Some Thoughts and Summary on Debriefing and Response

Official account: Zhao Xiake

The chivalrous man said: The four characteristics of excellent talents: pattern, thinking, hard work, and writing

I. Introduction

1.1 The Importance of Debriefing and Defense

The company will have a promotion channel. Debriefing and defense is the only way for you to get promoted and raise salary other than job-hopping. Its importance is self-evident for personal development, and it is also an important channel for the company to select talents. I didn’t work in a big factory before, and my rank was relatively low before, so I was not qualified to participate in the debriefing defense. This is the first time in my life, so I pay special attention to it, which also led to some things that should not have happened. The debriefing defense had a great impact, and I will explain it in detail later.

1.2 The process of debriefing and defense

The defense process mainly has four links: respondent candidate, PPT preparation, on-site defense, and announcement of the results.

Respondent candidates: This is the threshold. For example, your working years, work ability, job rank, and salary range must meet this threshold before you are eligible to respond. This time, the candidates for the defense made me feel deeply about two points. One is that there are some An old colleague who has worked for many years is not qualified to defend, and the other one is basically not qualified to defend when he becomes a regular outsourcer;
Prepare PPT: The importance of PPT in the debriefing defense is definitely one of the most important. PPT itself has two very important points, beauty and content. A good-looking PPT will give the leader a very good first impression. I have no ability Don't care about tens of dollars when you make a good PPT, just buy a good-looking template online. The content is up to you, and I will talk about the precautions for the content in detail later.
On the day of the defense: On the day of the defense, enter the conference room in the order arranged in advance. The waiting process is extremely painful. After entering the conference room, you will be asked to present your PPT. Usually, you sit in a row alone, and a row of leaders sit opposite. When the company's senior leaders, technical experts, and experts invited from outside enter the meeting room and face a row of big bosses, they immediately feel oppressed. The time to present the PPT is usually about ten minutes. After the presentation, there will be a questioning session by experts and leaders, which is usually about ten minutes.
Announcement of the results: Just like the release of the imperial examination results, whether it is good or excellent, the dust has settled.

2. About PPT

2.1 Beautiful

Everyone likes good-looking things. After I finished the first version of the PPT, I showed it to my former leader. He directly said that your PPT is too bad, and gave me a few good suggestions. , he is the leader who has helped me the most since I started working. He gave me a salary increase as soon as I got under him. If it wasn’t for him, I feel that I would not be able to persevere. The epidemic has been too difficult for three years. The salary increase opportunity, if he didn't give me a salary increase, I would not have persisted until now. I would like to thank him deeply here. I have the following three suggestions for beautiful PPT:

The PPT you make must be read by others: Everyone has different aesthetics. What you think looks good may not be good-looking to others. You must ask a few people to read the PPT well, especially your leader or girls who are engaged in design. Leaders read a lot of PPTs, and they can tell where the problem is at a glance. Girls who are engaged in design often have good aesthetics, unlike us who are engaged in technology.
Be sure to compare with others: there is no harm if there is no comparison. After I showed the first version of the PPT to the leader, he said that you should go and see whose PPT is doing well, so I went to ask for a comparison. My own is indeed too poor. up.

2.2 Content

If beauty is the icing on the cake, then the content is where you can show your true strength. The content of the defense PPT has a certain template, such as statements from the aspects of personal resume, ability and skills, work results, deficiencies, and future plans. To elaborate:

Personal resume: education and all previous work experience must be written, it can be abbreviated but must be there, otherwise you are covering up. Many people in our defense did not write their education background and majors. Later, HR requires everyone to write it down. The school is not a well-known school such as Tsinghua University, Peking University, or 985. You don’t need to mention the name of the school. Let the leaders read it on the PPT. Just arrive. If your major is related to your job, be sure to say something about what you did while studying this major that is related to your current job, so that the leader thinks that you were born in a major. Some old employees who have worked for many years do not write about their long-term experience. This is also not good. The leader does not know what you did before, which makes people feel a little worried. Have you done something shameful?
Ability and skills: This should be based on your rating standards. The company has rating standards for ratings. This rank standard is likely to be set by the defense committee, so when writing this part of the content, you have to face this rank standard. If you show that you have reached the rank standard in all aspects, you should be at this level. When talking about skills, you can also talk about things that are not based on the rank standard but can also reflect your ability. For example, in this defense, I said that I have written more than 200 articles, read more than 120W+, and read more than 100,000+ At the end of the article, the leader summed up the four characteristics of the excellent respondent, and the last one is writing. I think the effect is still good.
Work results: This part can be said to be one of the most important in the entire PPT. The leader is high above you. No matter how much you do, they don’t know that you did it. This part must let the leader know that our company is so important. The back of the product is made by you. There are two points to note here. One is that all achievements must be displayed. At that time, I felt that there were too many things to do, and I didn’t write them down. Our leaders said that the achievements are your contribution to the company. The more the better, let the leader feel that you are a practical person. This is also the third key characteristic of excellent talents summarized by the leader. The second is to have a lot of focus at the same time. You can’t just focus on quantity without quality. You must focus on one or two projects. Analyze from a professional perspective and talk about what you have done in it and what benefits it has brought to the company. To describe to the leader from God's perspective, you can't say too many details, because the leader doesn't understand the details of technology. For example, we do development, from the perspective of the entire project structure. This time, I know that there is a front-end that does not impress the leader. He said that it takes 3 minutes to optimize the loading of the front-end tab page, and the switch takes 3 minutes. Does the leader think how important a tab page switch is to the company? What the leader wants to see is what value you bring to the company. In the summary of the characteristics of outstanding talents, the first thing the leader talks about is the structure. You are a screw and you also need to know how the entire factory works. If you only If you are your screw, then you are a tool person, easy to be replaced by others, and will be replaced by AI in the future.
Inadequacies: This part must be able to justify itself, and give how to improve in the future
Future planning: This point is to show whether you are a potential stock. The planning must conform to the general direction of the company, and the vision must be high, but you can’t pretend to be empty. If you can’t achieve it at all, don’t write it, so that the leaders think you are a practical person. people. At that time, I was going to write about using large models to solve problems that we hadn't solved for many years, and then I thought about it, what if the leader really entrusted me with this task, what should I do if I can't figure it out?

