Imposter syndrome is a psychological phenomenon that most of us suffer from to one degree or another. I'm no exception and have faced this for most of my IT career, which has been around 10 years. I did not immediately understand that the impostor syndrome is one of the biggest blockers for my personal and career development. When I understood it, I gradually started, with small and large steps, fighting with a syndrome in all available ways. In my talk, I will share my story and how it helped me grow from an ordinary developer to a team leader and, eventually, the leader of the entire department.

Key strategies for effective and respectful interactions across different cultures. Best practices for Ukrainian developers to communicate effectively in a multicultural team. Top things to know when working with LatAm clients & teams. Feedback matters: how to ask, give, and receive feedback across cultures. Tactics for overcoming language barriers and cultural misunderstandings.

Conducting interviews is not an easy task. After all, you need to be able not only to ask questions from the list of "100 boring questions for interviews", but also to listen to the answers, to be able to determine the weak and strong points of the candidate, to be a pleasant (at least a little) interviewee, to write good feedback and much more. Why? And for what? And this is what we will talk about with you and try to understand how to conduct interviews so after that candidates won't find your location via IP.