Stand out in Engineering Interviews in the Age of AI

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Stand out in Engineering Interviews in the Age of AI

Hosted by Brian Pedersen and Trey Grainger

Fri, Oct 24, 2025

5:30 PM UTC (1 hour)

Virtual (Zoom)

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AI-Powered Search

Doug Turnbull and Trey Grainger

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Fri, Oct 24, 2025

5:30 PM UTC (1 hour)

Virtual (Zoom)

Free to join

Invite your network

Go deeper with a course

AI-Powered Search

Doug Turnbull and Trey Grainger

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What you'll learn

Essential AI skills for engineers in today's job market

From context engineering, to RAG, to Agents, to AI-driven coding, what key skills are companies currently looking for?

How to reframe your experience from tasks to outcomes

AI is enabling engineers to deliver value more rapidly. How should you reframe your own experience to focus on outcomes?

Tips for overcoming nervous habits

Brian coaches professionals every day on how to interview well. Learn what nervous habits may be getting in your way.

How to prep for the non-coding interviews

So you've mastered all the technical skills, but how do you ensure you are ready for the rest of the interview?

Business acumen to differentiate yourself

Are you "just" an engineer, or are you bringing additional value that the company will see. Learn how to stand out.

Why this topic matters

AI is rapidly changing the job market, & AI Engineering skills are quickly rising as key job requirements. But with the fast pace of change, what skills are really needed? Just as importantly, how do you stand out in interviews? Brian works with AI professionals & companies every day to find and place top talent, & he and Trey will discuss what it takes to differentiate yourself when interviewing.

You'll learn from

Brian Pedersen

Principal, "The Search Bar" (AI Search Hiring Firm)

As the leader of a search and AI hiring firm, Brian interacts regularly with hiring managers seeking to grow teams. As part of this, Brian represents search and AI talent to startups and the fortune 500 at his company The Search Bar. The Search Bar places AI & Search professionals for direct hire and freelance roles.

Trey Grainger

Author, "AI-Powered Search", Founder @ Searchkernel

TREY GRAINGER is author of the book AI-Powered Search and is the founder of Searchkernel, a software company building the next generation of AI-powered search. He is an advisor to several startups and adjunct professor of computer science at Furman University. He previously served as CTO of Presearch, a decentralized web search engine, and as chief algorithms officer and SVP of engineering at Lucidworks, an search company whose search technology powers hundreds of the world’s leading organizations.

Trey is an instructor of Maven's AI-Powered Search course.

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