Day Two Cloud 133: Tips For Tech Interview Success

You’ve honed your tech chops, acquired certifications, and polished your resume. All that stands before you and that shiny new job is…the interview. Or more likely, interviews. Whether they happen over Zoom or in an office, and whether you have to answer a barrage of arcane tech questions or list your strengths and weaknesses, the interview is the final hurdle to employment. Today on the Day Two Cloud podcast we offer tips and advice for those on the job market, from finding new opportunities, building a professional network, prepping for interviews, handling curve-ball questions, managing nerves, and more. Our guest is Amy Colyer, Senior Cloud Advocate at Microsoft. Amy recently went through multiple interviews to land her latest gig. Sponsor: ITProTV Start or grow your IT career with online training from ITProTV. From CompTIA to Cisco and Microsoft, ITProTV offers more than 5,800 hours of on-demand training. Courses are listed by category, certification, and job role. Day Two Cloud listeners can sign up and save 30% off all plans. Go to itpro.tv/daytwocloud and use promo code CLOUD to save 30%. Sponsor: StrongDM StrongDM is secure infrastructure access for the modern stack. StrongDM proxies connections between your infrastructure and Sysadmins, giving your IT team auditable, policy-driven, IaC-configurable access to whatever they need, wherever they are. Find out more at StrongDM.com/packetpushers. Tech Bytes: Singtel Stay tuned for a sponsored Tech Bytes conversation with Singtel on addressing the complexities of cloud-ready networks. Our guest is Mark Seabrook, Global Solutions Manager at Singtel. Show Links: @wyrdgirl – Amy Colyer on Twitter Amy Colyer on LinkedIn Transcript: [00:00:00.490] – Ethan [AD] This episode of Day Two Cloud is brought to you in part by IT Pro TV. Start or grow your IT career with online IT training from IT Pro TV and we have a special offer for all you amazing Day Two Cloud listeners. Sign up and save 30% off all plans ITPro dot tv slash day two cloud and use promo code Cloud at checkout to save 30% off all plans. [00:00:27.650] – Ethan Sponsor StrongDM is secure infrastructure access for the modern stack StrongDM proxies connections between your infrastructure and Sysadmins, giving your IT team auditable, policy driven IaC configurable access to whatever they need wherever they are. Find out more at strongdm.com slash PacketPushers [00:00:52.710] – Ethan Welcome to Day Two Cloud. And today we’re doing a career oriented show. We are interviewing Amy Colyer. Amy is someone that Ned and I know, and she just went through five or something interviews and ended up landing a gig. And so we said, Amy, we should pick your brain about interviewing and interview skills and all that kind of stuff. That was pretty much how the prep call went, wasn’t it, Ned? [00:01:17.730] – Ned I mean, it’s such a relevant topic right now because the job market is super hot. So even if you’re not thinking about leaving your current job, it’s definitely worth exploring to see what’s out there and maybe there’s a better fit. And using her tips, you can help figure out what positions are available and maybe how you should prepare for the interviews that follow once you apply for that position. [00:01:39.