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+# Email
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+Date/Time: Oct 12, 2023 4:00pm-4:45pm CDT
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+Culture and Collaboration with Jenni Synder ( https://www.linkedin.com/in/jennisnyder/ )
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+A non-technical session where you'll spend time with our hiring manager, Jenni.
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+We're looking for a mutual fit, so feel free to ask questions to ensure a strong match! This session will also focus on how you work with others and how you've handled conflict and competing priorities. Feel free to ask questions around Render's workflows and processes as well.
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+* tell me about a time you coordinated well
+      * dps7608 - rems bad chunked data revealed other team leaked a lotta data
+      * i checked up on each thread, bumping every couple days, both dev threads and customer comms
+      * i worked with support team to automate remediation which is a common thing so they'd want the automation after
+   * how did you get/give feedback?
+* tell me about a time you coordinated poorly
+   * what couldve fixed it?
+      * establish intent FIRST
+         * everything before knowing what everyone wants is bad negotiation
+   * how did you get/give feedback?
+      * i told mathis he means well but represents us without knowing the whole story
+   * how did you improve?
+      * mathis makes it easy to give bad feedback
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+# Stories
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+* couchbase-aggedon
+* monolith bugfix for jared ririe
+* xmd contact consolidation consumer
+* interactive trainings
+   * multi-session with recordings
+   * chaos testing
+   * live real world scenario hand-in-hand
+* rems did bad preloads BUT everyone else did bad everything
+* training and mentoring and lending an ear
+* atlas qmp + canary from ... to Tier1
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+# Questions
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+* why hiring today?
+   * team expansion woo!
+   * if we divide someday it'll be client-facing vs k8 facing
+* feedback/ratings?
+   * continuous
+* What type of people are successful here?
+   * n/a
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