Shadowing-Übung: Interview Tips from a Senior Software Engineer... and a 4 year old - Englisch Sprechen Lernen mit Video
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Hey everybody, it's Jesse, and I'm making this video today from a bunk bed.
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This is my friend Ambrose And this is Taggy!
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Oh, and my robot hand.
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I really love robots!
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This is my son
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and today I want to talk a little bit about what I did to prepare for my interviews
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So the last two videos on my channel were about my Google interview specifically
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and then another video just more in general of my whole experience of interviewing.
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So I had several questions about what I did to prepare.
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So I'm going to go over some of the websites I used
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and books and resources and I'm going to let you know which ones I think were the most helpful.
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So just to start out, I interviewed for front-end developer positions,
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front-end engineer, software engineer positions.
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And so my, it was more front-end based for me, all of my interviews, interview questions, and my preparation.
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So depending on whether you're front-end, back-end, or full-stack, and what languages you use, this may be a little bit different.
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But one service that I think was really valuable was called Pramp.
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It's P-R-A-M-P.
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I'll make sure I put links to everything I talk about in the description.
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So, PRAMP is a service where you sign up and you get paired up with someone else for a time slot.
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So, I think it was like an hour time slot.
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In the first half hour, one of you takes the role of the interviewer and the other one is the interviewee.
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And then, for the second half of the time slot, you switch places.
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so it gives you not only do you have a practice question
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but you also have a time limit
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and you have someone else that's asking the question
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that you have to explain yourself to
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that was really helpful they have it broken down by different categories so you can just do front-end related stuff
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data structures and algorithms.
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It can just blast.
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Yeah.
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Whoa.
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I flew it.
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And I love tagging.
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Because of that, it stood out as being really unique and offering something that some of the other resources didn't.
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If I can go to sleep, eat when I sleep without tagging.
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If you don't have any experience, like a lot of experience with actual interviews.
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Shhh, okay, let's be quiet.
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If you don't have experience with interviews, then I definitely recommend PRAMP.
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They may have like a free tier.
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I'm not sure.
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I think it is a paid service, but there may be some way to get some free things.
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I'll find out and put more info in the description.
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So the next thing that I used that was very, very helpful was a book called Cracking the Coding Interview.
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And I know I mentioned this in some of my other videos, and I mentioned it to some of you that ask me questions directly.
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It's a huge book.
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It has a lot of information in it.
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It was written by a woman who actually interviewed a lot of people at Google.
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It goes through and explains what interviewers are thinking, what they're looking for when they actually interview you.
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Just being able to get into that mindset of what interviewers are actually thinking helped me so much.
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It helps me.
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You know, there's so many things you could talk about or focus on when you're in an interview.
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So just knowing what these people want to hear is great.
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Okay, Darth Vader.
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Actually, I'm a boss Thomas Spiegel and my last name's Weiger.
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That's right.
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So, I definitely recommend that book.
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And I know Tygie's last name.
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Tygie's last name is Ty.
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Oh, okay.
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There's also a ton of practice problems and explanations of data structures and algorithms.
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So, if you were going for a more general software engineer position or a back-end position, then those practice problems would help you a lot.
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For me, it wasn't that helpful.
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because most of my questions were specifically front-end JavaScript related.
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So it was still cool to go over some of that info.
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I don't have a computer science background, so a lot of it was new to me.
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So I'm sure it'll be helpful to me at some point, but just wasn't so much for the interview.
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So if you're going for front-end stuff, then I think it's safe to skip over a lot of those sections of that book.
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But the next resource that I used, and this is probably a little bit more front-end specific, is FreeCodeCamp.
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So FreeCodeCamp has some practice interview questions,
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and they also have some kind of less difficult JavaScript algorithm challenges.
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So I think that's a great way to refresh your JavaScript knowledge should
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if you already have a job um where you're not coding that much uh all the time
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you want to get in the habit of of coding um as much as you can before you interview
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you can go wash it off if you want Fine!
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I ate a pancake at Jesus.
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I'm in the carcass house.
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So, I highly recommend Free Code Camp for a variety of things,
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but in this case, for sure, for your interview prep.
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And another resource that I used was JavaScript Data Structures and Algorithms book.
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I'll put the official title and link to that below.
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So I ended up getting the e-book.
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So I had that on my phone.
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So I got the hard copy of the Cracking the Coding interview.
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But when I was in a situation where I didn't have my hard copy, but I always had my phone on me, then I could always look at that.
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So that helped me because it was JavaScript specific, which is the language that I was being tested in. So
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that was, it was easier for me to understand the example problems than what I was seeing in Cracking the Coding interview.
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It was just another explanation of some of those data structures and algorithms, which, like I said, ended up not helping me that much because I didn't really get questions about it.
