Programmers-Overseas-Job-Interview-Handbook
🏂🏻 程序员海外工作/英文面试手册
A curated Chinese-language handbook for programmers seeking software engineering jobs abroad, with links to international job boards, resume advice for Western markets, algorithm interview prep, and behavioral question examples.
This repository is a curated handbook for programmers who want to find software engineering jobs outside their home country, with a particular focus on resources useful to Chinese developers seeking work in English-speaking or international markets. The content is written primarily in Chinese and organized as a browsable index of links, tips, and guidance rather than a code project.
The job-search section covers the main platforms used for international hiring: LinkedIn, Glassdoor, and Indeed for general searches, plus region-specific sites for Germany, Spain, Japan, Singapore, Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand. It includes notes on how to optimize a LinkedIn profile, tools to score and improve one, and a workaround for the access restriction that redirects mainland China users to a local version of LinkedIn that lacks some features of the international site.
On the resume side, the handbook points to several English-language resume builders and shares practical advice, such as omitting personal details like age and photo (common in Chinese resumes but unusual in Western ones), and a suggested line to include on a resume when applying from abroad to signal that you already hold or can obtain a work permit.
For technical interview preparation, there is a section on coding algorithm practice, with recommended YouTube channels, practice sites like LeetCode and HackerRank, the book Cracking the Coding Interview, and a link to an MIT algorithms course. A separate frontend-focused section lists resources specifically for JavaScript, React, and TypeScript interview questions, plus coding-challenge platforms oriented toward front-end work.
The handbook also includes a list of common behavioral interview questions in English, such as questions about your background, your reasons for relocating, and your responses to workplace challenges. It is a community index rather than a polished guide, and contributions are welcome.
Where it fits
- Find international job boards and region-specific hiring sites for software engineering roles in Germany, Japan, Singapore, Australia, and New Zealand.
- Optimize an English resume for international applications by removing common Chinese formatting conventions like age and photo.
- Prepare for technical coding interviews at overseas companies using LeetCode, HackerRank, and recommended algorithm resources.
- Practice answering common English behavioral interview questions about background, relocation motivations, and workplace challenges.