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9 Hiring Tips For Distributed Teams
Presented by: Milena Berry CEO & Co-founder of
MILENA BERRY • Mother of three
• 10 years building platforms, managing distributed teams
• Former CTO of Avaaz.org
• Built tech team from scratch with developers located on six continents.
• Oversaw technology to support growth from zero to 33 million members.
• Masters from NYU ITP Program
• CEO and CoFounder of PowerToFly
CONTENT1. Basic Hiring Tips
2. Standard Questions
3. The Story
4. Test vulnerability
5. Portfolio
6. Test Responsiveness
7. Real world tech experience
8. Experience working in distributed teams
9. Logistics
TIP 1The Basics
• Cover letter
• Resume
• Story
TIP 2• Professional accomplishment you're proud
of.
• What role you played in it.
• Have you published or worked on a high traffic application?
• Google approach
Interview Questionnaire
TIP 3
• Why do you want this job?
• What is your motivation?”
What’s Your Story?
TIP 4Test Vulnerability
Have you received feedback?
TIP 5Portfolio
• Code sample review on GitHub
• Nice package of relevant code or content
• Links to designs and/or Google play applications
TIP 6Test Responsiveness
During the interview and trial period.
TIP 7Real World Tech Experience
• What tech we are hiring for?
• Hackathons, graduation projects, personal projects
TIP 8
• The ‘I can do everything" mentality is useful but not when exclusive
Experience Working On Teams
• Multicultural, geographical awareness
TIP 9Be Clear With Logistics
• Expected pay
• Start date
• Immediate availability