How to Beat Your Fellow Engineers to the Best Jobs - Melissa Llarena

How to Beat Your Fellow Engineers to the Best Jobs When you’ve spent a majority of your career in an engineering role, the good assumptions are:• You are analytical.• You enjoy making things.• You are realistic.• You are an effective problem-solver.• You evaluate alternatives methodologically.Alternatively, the not-so-good assumptions are:• You are not a strong verbal communicator.• You struggle operating in gray areas.• You only think the technical interview questions matter (side note, prep for at least these  27 behavioral interview questions).• You lack interests beyond technology.• You rather be an independent contributor rather than work as part of a team.Please hit that ‘forward e-mail’ icon and share this with your engineer friends.Ask them if they ever lost a job offer  because they missed the opportunity to proactively address any of these assumptions.In the meantime,  schedule time with me to transform your interview approach.-MelissaCEO / Founder of Career Outcomes MatterDid I miss any engineeri ng  assumptions?Post your feedback in the comments and Ill offer you more specific tips. How to Beat Your Fellow Engineers to the Best Jobs I’ve noticed 10 underlying assumptions (through my work with candidates looking at VC-backed startups, Medtronic, Bloomberg i.e. technology-driven companies) that interviewers make about engineering job candidates.When you’ve spent a majority of your career in an engineering role, the good assumptions are:• You are analytical.• You enjoy making things.• You are realistic.• You are an effective problem-solver.• You evaluate alternatives methodologically.Alternatively, the not-so-good assumptions are:• You are not a strong verbal communicator.• You struggle operating in gray areas.• You only think the technical interview questions matter (side note, prep for at least these  27 behavioral interview questions).• You lack interests beyond technology.• You rather be an independent contributor rather than work as part of a team.Please hit that ‘forward e-mail’ icon and share this with your engineer friends.Ask th em if they ever lost a job offer  because they missed the opportunity to proactively address any of these assumptions.In the meantime,  schedule time with me to transform your interview approach.-MelissaCEO / Founder of Career Outcomes MatterDid I miss any engineering  assumptions?Post your feedback in the comments and Ill offer you more specific tips.