Set a schedule for the days you will interview.

   Take it from me; do not jampack your week full of interviews. My rule of thumb is a maximum of 3 recruiter screens a week and one technical screen. If it is an interview loop, that is the only thing I am doing the entire week. Interviewing is a mentally exhausting task, and while we all need to get to the dollars, burning out on interviewing is not the way to do it.

2. Decide what you want in your next company.

   Think outside of your canned response for recruiter screenings. What in a company would bring you peace of mind even during the hard days at work? For me: high salary, friendly coworkers, complex and interesting work. I cannot say the first one to the recruiters for reason that are obvious, but the other two are the most important to me always. Bad days only get worse with bad coworkers.

3. It is okay to say no.

   Sometimes you know a company is not right for you when you go through the recruiter screen. Do not ignore those feelings. Yes, you could continue on with the interview for practice, but practice is still draining, and I do not have enough mental capacity to do all of that. No is a complete sentence and my favorite one. Thank them for their time and proceed otherwise.

4. Ask the Hiring Manager Everything

   If you have questions about next year’s roadmap, the way that they manage direct employees, if they are accomodating of the company’s policy on WFH and unlimited vacation days, what their current tech stack is looking like and how many resources are they looking to add to the team in the next calendar year, etc. Vet your manager and their skip level manager thoroughly. I won’t bore you with the details of my company horror stories, but just trust me.

5. If you really like a company, see if they will fast track the interview process.

   Especially at this time of year with the holidays knocking politely on our doors, there is no harm in asking to fast track the interview process if possible. A lot of companies will have it fast tracked because of end-of-the-year headcount, but there is no harm in showing some enthuasim about the prospect of being with the company before the end of the year. It also helps if you are also in the interview process with other companies as well! Just do not have six in rotation like I do currently.

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