Developers: Show Your Work

Advice for jobseekers

So you are looking for a new position working with great people on cool technology. You saw a Vertalo job posting and want to apply. How do you make a winning first impression? You can rely on your headhunter to persuade me that you have exactly the skills we need. Just remember that headhunters are rarely technical, and are unlikely to convey the substance of your great work as effectively as you do. [Read More]

ChatGPT for Hiring

Fun AI applications

ChatGPT and similar new AI models have taken the world by storm recently. They promise to upend how we do everything. But how do we turn that promise into a practical reality? For example, how can we use it to enhance our hiring? An AI Internship We decided to find an intern to help us explore our two main interests in applying the new AI technology: coding and hiring. This intern will explore the tools, experiment with how they enhance these two activities, and then help us adopt new improved practices. [Read More]

Energy in the Room

Face-to-face makes a better team

The energy in our office is off the charts compared with most places. We work on lots of big problems. We are growing fast. Our clients demand more and more of us. We are a tight team, and we work face-to-face. Our team has been in the office together since June 2020. We bucked the work-from-home trend because it doesn’t support our dynamics and pace. It would be nearly impossible for anyone to keep up with us while working remote. [Read More]

The Interview Process at Vertalo

What to expect when you interview with us

The Basics We believe it’s important that you, as a job candidate, have a clear idea how the interview process works here at Vertalo and so we’d like to share some insight on what to expect. While we like to keep things friendly and informal, there is a sequence of steps we follow during the interview process: Our Homework Of course, we look closely at your resume. But we also look to other resources to gauge your qualifications: [Read More]