How to increase your odds of success by preparing for a software engineering interview

Posted by Dave on Oct 10, 2011 in Blog | 0 comments We do it over and over again- study a compelling company, study a job spec, sift through a bunch of matching resumes, interview a number of the candidates, and put the closest matches in for the position. Clients tell us we maintain a lower ratio of submittals to placements than the competition, but we still have one issue responsible for most of the “no offer” outcomes-lack of...
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An interview is a blind date. Don’t screw it up.

Posted by Dave on Aug 31, 2011 in Blog | 0 comments At left is Core Search Group’s recommended interview attire. Over 11 years of watching interviews go on patterns begin to emerge. Here is what we have learned. An interview is not an interview. It’s a blind date. If more people knew how to get through a blind date I would be fabulously wealthy and you’d have to figure all this out on your own. Have you ever had a friend try to hook you...
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CSG’s Top Five Interview Prep Tips

Posted by Gil on Sep 4, 2009 in Blog | 4 comments When getting yourself ready for an interview, whether it be a phone interview or an in-house interview, you need to make sure you are 100% prepared. Dot all the t’s and cross all the i’s. Er, wait, dot all the i’s and cross all the t’s. Anyway, preparation is key. You can’t really be over prepared for an interview. We have talked about interview preparation in...
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How to run an efficient and effective interview process.

Posted by Gil on Apr 13, 2009 in Blog | 6 comments We have several world class clients in the software industry and have worked with several other world-class firms over the years. We have worked with companies that run a very efficient and effective interview process and some that lose out on a lot of good people because they do not. What are the reasons a company should strive to run an efficient and effective process? There are many: - First...
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Why Twitter?

Posted by Gil on Mar 2, 2009 in Blog | 1 comment Gil says- One of the outstanding developers I have worked with in the past few weeks asked me about the advantages or benefits of using Twitter. He asked me this in response to my invitation to follow me on Twitter. That wasn’t the first time someone had asked me a similar question and it wasn’t and won’t be the last. Now I will have a place to refer those questions. I have...
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Jobs

Posted by admin on Aug 22, 2008 in Blog | 0 comments If you’re looking for a challenging role in a world class software development organization, you’re in the right place.
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Anatomy of a hiring decision

Posted by Dave on Dec 20, 2007 in Blog | 2 comments Our clients are looking for the top developers in the country. They look at their code and look for the best usage possible. Here’s an unmodified example from a hiring team at one of our clients. “Code Critique In the following, I will go through the code and point out some thoughts along the way. Some of them are merely stylistic, but others can be considered bugs. The list of...
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The power and value of serious software development search.

Posted by Dave on Jul 10, 2007 in Blog | 0 comments Here’s a software development success story Core Search Group is immensely proud of. Automated Trading Desk has entered into an agreement with Citi to be acquired for $680 million. While most people in SC still don’t even know who this company is or what they do ATD is one of the biggest business success stories in the history of our state. ATD helped us become who we are in a big...
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Good or Great?

Posted by Dave on Jun 1, 2007 in Blog | 1 comment Jim Collins’ book Good to Great has been a very valuable resource to me and I am sure a lot of other business owners and professionals. Have you sat down and asked yourself lately whether what you are producing is good or great? What was the last thing you did at work? Was it good or was it great? If you’re good and happy with good that’s fine. Most people I talk to though are...
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How NOT to disappoint 2/3 of your customers, in 3 easy steps

Posted by Dave on May 1, 2007 in Blog | 1 comment At Core Search Group we’ve long taken the stance that we are a customer service organization, not a search firm. We think our client companies are customers and our candidates are customers. Even if we elect not to help them. We talk to clients and candidates all day who give us orders to fill. Clients want certain types of talent. Talent wants certain types of jobs. We accept a small...
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