Japanese Tech Interviews

[@william_in_japan]

Subscribe for more tips about getting a developer job in Japan! Just to be clear I am going to be pumping out most all of my content for free, but some of my esoteric but effective strategies I am thinking about releasing but limiting the scope.

[@saile01234]

Huge thank you for all these videos, they are serving as a massive motivation for me! changing lives!

[@william_in_japan]

Thank you, I hope they can be of help!

[@LenaExplores]

This is some really great advice, it really aligns with my experience job searching in Japan. Thanks for creating such useful content, I really wish I came across it a bit earlier, it could have made the job search easier by knowing what to expect.

[@doppel33]

Nice video! Really interested on the next one to see your strategy to get an offer!

[@QUINCEYYY9]

another banger, keep up the good content

[@william_in_japan]

Thank you for the encouragement!

[@Endermania]

Thank you for making your videos! They are extremely valuable to me

[@amenbrother8785]

this channel is a god sent holy shit

[@cskai8555]

super great insights!

[@HartleySan]

"I made a really stupid mistake... and they didn't notice." Haha! That cracked me up.

[@N34R4T0M4T]

Coding tests that does not allow you to stack overflow or google anything makes little to no sense, most of the time as a developer you use those resources.

[@SmoothCode]

How proficient do you need to be in Japanese?

[@KittyK444]

I'm curious, what are the FAANG equivalents in Japan?

[@earljaycaoile5071]

I don't know about Japanese companies, but some of the big American tech companies have offices in Japan too.

[@kin1763]

Should I send the first message on job site or should I wait for them to message me? I have likes but have received no messages so far. If I'm supposed to send a message, what can I say?

[@yurtemre7]

thank them for the like!

[@zDToddy]

If I make someone do live code and they don't use google i'd be concerned.

[@william_in_japan]

I agree for when you're learning a new technology or formula! But for a language that you've mastered, sometimes you can get by without it

[@NTR-Impact]

Not with people who's like 10++ years of experience and if the job has a small limited scope. But this is the case for Juniors and for folks that wear many hats.

[@zDToddy]

@@william_in_japan Sure but that sounds like a very superficial test, I'm not looking for someone who memorized coding syntax, I want to see how they handle being out of their confort zone, how they approach a problem they've never encountered before, if they can understand how engineers talk and spot a possible solution while filtering out noise and bs. Watching how people use google can tell you a lot.

[@Homiloko2]

@@zDToddy Agreed 100%. The interview should look into your regular workflow and how you'd tackle real problems at work, not a school test about how much you memorized

[@bjni]

its hard getting that first job when you got no experience lol

[@AlecMMiller]

It might be because I've been applying to jobs more aimed at foreigners/generally that are more international, but this really hasn't matched my experience at all. First company where I made it decently far into the process, the coding exam was live coding. It wasn't that hard, looked it up afterwards and it was leetcode medium. Second interview was a system design interview, so no questions, just "here's a problem, design an API/lay out all the services/pick what database to use/etc etc" Second company I had one interview, I felt like it went well, but then they just completely ghosted me, didn't even send a rejection email. And then I had one where they had me take an online code test before I even got the first interview. It was a bunch of nonsense leetcode stuff under extremely tight time control in a crappy online editor. And they also ghosted me, didn't even send a rejection email.

[@william_in_japan]

Thanks for sharing! Ghosting you definitely isn't something a typical Japanese company would do. I haven't applied to any foreigner facing positions. I apply to everything in Japanese. From my understanding, international job postings are much more competitive.

[@nwfashionmedia]

Two months' notice? I thought that only happened in India. Apparently Japanese companies haven't learned that loyalty is worthless these days.

[@william_in_japan]

What do you mean? It literally is worth something to them. Not to employees, maybe, but certainly has value to the employers

[@horsekick6124]

I know the Konami code.

[@william_in_japan]

It might work in the interviews