Best practices A dedicated team is a cooperative model between a client and software development services provider according to which the latter creates the aforementioned team of dedicated engineers that will work exclusively with a client's project on a long-term basis. Before the conclusion of the contract between the client and the software development services provider, the team of the developers must be interviewed. Main goal Technical interviews with the client are different from everyday interviews. It’s very important to show yourself well, otherwise, you won’t be sold for a project. Try to understand and analyze the tips below and then it won’t be a problem to pass any technical interviews. Experience One of the most widespread questions is the total experience in the development sphere. Almost all the interviews are started with this question. So, it’s really important to answer this question without any pauses. Just note your experience somewhere to answer this question well. For instance, I’ve been working with react-native for 5 years and before this, I was a native android developer for 2 years. A correct tense would be a plus here, present perfect continues is one of the most suitable tenses here. Projects The next milestone is to describe the projects you’ve worked with. In this case, try to pick one or two projects either with the most interesting technologies or the perfect product/code quality, or just the last ones you worked with. In other words the projects you won’t be ashamed of. It would be a good practice to follow the next sequence while describing them: Goals for the business. A short introduction to the product you’ve worked with. What tasks or problems does it resolve in its specific field? Which auditory does this product cover? Is there a monetization flow? Technologies stack. A list of the main technologies and why they were selected specifically for this product. Your role on the project. An exhaustive description of your role and responsibilities on the current project. Difficult tasks and the gained experience. Almost every project carries with it a lot of challenges and difficult tasks. So, it would be great to describe a few of them. How did you find a solution? Was your solution elegant or not? What experience did you learn from this project? Lack of experience Very often projects impose their own technologies stack and you just don’t have a chance to work with some other technologies. But the technologies you haven’t worked with are required for the next project. Let’s consider unit testing. If you are an experienced developer you should know the mission of the unit testing, what problems it solves, etc. But this is how life turned our and you didn’t have a chance to try unit testings on any commercial projects. But you understand its purpose. In that case, try to formulate a correct answer. You can mention that you didn't work with it on the real projects, but you did try it on your pet project. You understand all the benefits and drawbacks of it. It is still worse than the full experience with it on some real projects but better than no experience at all. Technical part As practice shows, technical questions aren’t very deep during technical interviews, but knowledge of the basic theory would be a strong plus. Try to analyze the most frequently asked question and prepare answers to them. A combination of soft skills + technical knowledge will equal the successfully passed interview. English Nowadays, English is a common language to communicate with clients. So, if you’re going to join some dedicated team you’ll have to communicate with the clients on a permanent basis. But despite this fact, not all the candidates know English well. So, if you feel that you’re not good enough in English, try to follow these tips, they’ll help you to smooth out the corners: Don’t hurry. Use simple tenses, build your sentences grammatically correct. Clients will perceive you as a serious speaker if you speak without any grammatical mistakes. Try to learn a technical vocabulary. Before the interview, prepare the answers for the most common technical and non-technical questions. Repeat them in your mind periodically. Small, but important moments Be confident. Even if you don’t pass the interview it won’t be the last interview in your life. Try to get rid of worry, otherwise, it’ll prevent you from showing your best sides. Join the interviews in a good mood, smile, and show in every way that you are a positive person!