I've been following your substack for over a year now. It is what helped me land my position at my current company. Purchased this book, as I'm sure there are many helpful insights that I have not read.
One thing I found particularly striking in one of your videos / blogs, is that behavioral interview is something that makes you better as an engineer through its preparation. This mindset really elevated how I think about it, and my career in general.
I really like this idea, that behavioral prep can improve your performance in your day-to-day role. I will say that early readers of the book did not respond well to that framing :).
The difference is probably a temporal one: when you're a candidate, with no job, it's kind of a cart-before-the-horse thing to think about improving your job performance. For those of us with roles, it's interesting to meditate on and maybe even a good reason to do behavioral prep while you still have a job, but for job seekers, it felt like too much fluff.
Interesting enough, I did an early review for another behavior interview book earlier this year, and my comments were lamenting how much that book focused on mimicking example responses rather than reflecting and growing from past experiences.
You've a good insight on different stages of someone in the process (and perhaps career), and how they'd perceive this idea. Looking back at my career, many lessons (mostly pain points to improve upon) went unheeded until I began a job search and thought "what could I have done differently".
The biggest thing you've helped me with was understanding the frame of mind that the interviewer is looking for. Not knowing the goal was a big detriment to my earlier attempts.
Sent a connection request on LinkedIn. Would love to share more stories and reflections, should the opportunity arise.
Congrats Austen! Ordered! Those of us lucky enough to have worked with you in that space know how thoughtful and insightful you are and I imagine the book will be the same.
I've been following your substack for over a year now. It is what helped me land my position at my current company. Purchased this book, as I'm sure there are many helpful insights that I have not read.
One thing I found particularly striking in one of your videos / blogs, is that behavioral interview is something that makes you better as an engineer through its preparation. This mindset really elevated how I think about it, and my career in general.
Kudos, and thank you.
I really like this idea, that behavioral prep can improve your performance in your day-to-day role. I will say that early readers of the book did not respond well to that framing :).
The difference is probably a temporal one: when you're a candidate, with no job, it's kind of a cart-before-the-horse thing to think about improving your job performance. For those of us with roles, it's interesting to meditate on and maybe even a good reason to do behavioral prep while you still have a job, but for job seekers, it felt like too much fluff.
Interesting enough, I did an early review for another behavior interview book earlier this year, and my comments were lamenting how much that book focused on mimicking example responses rather than reflecting and growing from past experiences.
You've a good insight on different stages of someone in the process (and perhaps career), and how they'd perceive this idea. Looking back at my career, many lessons (mostly pain points to improve upon) went unheeded until I began a job search and thought "what could I have done differently".
The biggest thing you've helped me with was understanding the frame of mind that the interviewer is looking for. Not knowing the goal was a big detriment to my earlier attempts.
Sent a connection request on LinkedIn. Would love to share more stories and reflections, should the opportunity arise.
Just purchased for Kindle!
Thank you Brian! Looking forward to your review.
Congrats Austen! Ordered! Those of us lucky enough to have worked with you in that space know how thoughtful and insightful you are and I imagine the book will be the same.
Aww, that's sweet Haydee! Thanks for the purchase. Looking forward to reading your review!