3. About the statement

3.1 Statement time

There are strict requirements for the presentation time. The leader has to respond to so many people in a day and wants to end it early, so you must control your time. I have two suggestions about the time:

Practice more before the defense: It is best to write down all the content of the defense for 10 minutes. Before the defense, it is better to have a draft than to have a draft. , I practiced no less than 10 times, I couldn’t fall asleep in the morning, I got up very early, went for a walk in the small park downstairs, relieved the pressure, picked up the mobile phone to practice in the park, and showed the PPT in my mind when I went to bed at night , and then play each piece of content in your mind, and practice it in your mind.
Use a mobile phone to time the defense: with a mobile phone, you can know how much time each part takes. For example, the last part of this time will take about 2 minutes. I will check the time in the second part. It’s still more than 2 minutes away, so I’ll find another one to expand on the previous content. If there’s not much time left, you can skip a few points and simply go through it to ensure that there are about 2 minutes left in the last part, so that the time later It's easy to control.

3.2 Speech rate

The speaking speed of the defense is generally relatively fast. If it is too slow, the leader will be anxious to listen, but it should not be too fast. Some old leaders may not be able to keep up with the speaking speed of others. A good way is to give your immediate leaders a drill before the defense, and ask them to hear the effect and give you suggestions. At this time, your immediate leaders are your biggest backer, and they will do their best to help you. Because your performance is very good, he also has face in front of the big leader, and if your performance is too poor, the big leader will think that the people under him are not good.

3.3 Tools

In this defense, I suffered from the loss of tools. I have the following suggestions about tools:

You can use whatever format you use for the defense: I have always used KeyNote on a MAC computer, and finally exported it as a PPT. After exporting, I found that some fonts were missing and some styles were broken. I was still editing the PPT at the last minute style.
You can use whatever software the computer used for the defense: When I sat down, I didn’t know what software was provided to play the PPT. HR said: Please start your speech, but I can’t find where the button to play the PPT is. HR reminded me that there is a small button in the upper left corner to let me play the PPT.
It is best to go to the meeting room to demonstrate in advance: the projector provided in our defense meeting room cannot display the PPT speaker notes, and some people who have not memorized it will suffer.

4. Questions

4.1 Judges

The one in the middle must be the biggest leader. This time it is the biggest leader of the company. On both sides are usually experts invited from outside, and there are some like the company’s human resources boss. In the end, there is usually your big leader in charge. This person is Very important, if you really can't control the scene, he will usually help you speak up, and his help is also very important to you. If you are an old employee, the big leaders here may know a few more. New employees must not know these leaders. Sitting across from a row of unfamiliar big bosses still feels very oppressive. If you have a leader you know, it will be easy. If you know what he does, then you will know the direction of his question.

4.2 Asking questions

The problem of big leaders generally does not examine your skills. The biggest leaders mentioned in the final debriefing summary that the second characteristic of excellent talents is thinking. They want to examine your thinking on solving problems. After all, these experts have been away from front-line work for many years. In terms of architecture, source code, and algorithms, those of us who work with high P are the strongest in the company. Their advantages include rich industry experience and management experience, problem-solving solutions, and resource integration. ability, so their questions are generally asked from these angles. However, if it is a low-P defense, and the committee members are some front-line developers, then this questioning session is basically a technical interview session, and the eight-legged essay should be prepared or prepared. The questions that experts ask me are basically questions that can show that he is indeed an expert in this field, and they are also solutions to some common industry problems. Anyone who has really done this business can answer them. The key is that you have to organize your thinking. Let other leaders also sound like this is indeed the case, and there is a feeling of ignorance, which is considered a success. There are also general questions such as whether you have encountered problems in work, teamwork, and management, and how you solved them. There is a very important point in answering this kind of question. When you say that there is a problem, you must give a solution. A problem without a solution is a complaint. Complaining in front of the leader is a taboo. The questioning session mainly shows your mental outlook, communication skills, and ideas for solving problems. These are not difficult questions. The biggest problem is that someone will dig holes for you.

