Bug squash: An underrated interview question(blog.jez.io)

373 points by jez 2 years ago | 211 comments

Blog post describing the "bug squash" software engineering interview, where candidates find and fix a bug in an unfamiliar repository.

Thoughts on PostgreSQL in 2024(jkatz05.com)

69 points by sjmiller609 2 years ago | 33 comments

How to pass the interview for software engineering roles in Big Tech(lambrospetrou.com)

46 points by lambrospetrou 3 years ago | 25 comments

Interviewing the Interviewer: Questions to Uncover a Company's True Culture(praachi.work)

351 points by abhas9 2 years ago | 190 comments

A blog post advising tech job candidates on open-ended questions to ask interviewers to uncover a company's real culture.

What job interviews taught me about Kubernetes(notnotp.com)

228 points by chmaynard 4 months ago | 173 comments

Apple built iCloud to store billions of databases(read.engineerscodex.com)

441 points by gempir 2 years ago | 170 comments

Engineer's Codex newsletter post explaining how Apple uses Cassandra and FoundationDB to power CloudKit and store billions of iCloud databases.