{"id":1134,"date":"2022-02-07T12:32:15","date_gmt":"2022-02-07T17:32:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/dmc\/?p=1134"},"modified":"2022-10-13T22:59:25","modified_gmt":"2022-10-14T02:59:25","slug":"how-to-fail-your-tech-interview-successfully","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/dmc\/2022\/02\/07\/how-to-fail-your-tech-interview-successfully\/","title":{"rendered":"How to fail your tech interview successfully"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Feb 22nd at 6-7pm in ASB 332<\/p>\n<p>Computer Science is hard. Being a Software Engineer is hard. Translating your computer science skills into a successful Software Engineer gig after college shouldn&#8217;t be hard. After interviewing close to 100 candidates at all levels for Google, Facebook and Manticore, Dobri Yordanov has a few tips and tricks to share, as well as pitfalls to avoid. Join us if you&#8217;d like to hear about them, be it out of curiosity or practicality. 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