📈 #68 A step-by-step playbook for Operations Research interviews

From resume tips to behavioral interviews. Everything you need to land your next OR role.

You’ve seen the dream job, start writing your CV and preparing for the interview.

You don’t know what to write, how to sell your skills, or how to prepare for the behavioral interviews.

OR Engineer interviews are challenging and require a combination of technical and interpersonal skills to succeed.

The typical interview process involves a screening with the recruiter/HR, multiple technical interviews, and a behavioral one.

📄 Resume → 📞 Screening → 💻 Technical Interviews → 🗣️ Behavioral Interview → ✅ Offer

Here’s what we’ll see today in Feasible:

• 📄 Resume, cover letter, and initial screening

• 💻 Technical interviews and take-home assignments

• 🗣️ Behavioral interviews

Ready? Let’s dive in… 🪂

📄 Resume, cover letter, and initial screening

I see this first stage as the top of the marketing funnel.

You need to catch the recruiter’s attention by working on three parts: your resume, a cover letter (depending on the job), and the initial screening.

You won’t talk to technical people first because you have only PDF files and a phone or video meeting with a non-technical person.

Be ready to have a positive impact throughout the process. How?

Recruiters look for technical competence and communication skills. Let’s examine them in each part:

✍️ Resume

You can show your communication skills here. You can communicate a lot with just a resume.

Not just to claim you participated in an event, but visually. Let me explain with my resume as an example.

In the screenshot, I highlighted and numbered each area. This number represents the order I think recruiters see my CV: