Tech Job Hunt Handbook: Career Management for Technical Professionals

Interviewing, Part 1It’s a Brave New Virtual World

In most cases, the best strategy for a job interview is to be fairly honest, because the worst thing that can happen is that you won’t get the job and will spend the rest of your life foraging for food in the wilderness and seeking shelter underneath a tree or the awning of a bowling alley that has gone out of business.

—Lemony Snicket (a.k.a., Daniel Handler), from Horseradish

And nobody wants that. In fact, the even better news is that you may not have to drive to the place of business that wants to interview you. That means if you don’t get the job, you don’t have to slink away to the parking ...