I’ll share the notes I prepared in advance for an internal interview related to software engineer hiring.

Background: Advance Notes for Internal Interview

I was scheduled to conduct an internal interview related to software engineer hiring, so I prepared notes in advance. Since they didn’t end up being useful in the actual interview, I decided to make an article out of them ✍️

Engineer Values and General Theory

software is eating the world

Five years after Marc Andreessen on Why Software Is Eating the World - WSJ, Software is still eating the world | TechCrunch was published, and five years later today, “Software is still eating the world” still holds true. Internet: Marc Andreessen’s Prediction; Software is eating the world - 21st Century Radio (Radio@21) (インターネット：マーク・アンドリーセンの予測；Software is eating the world - 21世紀ラジオ (Radio@21))

• There's joy in writing code and developing as a software engineer
• And the joy of having people use the digital products you develop

General Theory About Software Engineers

For general theory, I caught up by reading the following book during my Engineering Manager days:

O’Reilly Japan - Management Career Path for Engineers (O’Reilly Japan - エンジニアのためのマネジメントキャリアパス)

Work Style and Things I Value

Work Style

I continue practicing the Pomodoro Technique (ポモドーロ・テクニック).

Since startups are marathons, I try to work consistently.

If You Want to Take Care of Your Company, Founders Should First Take Care of Themselves | Coral Capital (自分の会社を大事にしたいなら、創業者はまず自分自身を大切に | Coral Capital)

Things I Value

• Sleep 8 hours
• Anticipate and prepare for worst-case scenarios
• Keep up with technology by grasping key points

That’s all from the Gemba on laying to rest the advance notes for internal interviews related to software engineer hiring.