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📚 General advice
Below are general tips to help you prepare for our interview process.
- Read over the job description. To get ready for your interview, read through the job posting and make sure you know what is expected of the role.
- Read our guides. We have put together 📓 Interview Guides for you; make sure to review your specific track’s preparation!
- Everyone loves a candidate who does their homework! Use the resources below to read up on Axel as a company, business, and product.
- We love to dig into the details. We like to ask a lot of questions that dive into your past experiences and the love you have for your craft. Be prepared to speak in depth about past experiences. Expect follow-up questions such as, “what did you do then?” or “what was the result?”
- Listen carefully. If you don't fully understand the question, please ask! You can ask the interviewer to clarify or rephrase their question. Also, feel free to tell your interviewer you need a moment to collect your thoughts.
- Be concise. Communication is important in all of our roles here. ****We recommend being thorough but concise. In general, we'd like to hear about fewer things but in more detail. We want to hear about the details of the challenges you've encountered and what exactly you did. Avoid giving "whirlwind tours" that touch on a lot of areas but only superficially or talking about your team or company in a way that makes it hard to ascertain your personal contribution. It's helpful for us to hear about outcomes and impact and not just inputs.
- Come with questions. This is your chance to interview us as well. We value curiosity and want to answer your questions.
📓 Interview guides
First, read general preparation
Software Engineering Interviews
Then, read your track’s preparation
Backend Interview Prep
Frontend Interview Prep
About Axel
Our community
Questions
If you have any questions about our process, please contact any team member below: