Gayle Laakmann McDowell | Technology Woman

I get asked pretty frequently to review resumes, by strangers and friends alike. I wrote a bit about this on CareerCup (my other website – technical interview questions and such). When I was in high school, a teacher returned an essay of mine with the following written on the top of the paper: “Know your [...]

I just started subscribing to Microsoft’s Job Blog – I figured it might have some info related to CareerCup (my own site related to interviewing, with lots of technical interview questions). The most recent post gives a Top 10 No-No’s when you contact a recruiter. The basic points are: Do your homework. Call with relevant [...]

Recently a few friends of mine have applied to Google – without letting me refer them. It makes me cry inside. So, I’ll make the following statements: If I know you (or you know someone I know), and you want to apply to Google, send me your resume. I’ll submit it for you. If I [...]

CareerCup: www.careercup.com First of all let me thank everyone who’s helped out by reporting bugs, issues and feature requests on CareerCup. Your feedback – both positive and negative – helps to make CareerCup better. CareerCup is your source for interviewing and finding a job. Browse technical interview questions from major companies and find out directly [...]

I’ll admit, it’s been a long time coming, but it’s here. CareerCup has finally launched. Yes, that means good-bye to glaak.com/interviews. It’s been fun, but we had to say goodbye to it someday – too much stuff up there, and it just didn’t scale . CareerCup is even bigger and better. Here are just a [...]

About a year ago, I put up a page of the technical interview questions I had been asked, which shortly found its way to http://www.glaak.com/interviews . It’s grown a lot since then, with new questions from friends and helpful readers. I’ve gotten a lot of great feedback about the site, and I’m pleased to say [...]