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Interview Prep for HJ #15

Open geekelo opened 3 weeks ago

geekelo commented 3 weeks ago

QUESTIONS

geekelo commented 2 weeks ago

Why do you want to work here?

I am interested in working with help juice because I have found some qualities and values of the company that aligns with mine and the ideal company I'd be happy to work with.

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geekelo commented 2 weeks ago

Strength and Weakness

Strengths:

Adaptability: My knack for adaptability allows me to seamlessly navigate diverse work environments and quickly embrace new challenges, ensuring a dynamic and efficient contribution to any team. E.g this was evidenced at a time where I was required to work on a project using PHP for the first time. I quickly read materials on php and was able to execute within the 3 days time frame I was given.

Accountability: My strong sense of accountability, enables me consistently deliver projects with precision and take ownership of my responsibilities. This has fostered a reliable and trustworthy work ethic making me a good fit for any team with high standards.

Teamwork: Thriving in collaborative settings, I leverage my strong teamwork skills to inspire a positive and inclusive work atmosphere, fostering a collective spirit that enhances overall team productivity.

Leadership: As a natural leader, I have a proven track record of guiding teams towards successful delivery of projects by providing clear direction, fostering innovation, and empowering team members to reach their full potential. During the microverse program this strength shined through and as a result I was often elected by team members to lead the team on several occasions. I have also received recommendations on linkedin from team members to appraise and encourage me as well. (Which I am thankful for).

Weaknesses:

Straightforwardness: This has to do with my communication.  I recognized the importance of diplomacy about 2 years ago, and I am actively refining my communication style to balance forthrightness with tact, ensuring effective and considerate interactions.

Inability to Say No & Overcommitment: Previously out of wanting always to be of help to team members I would find myself always getting into their work on request to fix a bug, think up algorithm etc. But it kept leading to fatigue. At the moment I have acknowledged the value of prioritization and, I am implementing strategies to better manage my commitments. In my last project I applied the strategy of prioritizing like effective time allocation, setting realistic boundaries and it led to ensuring a more balanced workload and heightened focus on critical tasks.

_Overcommitment**: Addressing my inclination towards hard work, I am working on setting realistic boundaries and learning to allocate time effectively, fostering a healthier work-life balance and sustained productivity. _

geekelo commented 2 weeks ago

Introduce yourself

Thank you for this question

I appreciate the opportunity to have this interview. I am of the opinion that help juice is a great company and I'm thrilled at the client focused solution and passion of helpuice to store, maintain and manage data or information for over 5000 companies and enable their clients access this information easily and seamlessly. Who wouldn't like to contribute to making life easier. That's why I'm interested in this role. I'd like to contribute to this.

My Eloghene Otiede an excellence-driven software engineer and quite known by other software developers I've worked with as a goal-focused team lead. I love to code, do code reviews and work on exciting projects. I have also gained experience in collaborating with stakeholders to clearly define project scope, requirements, and deliverables, ensuring a 15% reduction in project timeline.

So far I have crafted and launched websites that not only look good but work seamlessly across devices. I'm able to do so by leveraging acquired graphics design and UI/UX design skills, in bringing UI designs to life on the front-end.

My tech journey has been an interesting one characterized with continuous learning, upskilling and acquiring soft skills. The past 7 years have been spent mastering skills in; React, Javascript, CSS, Ruby on Rails, leadership, problem-solving etc

It all started in 2015 as an intern and after the one year internship I was retained by the company based on their evaluation as the intern who had shown the most exceptional growth, adaptability and commitment.

I have further upskilled through the microverse remote software development program and alx remote software engineering program where I acquired baked skills like oop, ttd, design microservices, etc, which I leverage in engineering robust and scalable solutions on the back-end.

Lastly, by participating in these programs I have been able to master working collaboratively with diverse teams and across different time zones.

I am happy to have this conversation with you and if there is any part you'd like to know please feel free to ask. Thank you.

geekelo commented 2 weeks ago

What do you know about the company

Based on my research Helpuice is an amazing company that has existed for over a decade. It is a company that has cracked the secret to relevantly bridging the gap between company's resources and clients by providing a knowledge base solution that stores, maintains and manages or information for companies and nae them accessible by to companies clients.

It is a goal and vision focused company that places value on their clients experience, on the staff experience and producing results.

Finally, It's a company that I'd like to work with and I'm hoping t be given that opportunity.

geekelo commented 2 weeks ago

Tell us about your experience with full stack or frontend

"I have over five years of experience in full-stack and frontend development. On the full-stack side, I've built robust backend systems using technologies like Ruby on rails, Node.js, express, and PHP. I'm comfortable working with databases like MongoDB and PostgreSQL.

On the frontend, I specialize in crafting responsive and intuitive user interfaces with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript frameworks like React.

One project I'm particularly proud of is a web application where I led the development team in creating a seamless user experience for an e-commerce platform. We implemented features such as real-time updates, certificate generating, certificate verification, QR code generation, real time search, on demand certificate download as PDF.

This solution helps the institution to award certificates to their students presenting them with options to download and view their certificates anytime. One each certificate there's an instruction to employers to verify on the web app. Verification is done by inputting the certificate's unique number.

Throughout my career, I've honed my problem-solving skills and adaptability, allowing me to thrive in dynamic development environments and deliver high-quality solutions."

geekelo commented 2 weeks ago

Greatest accomplishment

So far reflecting on the fact that I have helped over 150 females for free to get into tech by curating an exclusive self paced course where I taught full stack development in a way that a 5 year old can understand. I was inspired to do this after discovering the adaptability and creativity of females when it comes to problem solving and coding. My teaching style has encouraged these women to develop their coding skills and see possibilities for them in tech.

I am also still in the euphoria of my latest project. I consider it a huge achievement because I had executed the project using modular programming. I divided the entire project into 3 parts. I was able to build and deploy all 3 parts individually as integrate them to work together seamlessly. This allowed me to enhance the maintainability of the project, easily identify bugs, make updates without breaking other module or component

geekelo commented 2 weeks ago

Thoughts on working from home

Working remotely is result producing approach adopted by companies where staff are allowed to function from home. With this method staff do not need to spend time commuting and can reinvest the time and energy into work. This enables companies to maximize the productivity and efficiency of their staff.

However, working remotely requires aot of discipline, and this I'm able to maintain a high level of discipline by reading daily news letters and attending online workshops where practical tips are shared on how to work remotely, staying motivated and time management ....

Pomodoro Prioritizing

geekelo commented 2 weeks ago

A good team member

Is someone who can communicate effectively, give constructive feedback, receive feedback, is inclusive, works with time, and open to learn and share knowledge