Interviews

If you send 100 applications, you might get 10 phone screens, 5 interviews, and 1 offer. Those numbers are just estimates, but hopefully, it demonstrates that:

1. You need to send a lot of applications
2. You need to do a lot of interviews

Interviewing is a skill, and it's one that you can get better at with practice. My goals with this section are to help you get started on the right foot and to give you some pointers that will help you improve your interviewing skills faster.

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Listen to This Episode

You don't have to do this now, but I highly recommend listening to this full episode from the Backend Banter podcast at some point when you have free time. It's available on YouTube or any major podcasting app, and is just packed with advice for getting your first job as a developer from James Q Quick.