We ran the numbers, and there really is a pipeline problem in eng hiring.

By Aline Lerner | Published: December 2, 2019; Last updated: January 23, 2026

If you say the words “there’s a pipeline problem” to explain why we’ve failed to make meaningful progress toward gender parity in software engineering, you probably won’t make many friends (or many hires). The pipeline problem argument goes something like this: “There aren’t enough qualified women out there, so it’s not our fault if we don’t hire them.” Many people don’t like this reductive line of thinking because it ignores the growing body of research that points to unwelcoming environments that drive underrepresented talent out of tech: STEM in early education being unfriendly to children from underrepresented backgrounds, lack of a level playing field and unequal access to quality STEM education.

3 exercises to craft the kind of employer brand that actually makes engineers want to work for you

By Aline Lerner | Published: May 13, 2019; Last updated: November 12, 2025

If I’m honest, I’ve wanted to write something about employer brand for a long time. One of the things that really gets my goat is when companies build employer brand by over-indexing on banalities instead of focusing on the narratives that make them special.

You probably don’t factor in engineering time when calculating cost per hire. Here’s why you really should.

By Aline Lerner | Published: April 23, 2019; Last updated: October 31, 2025

Whether you’re a recruiter yourself or an engineer who’s involved in hiring, you’ve probably heard of the following two recruiting-related metrics: time to hire and cost per hire. Indeed, these are THE two metrics that any self-respecting recruiting team will track.

Can fake names create bias? An exploration into interviewing.io’s pseudonym generator

By Atomic Artichoke | Published: March 6, 2019; Last updated: October 31, 2025

Hello everyone, my name is Atomic Artichoke, and I’m the newest employee of the interviewing.io team, having joined a couple months ago as a Data Scientist.

There is a real connection between technical interview performance and salary. Here’s the data.

By Aline Lerner | Published: February 25, 2019; Last updated: November 12, 2025

At the end of the day, money is a huge driver for the decisions we make about what jobs to go after. In the past, we’ve written about how to negotiate your salary, and there are a lot of labor statistics and reports out there looking at salaries in the tech industry as a whole.

Impostor syndrome strikes men just as hard as women... and other findings from thousands of technical interviews

By Aline Lerner | Published: October 29, 2018; Last updated: November 12, 2025

The modern technical interview is a rite of passage for software engineers and (hopefully!) the precursor to a great job. But it’s also a huge source of stress and endless questions for new candidates.

Exactly what to say when recruiters ask you to name the first number… and other negotiation word-for-words

By Aline Lerner | Published: August 15, 2018; Last updated: October 31, 2025

There are a lot of resources out there that talk about salary negotiation but many tend to skew a bit theoretical.

We looked at how a thousand college students performed in technical interviews to see if where they went to school mattered. It didn't.

By Samantha Jordan | Published: February 12, 2018; Last updated: November 12, 2025

Earlier this year, we launched an offering specifically for university students, with the intent of helping level the playing field right at the start of people’s careers.

What do the best interviewers have in common? We looked at thousands of real interviews to find out.

By Aline Lerner | Published: November 28, 2017; Last updated: October 31, 2025

At interviewing.io, we’ve analyzed and written at some depth about what makes for a good interview from the perspective of an interviewee.

If you care about diversity, don't just hire from the same five schools

By Meena Boppana | Published: October 23, 2017; Last updated: November 12, 2025

If you’re a software engineer, you probably believe that folks who have the technical chops can get hired as software engineers.