Depends on your drive to keep learning and improving. Able to coast.
Coast too much, and you are left behind in skill and improvement.
Require software managers to have software experience.
Applied through college recruiting/college career fair. Signed up for an interview on the spot and received a call a day after the first interview for a second interview. Both were behavioral.
Not exactly a standard interview. First, a phone screen with technical questions related to Java (dependency injection, mocking, etc.) and some SQL (inner/outer join), as well as a few design patterns. The on-site was scheduled a few days later and
First, there was a skills test that was very doable. After that, there was a virtual interview that was mostly "time when you..." questions. After the interview, I received a call a few weeks later with my results.
Applied through college recruiting/college career fair. Signed up for an interview on the spot and received a call a day after the first interview for a second interview. Both were behavioral.
Not exactly a standard interview. First, a phone screen with technical questions related to Java (dependency injection, mocking, etc.) and some SQL (inner/outer join), as well as a few design patterns. The on-site was scheduled a few days later and
First, there was a skills test that was very doable. After that, there was a virtual interview that was mostly "time when you..." questions. After the interview, I received a call a few weeks later with my results.