shansiddiqui94

shansiddiqui94

Interview Junior Entry Elixir Developer?

Hello,

Hey, Elixir fam it’s been so long since I last posted here. A lot has to do with the fact that I didn’t get a role in Elixir but instead Ruby on Rails and have been diligently working with a company since then.

However recently a new company reached out to me who are looking to hire Junior Elixir engineers, they pretty much want to translate their current code from Erlang into Elixir

Essential requirements:

• Some familiarity with Erlang/Elixir and a desire to work with it

• Interest in building highly scalable platforms that can process millions of events

• Ability to work independently as a remote Developer.

• Previous contributions to open source

• Strong English communication skills

I have been an active community member, I post topics that I learned on my Linkedin, and create small projects in Elixir on Github. Learn as I go, as well as post on Elixir forums for assistance and learning/growth I feel a bit nervous as I wanted this role for a while, and now it landed on my front step.

Question: What topics Can I talk about that would make me stand out as an engineer during my interview?

Thank You guys

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Eiji

Eiji

Hear goes the best advice I, as a senior Elixir developer, can think about: chill out. :upside_down_face:

From my experience you can’t be prepared for everything. One time my application was rejected not because I don’t had required Elixir skills, but because they found a similar applicant who knows hockey rules - yes, this offer was from Canada. :clap:

As long as you have a job (i.e. a stable source of income) you don’t have to worry.. It’s just a matter of time when you would get an Elixir-based job. Sometimes it’s just really a matter of luck. :four_leaf_clover:

Unfortunately I also need to say 2 bad things about getting a job:

  1. When they are reaching you (instead of you reaching them) your chances drastically increases. :chart_with_upwards_trend:
  2. The above works especially if a message wasn’t generic and somebody really took a look at your profile. :thinking:

Looks like all of above matches your case. That’s already a good start! :+1:

If none of above would match your case then you should not worry about such job. I don’t mean not to apply, but don’t take it so serious if you are rejected and especially in case:

  1. there was no reason :speak_no_evil:
  2. there was a stupid reason :person_facepalming:
  3. you even not received a reply, because before you have ever applied, they already found someone and therefore they have finished whole recruitment process :speech_balloon:

Well … looks like I was “unlucky” many times as all of above happen to me at least once and I simply learned to “deal with it” - no matter how bad this sounds. :sweat_smile:

Good luck! :crossed_fingers:

kokolegorille

kokolegorille

This explains how to do it with clean OTP code :slight_smile:

elt547

elt547

Honestly to me, it sounds like it could be a great learning opportunity

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shansiddiqui94

shansiddiqui94

This was some great advice.

Thank You Eiji

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