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But if you are going for something that's a more full stack position or back end position, you may get asked questions about that.
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So I highly recommend that as well.
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Something that is back.
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You're back.
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And I'd recommend that for whatever books you're using,
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I think it would be a good idea to have an electronic copy of the book.
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So even if you like hard copies, that's great.
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If you can only find it in hard copy, that's fine.
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And sometimes, especially when you're looking at code, it's a lot easier to just have a hard copy sometimes.
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But having that on my phone was so useful.
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You know, if I was waiting in line, waiting at the doctor's office, you know, I didn't feel like I was wasting time.
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I could always look at that in practice.
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So it just kind of always kept it in my mind.
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And I think that's really helpful. When you're...
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You just need to be able to always be thinking about code.
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It just makes it so much easier when you're actually on the spot in the interview.
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You only have a short amount of time.
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You're probably a little bit nervous.
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So I think it's kind of like...
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This is the Master Sword.
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Yeah, it's the Master Sword from Zelda.
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Yeah.
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I mean, not the Master Sword, but a good replica.
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I think like like you would approach let's say a foreign
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language spoken language with more use you're gonna be more comfortable
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when you actually get into a conversation with somebody the same way with coding even
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if you didn't have great resources
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but you still coded as as often as you could okay squeaky now no we're squeaking
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if you throw it as often as you possibly could that's gonna be more useful than
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if you have great resources the perfect books the perfect questions
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and only looked over them
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you know occasionally
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just practice
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actually go on the interview
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just be be honest okay you don't have to you don't
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have to be down on yourself you don't have to tell the interview all the things you don't know
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but on the other hand don't claim that you know things
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that you don't because they'll be able to figure it out really easily right
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if they say hey do you know how to make a
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network request in javascript you say oh yeah i do it all the time I say, okay, can you do it for me?
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You know, write it on the whiteboard.
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Well, then you're stuck, right, if you don't really know how to do it.
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So just be honest.
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You could say, you know what, hey, I've done it before, but I'm a little rusty on the syntax.
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Or, you know what, I never actually had to do that.
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I kind of know how it's done.
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Can I just explain it to you?
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So something like that is way more acceptable.
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And if you have to just say, listen, I've never heard of that before.
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Just say it.
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And you can even add. So.
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I really like her.
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Hey, can I talk now?
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Yeah.
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Thank you. So. If you don't know.
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Admit that you don't know.
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But then it would be helpful to say.
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Listen, like if I had to do that for my job.
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Here's where I would go to find the answer.
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You know, so say.
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I would I would look this up on MDN or something like that
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And then at least you would you could give some answer even
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if you have no idea you've at least given some answer
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And said like here's how I would approach this this problem
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So Think I'm gonna wrap this video up The that was my my advice.
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Let me know what you think if it's too distracting
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here for the video or if you can't like I want Tiggy to say something and Tiggy say something
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I really like toys and I really like animals
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and I really am spitty and I eat humans
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and I really want pancakes and butter and bread and everything in the whole world.
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I'm going to say goodbye to everybody on YouTube.
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Would you like to say goodbye?
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Bye.
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Bye.
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Bye.
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That was Heidi.
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Bye.
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That was me.
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All right.
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And now you.
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See you later, everybody.
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Hopefully this helped.
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And give me your ideas for what videos I should do next.
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Until next time, have a great day.
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Wortschatz und Sprechhinweise zu dieser Lektion
Diese Sprechübung auf Niveau B2 basiert auf dem Video „Interview Tips from a Senior Software Engineer... and a 4 year old“. Dieses Video enthält 171 Sätze und 1799 Wörter zum Nachsprechen. Der gesprochene Teil dauert 12:55. Der Sprecher spricht gleichmäßig mit etwa 139 Wörtern pro Minute – ein angenehmes Tempo fürs Shadowing. 85 % der Wörter gehören zu den 3.000 häufigsten im Englischen; den Rest solltest du dir vor dem Üben ansehen.
