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HIRED! How to Get a Job in 2026

A proven methodology to stand out in the AI era. "Prepare Deeper, Not Faster" - AI is not a shortcut, it's an amplifier for those who truly prepare.

Guides

Prompts (The 6 Phases)

Use these prompts in sequence to prepare for your next interview:

Phase	Prompt	ES	EN
1. Build Your Arsenal	Never start from zero; prepare a reusable Open Source template	ES	EN
2. Document Your Process	Record a Loom video (max 5 min) showing how you think, not just what you built	ES	EN
3. Communicate with Confidence	Turn the interview into a two-way conversation, not an interrogation	ES	EN
4. Deep Research	Research the company like you're writing a scientific paper	ES	EN
5. Know Your Interviewer	Find genuine connection points; empathy, not rehearsed flattery	ES	EN
6. Visual Demonstration	Transform your research into a comic, diagram or pitch deck	ES	EN

Use ProjectX or any other template as a starting point for Phase 1 and AI skills/plugins like sherlock-ai-plugin for Phases 4-6.

During the Interview

A good interview becomes a conversation between colleagues. Everything here adapts to the interviewer, the company and the role; this is a guide, not a script.

• When they ask something like "What do you know about us?", that's your opening: "Actually, I did some research and put something together; mind if I share my screen real quick?" From there, the conversation flows naturally
• A senior profile simplifies complexity and proposes improvements to the product or business
• Suggest how the company could scale through modern tools like MCP servers, AI Skills, Agents; show applied AI thinking

AI Tools and Automation

• Use Claude Code and custom Skills to automate research, process documents (e.g. Mineru API for doc-to-Markdown) and generate visuals (Gemini, DALL-E)
• Configure Agents and generators with Turbo Repo or pnpm; create a CLI so AI follows your project standards

Claude Code Skills

This repo includes Claude Code skills you can use directly from your terminal:

Skill	What it does
job-search-strategist	Analyzes job postings, discovers red/green flags, conducts skills-matching interviews and creates personalized application strategies
resume-builder	Creates, reviews and optimizes resumes with ATS optimization, industry-specific guidance and multiple format support
tailored-resume-generator	Analyzes a job description and generates a tailored resume highlighting your most relevant experience and achievements

Install Claude Code, clone this repo and use these skills to prepare your job search materials following the examples included in this guide.

Mindset

• Evolve from programmer to solution architect; the difference lies in creativity and tool orchestration
• Stay active: own projects, hackathons, open source. Present yourself as a founder, not just a coder
• Build your network: communities (La Plaza Devs, MedellinJS, CodeYourFuture) and tech events
• Choose wisely: look for companies that value autonomy and teamwork, avoid places that replace humans with AI without a growth vision

Practice

• English useful expressions
• Interview Warmup - A quick way to prepare for your next interview.

Behavioral Interview

• The STAR Method
• Remember
• Questions

Coding Interview

Concepts

• Dynamic Programming
• Big O Notation
• LIFO
• FIFO
• Call Stack
• Graphs
• Tree traversal
• Credits

Exercises

• Algorithms
• Arrays
• Sorting
• Binary trees
• Graphs
• Search
• Optimization
• Real Life problems
• Credits

Questions

• Key points
• Strings
• Arrays
• Binary Trees
• Frontend
• Backend

Platforms

• Codility Developer Training
• Leetcode
• HackerRank
• CareerCup
• HiredInTech
• CodeChef
• Proyect Euler
• GeeksforGeeks
• CodeForces
• Topcoder
• CodeChef

System Design Interview

• Design Exercises
• Amazon Dashboard
• Facebook Fake Accounts
• Credits

Cover Letter

• Cover Letter Template
• CV/Resume Template

Job Offers

• Accept a Job Offer - Email Template
• Reject a Job Offer - Email Template

Job Interview

• 🇺🇸 Job Interview
• 🇨🇴 Entrevista de Trabajo

Salary Negotiation

• What is your current salary?
• What is your salary expectation?
• Benefits/Perks
• What are your hourly rate expectations?
• Promotions
• How to Celebrate Success at Work: A Guide for Managers
• Credits

Interviewing

• Doing an interview
• Instruments
• Essential
• Introduction
• Phases
• Credits

Mock Interviews

• Watch technical mock interviews with engineers from Google, Amazon and more
• Practice live interviews with peers
• The Interview Cake Course
• Get your coding skills certified, practice for technical interviews and build your developer resume

Career Path

• freeCodeCamp (Guided bootcamp)
• Código Facilito (Guided bootcamp)
• Platzi (Guided bootcamp & Learn English)
• Codecademy (Build a career path)
• OSSU - Computer Science (Basic and Advanced concepts about Computer Science)
• Coursera (Build new skills)
• DevProjects by Codementor (Learn programming by building open source projects)
• Make It Real (Optional & Get a Job)

Career Advice

• Arc (Get a Remote Job)
• 🇪🇸 🇨🇴 Club de Algoritmia (Algorithms & Mock interviews)
• Career Growth Mentorships (Adapt your career path through FREE mentoring)
• 1:1 Questions (One-on-One Meetings for career and professional development opportunities)

JavaScript Language

• Learn JavaScript | MDN
• A re-introduction to JavaScript | MDN
• The Modern JavaScript Tutorial
• JavaScript Garden
• Eloquent JavaScript
• Understanding ES6
• Learning Advanced JavaScript
• 5 Typical JavaScript Interview Exercises
• Airbnb JavaScript Style Guide() {
• JavaScript Questions
• You Don't Know JS
• Functional-Light JavaScript
• Clean Code concepts adapted for JavaScript
• 70 JavaScript Interview Questions
• React Interview Questions
• Why did we build React?

Resources

• Microsoft Interview tips
• Cracking the Coding Interview
• Introduction to Algorithms
• Algorithms in C
• The Algorithm Design Manual
• A Facebook developer shares 7 secrets to acing an engineering interview
• To see some of the questions Facebook has asked: Glassdoor Interview Questions
• The Algorithm Design Canvas captures the thought process when solving an algorithmic problem.
• Gauge how prepared you are on CS fundamentals with more than 400 questions that will take from less than a minute to about an hour to solve.
• Preparing for Your Initial Interview at Facebook
• I interviewed at five top companies in Silicon Valley in five days and luckily got five job offers
• Software Architecture Books - A comprehensive list of books on Software Architecture.

Videos

• Jackson Gabbard’s Youtube channel
• Recruiting process at Facebook
• How to Crush Your Coding Interview
• Careers OnAir Technical Interview Coding Demo

Contributing ✨

When contributing to this repository, please first discuss the change you wish to make via issue, email or any other method with the owners of this repository before making a change.
Contributions are what make the open-source community such an amazing place to learn, inspire and create. Any contributions you make are greatly appreciated ❤️.
You can learn more about how you can contribute to this project in the contribution guide.

License ⚖️

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