Setup

Grab a list of common interview questions from somewhere like Coursera.

Game 15 minutes ⏱

1. Interviewer: Cold call a random person and ask them an interview question. Choose an ordinary question.

2. Interviewee: You must give a terrible answer to this question (keep it clean, please!). Then cold call another person to be the interviewer.

3. Interviewer: Give absolutely straight-faced feedback. If you laugh, you’re out and must nominate another player to complete your feedback and return the game to step 1.

At CYF we expect you to demo your work to the class. You must have many opportunities to practice how to clearly and simply explain your work to others. This is really important for interviews and career success.

⏰ Timekeeper

The timekeeper will keep the groups on track.

Split randomly into groups of no more than 4 people. Mix up your teams. Each person will have 2 minutes to demo their work to the group. After the demo, the group will ask questions or give feedback for 5 minutes. Then the next person will demo their work.

🧑🏼‍🎓 Trainees

1. Demo 2 minutes ⏱

You will demo something about your work to the group.

You will have 2 minutes to explain what you did and why. It’s ok to show broken code or a system that doesn’t work yet. Just make sure your demo is interesting.

2. Feedback 5 minutes ⏱

After the demo, the group will give you feedback for up to 5 minutes. It’s smart to suggest what kind of feedback you want by asking some “generative” questions. For example:

• I wasn’t sure if it makes sense to try X. What do you think?
• I liked the way I did X, but I know there are other approaches, what did you do?
• I found X really confusing, did anyone else have the same problem?

💡 Tips:

• Practice the format of demos before class.
• Keep it simple. Don’t try to show everything you did. Just show one interesting thing.
• Keep it short. Two minutes is enough.
• Explain what you did and why.
• Show your code, system, or other artefacts of work.
• Ask for feedback.

A quick break of fifteen minutes so we can all concentrate on the next piece of work.

You will be asked to join a video call for your technical interview. We use an interview platform called Evidenced. You will act as both an interviewer and an interviewee, so you get to experience both sides of the process.

What to expect

• The interview will be 20 minutes long
• You will be asked to discuss a task or feature from a project you have worked on during the track.
• You may have delivered this feature yourself, or it may have been delivered by someone else in your group.

What questions will I be asked?

The questions will be pre-set and shared with you in advance. They will all be based on the “Day 1” learning objectives agreed with our industry partner. Look for these objectives on the success page of this track.

Your interview will be recorded and scored against a rubric you can read before the interview. You will get the transcript of your interview with the decision about your application.

Once your interview is done, you are done. Join the wrap party and celebrate your hard work! What a journey! 🎉

Every Saturday we cook and eat together. We share our food and our stories. We learn about each other and the world. We build community.

This is everyone’s responsibility, so help with what is needed to make this happen, for example, organising the food, setting up the table, washing up, tidying up, etc. You can do something different every week. You don’t need to be constantly responsible for the same task.

You made it! 🎉

Thank you so much for your hard work. We will send you the results of your interview by email by the end of the week.

Now, join the wrap party and celebrate your achievements with your community. 🎈

Can you bring a snack or drink to share? 🍪🥤 Or a board game? We love Dixit, Codenames, and Rush Hour in particular.