Wichtiger Wortschatz in diesem Video
Die 15 anspruchsvollsten Wörter aus dem Video, mit Aussprache und Bedeutung:
| Wort | Aussprache | Bedeutung |
|---|---|---|
| algorithm Substantiv | /ˈælɡəɹɪðm̩/ | Algorithmus |
| interviewer Substantiv | /ˈɪntɚvjuɚ/ | Befrager, Befragerin |
| slot Substantiv | /slɑt/ | Schlitz, Nut |
| pancake Substantiv | /ˈpæn.keɪk/ | Pfannkuchen, Eierkuchen |
| stack Substantiv | /stæk/ | Stapel, Feime |
| carcass Substantiv | /ˈkɑɹkəs/ | Kadaver |
| preposition Substantiv | /ˌpɹɛpəˈzɪʃən/ | Präposition, Verhältniswort |
| squeak Verb | /skwiːk/ | knarren, piepsen |
| squeaky Adjektiv | /ˈskwiːki/ | quietschend |
| whiteboard Substantiv | /ˈwaɪtbɔɹd/ | Tafel, Weißwandtafel |
| syntax Substantiv | /ˈsɪn.tæks/ | Syntax, Satzbau |
| rusty Adjektiv | /ˈɹʌsti/ | eingerostet |
| refresh Verb | /ɹɪˈfɹɛʃ/ | erfrischen, erquicken |
| replica Substantiv | /ˈɹɛplɪkə/ | Nachbildung, exakte Kopie |
| distract Verb | /dɪˈstɹækt/ | ablenken |
Phrasal Verbs, die du hören wirst
| Wort | Bedeutung |
|---|---|
| end up Verb | sich herausstellen, am Ende irgendwo / etwas sein |
| break down Verb | versagen, den Geist aufgeben |
| find out Verb | herausfinden, erfahren |
| sign up Verb | einschreiben, anmelden |
Sätze zum Wiederholen
Kurze, vollständige Sätze aus dem Video, die du im Alltag wiederverwenden kannst:
- Shhh, okay, let's be quiet.
- For me, it wasn't that helpful.
- Can I just explain it to you?
- Hey, can I talk now?
- Would you like to say goodbye?
Grammatik in diesem Video
Die Strukturen, die der Sprecher am häufigsten verwendet, mit den genauen Worten aus dem Video:
| Struktur | Im Video |
|---|---|
| Passiv be + Partizip Perfekt – wichtig ist, was geschieht, nicht wer es tut | was called · was written · being tested |
| Present Perfect have/has + Partizip Perfekt – eine vergangene Handlung, die jetzt noch wichtig ist | I've done · I've never heard |
| Relativsätze who / which + Satz – eine Zusatzinformation über eine Person oder Sache | woman who actually · specific, which is |
Aussprache, auf die du achten solltest
Der Sprecher verwendet 56 Kurzformen und abgeschwächte Formen, zum Beispiel don't, you're, I'm. Sprich sie in der kurzen Form, so wie du sie hörst.
- Die Laute „sh“ und „zh“: preposition /ˌpɹɛpəˈzɪʃən/, refresh /ɹɪˈfɹɛʃ/
- Lange Wörter – auf die Betonung achten: interviewee /ˌɪn.tɚ.vjuːˈiː/, preposition /ˌpɹɛpəˈzɪʃən/, developer /dɪˈvɛləpɚ/
Laute, die Deutschsprachigen schwerfallen:
- /w/ — mit runden Lippen, nicht wie das deutsche „w“ (/v/): squeak /skwiːk/, squeaky /ˈskwiːki/, whiteboard /ˈwaɪtbɔɹd/, whoa /woʊ/
- Stimmhafter Auslaut — /b/, /d/, /g/, /z/, /v/ am Wortende nicht verhärten: whiteboard /ˈwaɪtbɔɹd/, depend /dɪˈpɛnd/
- /æ/ — offener als „ä“: algorithm /ˈælɡəɹɪðm̩/, pancake /ˈpæn.keɪk/, stack /stæk/, syntax /ˈsɪn.tæks/, distract /dɪˈstɹækt/
So übst du mit diesem Video
- Höre dir das ganze Video einmal an, ohne zu sprechen, und notiere die Wörter, die du nicht kennst.
- Sprich Satz für Satz in normaler Geschwindigkeit nach und wiederhole jeden, bis dein Rhythmus zum Sprecher passt.
- Nimm dich auf und vergleiche mit dem Original; achte dabei auf Wörter wie algorithm, interviewer, slot.
Was ist die Shadowing-Technik?
Shadowing ist eine wissenschaftlich fundierte Sprachlerntechnik, die ursprünglich für die professionelle Dolmetscherausbildung entwickelt und durch den Polyglotten Dr. Alexander Arguelles populär gemacht wurde. Die Methode ist einfach aber wirkungsvoll: Du hörst englisches Audio von Muttersprachlern und wiederholst es sofort laut — wie ein Schatten, der dem Sprecher mit nur 1–2 Sekunden Verzögerung folgt. Anders als passives Hören oder Grammatikübungen zwingt Shadowing dein Gehirn und deine Mundmuskulatur, gleichzeitig echte Sprachmuster zu verarbeiten und zu reproduzieren. Studien zeigen, dass es Aussprachegenauigkeit, Intonation, Rhythmus, verbundene Sprache, Hörverständnis und Sprechflüssigkeit signifikant verbessert — was es zu einer der effektivsten Methoden für die IELTS Speaking-Vorbereitung und reale englische Kommunikation macht.