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DESCRIPTION:Here's a secret from someone who's been on every side of the hi
 ring table — as a candidate who's passed 80%+ of technical processes (in
 cluding Google and Meta)\, as a hiring manager who's interviewed hundreds 
 of engineers\, and as the former CTO of Codility\, the platform that power
 s technical assessments at thousands of companies worldwide: the interview
  is not about solving the problem.\nMost candidates walk into coding inter
 views laser-focused on getting to the correct solution. They grind LeetCod
 e\, memorize algorithm patterns\, and panic when they hit a wall. But here
 's what they miss — interviewers aren't scoring your answer. They're eva
 luating how you think\, how you communicate\, and how you handle uncertain
 ty. The candidates who get offers aren't always the ones who solve the pro
 blem. They're the ones who make the interviewer want to work with them.\nI
 n this talk\, I'll pull back the curtain on what technical interviews — 
 both coding and system design — actually measure. You'll learn why talki
 ng through a wrong approach can score higher than silently arriving at the
  right one\, why system design interviews aren't looking for the "correct"
  architecture\, and why the soft skills you think are secondary are actual
 ly the main event.\nDrawing from nearly 20 years of real-world experience 
 on both sides of the table\, I'll share a practical framework for approach
 ing any technical interview with the right mindset. You'll walk away with 
 concrete strategies you can apply at your next interview — not more algo
 rithm flashcards\, but a fundamentally different understanding of what the
  process is actually testing.
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LOCATION:Theatre Hall (S2)
SUMMARY:You Don't Need to Solve It: What Actually Gets You Hired in Tech - 
 Wojtek Erbetowski
URL:https://programme.europython.eu/europython-2026/talk/BPJHWT/
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