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The giant clocks and algorithmic overlays suggest time pressure, artificial constraints, and the gamified nature of interviews.

The lone engineer walking toward light invokes curiosity and journey, a strong narrative hook.
• By Michael Eakins

Beyond the Algorithm: Rethinking Software Engineering Interviews in 2025

Software interviews are broken. This deep dive explores how outdated assessments, bias, and burnout are plaguing tech hiring—and highlights new, human-centered approaches that value real-world skills, inclusion, and communication over algorithms.

A contrasting split-screen illustration shows the expectation of remote work (programmer in a scenic location) versus the reality (same programmer reluctantly heading to an office).
The image features a prominent asterisk beside “REMOTE” on the office building, symbolizing the fine print that changes remote promises into hybrid or on-site obligations
• By Blackhole Software

The Remote Work Deception: How Job Boards and Companies Mislead Tech Candidates in 2025

An in-depth investigation into remote job listings across 25+ platforms revealing widespread misclassification of hybrid and on-site positions as 'fully remote.' Discover which job boards deliver authentic remote opportunities and how to identify them

A contemplative software engineer sits at a modern workstation with dual monitors displaying contrasting data. The left screen shows declining employment graphs in red, visualizing the 2025 tech layoffs affecting over 51,000 professionals. The right screen displays ascending blue charts of in-demand AI and machine learning skills. Dramatic lighting casts the engineer's face in both blue and red hues, symbolizing the industry's transformation where challenges and opportunities coexist. The composition represents the article's central theme: while traditional roles decline, new paths emerge for engineers who adapt their skills to an AI-integrated landscape.
• By Michael Eakins

The Impact of Tech Layoffs in 2025: Analysis and Strategic Response for Software Engineers

Tech layoffs continue in 2025 with 51,000+ jobs cut. This analysis examines economic factors and AI's impact while offering software engineers strategies to remain marketable through skill development and career repositioning.

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