Outtalent

Today is the day to voluntarily walk into a trap 🪤😀

Here’s our edition. Leave a comment which one gets you (or suggest your option) 👀

What’s the secret sauce behind strong behavioral interview answers?🤫

Behavioral interviews play a major role in hiring decisions at top tech companies💻. They help interviewers assess how you handle conflict, communicate, make decisions, and work with others.

We asked our behavioral interview coach Ksena Kryvonos why some answers sound less compelling and how to structure your stories clearly. Swipe through to read her insights ↪️

At Outtalent, experienced mentors help you prepare for both technical and behavioral interviews at Big Tech, so no question catches you by surprise.

Ask questions❓about behavioral interviewing in the comments, and we’ll record video answers to your most interesting questions.

We asked , Senior Software Engineer with Big Tech experience and an Outtalent mentor.

The answer might surprise you: the most costly mistakes aren’t always technical.

Swipe through to see his perspective and practical advice you can apply in your next interview ↪️

At Outtalent, experienced Big Tech mentors guide your preparation across behavioral, coding, and system design interviews. Learn more about our mentors and the program at our website, link in profile🔗

What Big Tech interviewers really evaluate during tech interviews?🤔

We’re launching a new format where we share practical insights from Outtalent mentors, based on what they actually see in real interviews🔥

We’re starting with Nikita Podguzov’s perspective on the signals interviewers look for, and the ones that raise questions.
Nikita is one of our mentors at Outtalent.

Swipe through to see what really stands out and save it for later.

In your experience, what other signals matter? Share your thoughts in the comments ✍

(It is our first open Connect event in Russian language. Click "See translation" at the bottom if you are curious what it is.)

Всем привет!

Этой зимой я в Германии и мы вместе с моими друзьями тут Айбеком Мажитовым из eBay и Данияром Асановым из Turbine Kreuzberg решили организовать открытую встречу в Берлине на русском языке! 😍

Цель мероприятия — дать вам полезную информацию для вашей карьеры в сфере IT, создать возможности познакомиться с интересными людьми с похожими ценностями и вместе насладиться вкусным центральноазиатским пловом! 😋

Дата: 14 декабря, суббота

Расписание:

14:00 Регистрация и нетворкинг

15:00 Возможности в big tech и стартапах в Европе и США в 2025 - Тилек Мамутов
15:30 Открытая дискуссия о возможностях в big tech и стартапах

16:00 Как я зарабатываю на индихакинге с Vibely - Айбек Мажитов (eBay, ex-Spotify)
16:30 Открытая дискуссия о возможностях в индихакинге, о Vibely, Spotify, eBay

17:00 Как я поднял более $1 миллиона на свой стартап - Тилек Мамутов
17:30 Открытая дискуссия об открытии стартапа и поднятии инвестиций

18:00 Ужин с пловом, музыка, нетворкинг
22:00 Окончание мероприятия

Локация: офис Turbine Kreuzberg (Prinzessinnenstraße 19, Berlin)

Огромное спасибо этой компании и её представителю Данияру Асанову за предоставление офиса для нашего мероприятия!

Цена участия:
10 евро для первых 10 покупателей ("early birds")
20 евро для остальных (места ограничены!)

Приглашаю всех кто в Берлине или рядом присоединиться! Уверен, это будет замечательное мероприятие!

Напишите слово "плов" в комментариях под этим постом, чтобы получить ссылку на покупку билета. 😁

Тилек Мамутов, основатель Outtalent

We are absolutely thrilled to announce our first mentorship program for product & UI/UX designers!

We've been on a look out for an amazing mentor for this program for many years and we finally found someone we are super excited about!

.. 🥁🥁🥁 ....

The program is going to be lead by magical .km! ✨✨✨

We are highly impressed with Marzhana's experience. She has a Bachelor of Design from , one of the top universities in Canada. And she has 7 years of experience leading design initiatives for world-class startups. It covers fintech as well as other startups backed by such prominent investors as and co-founders of such unicorns as Notion, Ramp, and CashApp.

In addition to her industry experience, Marzhana has a track record of helping designers swiftly get to the next level and she just loves coaching & mentoring ambitious designers! 🚀🚀🚀

This paid 3-month accelerator program is focused on professionals that are looking to get a remote job at a great venture-backed startup. If you are one of them, we invite you to fill in this form:

bit.ly/outtalentdesign

We will reach out to a few candidates who we think we can help now and in the near future we hope to expand our programs to many more people! 📈📈📈

Can't wait to get started and hope you can join!

Tilek and Team Outtalent

🚀 Plan ahead for the hiring season, Outtalent Wonder is receiving applications!

Wonder is our women-only, 6-month online program focused on ramping up knowledge of data structures and algorithms and notions of systems designs through live seminars, one-on-one mock interviews, mentoring sessions, and weekly check-in meetings. Using our systematic approach, ongoing support, and guidance, we help female developers start new lives abroad as Software Engineers.

📣 Apply by May 15th for a spot on the batch!
Our batches consist of only 8–10 people, so fellows have the proper attention throughout the program. Seats are limited, first-come, first-served. Fill out the 2-min form at outtalent.com/check to apply!

❓Got a question?
Check out our Outtalent FAQ (find the link in the Highlights) and if you can’t find your answer, reach out on our Admissions Telegram chat (https://t.me/outtalentadmissions).

We are very proud to introduce you to Aliya Rysbek (), an Outtalent fellow from our very first batch.

To the best of our knowledge, Aliya became the first person from Central Asia who works at DeepMind. In this interview recorded a few months back, she tells about her journey coming from a small town in Kyrgyzstan, overcoming societal inequalities, her own depression & anxiety, and after about ~70 rejections finally getting a job at Google's cutting-edge AI lab.

We believe her story is fascinating and we hope you will enjoy this interview as much as we did!

Big thanks for video recording, editing, and production to .
Kirill, we are deeply grateful for your help and the constant pursuit of high quality. ❤️

We have a received a record-shattering number of applications for our next batch! Overall, we now have applicants from 76 countries! 🙀 Are you eligible for the next batch? Check here outtalent.com/check

And just like that, we are days away from September, the perfect time to start making solid plans for 2022! A new amazing job perhaps? ✨

Go to the link in our bio and apply for the next group of engineers who will join us in the journey to the world's top tech companies 🚀

As usual, you only pay if you get a job you want!

After focusing on Russian-speaking countries for the past 2 years, we couldn't be happier to announce the international batch!

Are you a software engineer looking to 10x your career and join a top company like Google? Apply by July 15th to get one of our 24 spots!

Read more about the launch by clicking the link in our bio! 🌍

If you're ready to apply, just go to outtalent.com/check and fill out the form!