Connected briefly with Robert, a director at SMBC who gave me some additional context on hiring needs within the organization. He shared that they’re looking to staff five Front Office UI/API roles and one Back Office role, all requiring Python…
For recruiters, vetting Quality Engineering talent can be difficult. A resume can tell you someone has worked with Playwright, Cypress, Selenium, APIs, CI/CD, or AI tools. But those keywords don’t necessarily tell you how someone thinks about quality, how they…
I spoke with Jay, a Senior Quality Engineer who has spent years working across QA automation, SDET, DevOps, and multiple generations of automation frameworks. One thing that stood out to me was how differently he thinks about the SDET role…
Years ago, I remember talking to a candidate about a .NET role. I explained the opportunity and his response was basically, “No, no. I’m a Java guy.” At the time, that didn’t seem particularly unusual. But I don’t think that…
I’ve sat in on a lot of interviews from the recruiter’s side of the table, and here’s something I’ve seen more than once: A hiring manager asks a candidate about something they don’t know. And you can almost watch the…
