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Thursday, 2pm. Resume says they "architected the platform migration." Phone screen notes: Strong communicator.
- Candidate: “Yeah, so we aligned stakeholders, leveraged best practices, and drove it cross-functionally.”
- Eng manager: “Which database. What stack.”
- Candidate: “It was… SQL. Or Postgres. The cloud one.”
- Eng manager: “The one in your resume bullet.”
- Candidate: “Right, so my team owned the outcomes and I was heavily involved in the strategy.”
Phone screen tested small talk. You needed someone who could explain their own resume.
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