The Tech Interview, Hacked

There is an art to being chosen.

The Tech Interview, Hacked
111 Tips for the Business Side of Tech

Getting chosen is not luck, and it is not a personality contest. It is a craft, and like any craft, it can be learned. Tech interviews are not only for engineers. The business side of tech (strategy, marketing, sales, partnerships, product, operations) has its own unwritten rules for who gets picked, and this is the book that names them.

Inside are 111 practical tips across every stage of the process: positioning your experience, preparing sharper stories, handling behavioral and case interviews, using AI without losing your voice, negotiating compensation, and reading an offer for what it actually says. They come from Emem Adjah's years on both sides of the table, at companies including Google, Bloomberg, Spotify, LinkedIn, Snap, and Twitter (X), including the side that decides who gets through.

One of them introduces the Adjah Matrix™, a decision framework that scores the roles you are weighing against what actually matters to you, so being chosen never means settling. It comes with a downloadable toolkit of templates and worked examples that turn the advice into action.

There is an art to being chosen. This is how you learn it.