Interview Preparation
CV Clinic
Are you ready to take your CV to the next level? Join us for an exciting opportunity to elevate your professional profile with our CV Clinic! 🚀
At the Women Coding Community, we believe in the power of collaboration and support. That's why we're thrilled to offer our members a unique chance to receive personalized feedback and guidance on their CVs from their peers.
Our CV Clinic is designed to provide you with valuable insights, expert tips, and constructive feedback to help you craft a standout CV that showcases your true potential.
How it works
Participating in our Peer CV Clinic is easy and fun!
Simply join our Slack CV Slack channel and submit your CV (PDF or Google Docs), alongside a brief description of the role you’re applying for.
Our fellow members review each other's CVs, exchange feedback, and brainstorm ideas for improvement.
Whether you're a seasoned professional or just starting out in your career, our CV Clinic is the perfect chance to refine your CV and take your CV to the next level.
Benefits of joining
- Expert Feedback: Receive personalized feedback and tips from peers who understand the nuances of your industry and role.
- New Strategies: Sharpen your resume-writing skills and learn new techniques to make your resume stand out to potential employers.
- Confidence Boost: Gain confidence in your professional profile and feel empowered to take the next step in your career journey.
Resources to Build Your Resume
- Teal: offers a user-friendly resume builder tool to help you create polished and professional resumes tailored to your job search.
- Rezi: provides an AI-powered resume builder designed to optimize your resume for Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS), ensuring it gets noticed by recruiters.
- Careerflow.ai: is a platform that offers advanced resume-building tools and resources to help you create effective and eye-catching resumes.
- Otta: allows you to build a resume and apply for jobs on the same platform, making your job search more streamlined and efficient.
- Overleaf: provides LaTeX resume templates for those who prefer a high degree of customization and a professional layout.
- Standard Resume: offers a modern resume builder that makes it easy to create and share professional resumes online.
- TopCV: provides a resume review service that offers valuable feedback on how well your resume is optimized for Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS).
- Resume Worded: is an AI-powered platform designed by top recruiters to offer tailored feedback on your resume and LinkedIn profile.
- CV Optimiser: is a tool built with PartyRock by AWS to help you to optimize your CV.
- What a Good Developer Resume Looks Like: is a book by Gergely Orosz that provides insights and tips on crafting an effective resume for developers, based on industry standards and best practices.
Ready to Elevate Your CV?
Don't miss out on this exciting opportunity to take your resume to new heights! 🌟
Mock Interviews Programme
Struggling to prepare for interviews? Feeling uncertain or lacking confidence? Whether you're new to interviews or a seasoned pro, we've got you covered!
At Women Coding Communities, we understand the importance of practice in mastering interviews. That's why we're excited to introduce our latest project: "Mock Interviews." This initiative is designed to provide you with the practice and support you need to excel in real interview scenarios.
Through mock interviews, you'll have the opportunity to refine your responses, develop effective strategies, and boost your confidence. Our goal is to help you feel more prepared and comfortable when facing the pressures of a real interview.
We suggest two distinct formats: behavioral and technical interviews. Whether you're looking to polish your soft skills or fine-tune your technical knowledge, we have tailored mock interviews to suit your needs.
Interview Resources
- Pramp: is a platform that offers free, live peer-to-peer practice interviews for various technical and behavioral roles.
- Interviewing.io: is a platform that provides anonymous mock interviews with senior engineers from top companies like Google, Amazon, and Facebook.
- WCC Ad-Hoc Mentorship Programme: Our monthly mentorship programme allows you to request mock interviews from available mentors during the first 10 days of each month, providing a structured opportunity to receive feedback and improve your interviewing skills.
- The Behavioral Interview YouTube Playlist: is a curated playlist that provides video resources and tips on preparing for behavioral interviews.
- Awesome Behavioural Interview Resources: is a GitHub repository that aggregates useful resources for preparing for behavioral interviews.
- STAR Method Explained: provides a detailed explanation of the STAR method, a popular technique for answering behavioral interview questions effectively.
- Behavioural Interview Questions: offers a comprehensive list of common behavioral interview questions and tips for answering them.
Join us on Slack in the Mock interviews channel to indicate your interest and connect with others seeking practice. Pair up with fellow members and start honing your interview skills today!
Leetcode Programme
Ready to supercharge your problem-solving skills and master algorithms and data structures?
Join our LeetCode community group and elevate your coding skills to new heights with collaborative support and expert guidance!
We offer a structured environment to learn, practice your coding skills and discuss strategies to tackle problems.
Benefits of joining
- Collaborative learning: Practice problems, share solutions and strategies.
- Accountability and motivation: Set goals, track progress and engage with peers.
- Gain confidence: Build confidence to approach a problem in a structured manner.
- Different perspectives: Exchange different problem solving approaches.
Resources for Coding Interviews
- CS50 2020 - Lecture 3 - Algorithms: is a comprehensive lecture from Harvard's CS50 course that covers fundamental algorithms, essential for coding interview preparation.
- Grind 75 Practice Questions: offers a curated list of 75 essential coding interview questions to practice and master, helping you efficiently prepare for technical interviews.
- Awesome Leetcode Resources: is a GitHub repository that compiles a wide range of Leetcode resources to aid your coding interview practice.
- Tech Interview Handbook: provides a comprehensive guide to technical interviews, covering coding, system design, and behavioral aspects.