4.3 Pit

Paying attention to the pit is what is most needed in the questioning session. For example, this time I was dropped into a pit, and this is also the place where I failed the most in this job report. The questions asked by some people will have a contextual relationship, and they will also be related to the questions asked by your colleagues in front of you.

Let's first look at how this pit fell into it. The first question is "How is your code reusability?" I don't think this question needs to be thought about, it must be high, and then I gave an example of multiple projects reusing the same function To illustrate that the code reusability is really high. The second question is "How do you communicate with your colleagues in front of you?", I didn't think about this question at the time, it must be very good, and I also talked about some cooperative projects, and finally he said, "Then what did he say about your code reusability? Not high", and finally concluded in front of the big leaders that there is a problem with your team management, and you need to strengthen communication when you go back. At that time, I felt that my whole person was petrified in an instant, and I didn’t think about this question. Now that I think about it, he is just diverting my attention. If I ask another way, "Is there any non-reusable place in your code? Why?" I believe this Everyone can answer it, and it’s good to pass the responsibility to the customer. The personalized needs of the customer who spend money to raise it are unreasonable, and the code must not be reused. His question was to divert your attention to the problem of communication between you and your colleagues, instead of asking you to think about whether the code is not reusable. Later, I asked my colleague, and the question I asked him was also to bring him into the road where there are many customized needs of customers and the code cannot be reused, so the development period is relatively long. If he answers that the code is highly reusable, then He will definitely ask why the development took such a long time? This leader is too powerful. Every problem is interlocking and related to other people, so it is hard to prevent. Thinking about it now, it was brought in at the time, and the direct answer is that the code is highly reusable as a whole. Some customers cannot refuse the personalized needs, so some parts of the code cannot be reused. But it doesn’t matter if you can’t answer one or two questions. In the end, the biggest leader asks, and their questions can be easily answered, “Is your optimization and improvement arranged by the leader or did you take the initiative to study it?” This is about major business-related issues. It was arranged by the leader, and some technical improvements were made by himself. At the end, the big leader said to the next leader: "He is a tough-tackling type, and some tough tasks can be entrusted to him in the future. You should continue to maintain it." After hearing the four words "keep going", I was finally completely released. There is nothing more important than these four words from the leader's mouth. Finally, I thank the leader and end the defense.

5. About tension

5.1 Tension

We deal with the code all day long, and have never reported to the big leader. Suddenly, such an important defense is not nervous. It is one in a million. I am especially nervous. I have been nervous since two days before the defense. , Tension to the spirit affects the body, causing stomach pain.

Studies have shown that long-term high-pressure work may cause gastrointestinal disorders. On weekdays, we will also notice that some people feel uncomfortable when they are nervous Intellectuals, official account: How does the work pressure of intellectuals hurt your stomach? |Week Technology

I basically didn’t sleep much two nights before my defense, and my nerves are very sensitive. If there is a little movement at night, I can clearly feel the body’s nerve signals from the ears to the stomach, causing gastric cancer pain. Medically, it should be It's called "neurasthenia". Fortunately, I had this problem before, so I bought anti-noise earplugs.

The biggest problem is that being nervous can make you have a foreign body in your throat and want to vomit, which can be fatal to the respondent, however the more you worry about this problem, the more serious the problem will become.

When we're stressed, our entire nervous system kicks into gear to help us cope with whatever challenges we face. The brain secretes adrenaline and cortisol (the main stress hormones) and tells the autonomic nervous system to speed up breathing, heart rate, blood pressure and muscle contractions. This means tightness or even spasms in the throat, stomach and intestines, causing us to feel something in our throat, tightness in our intestines or stomach, wanting to throw up, or increased intestinal spasms that cause us to think twice Go to the toilet. Melissa G. Hunt, official account: California Institute of Health Scientific Explanation: Why Stress Causes Stomach Pain?

I'm afraid I'll throw up during my defense. I can't eat anything at all, so I can only buy some steamed buns and put them at my work station, so I can eat some when I'm hungry. Psychiatric drugs generally take effect very slowly. They must not be taken these two days. We can only treat the symptoms first. I bought some stomach medicine to relieve excessive gastric acid secretion. I don’t have time to go to the hospital. To be honest, When I go to the hospital in a situation like mine, I don’t even ask you to have a big package first. Gastroscopy and blood tests are all scheduled, and I don’t think the doctors who see the doctor may know as much as I do. They are developed according to the system. Step by step, most of the outpatient doctors are now medical system operators. Now the hospital performs any tests for symptoms, and then takes any medicines for the results of the tests, all in the system. It's better to prescribe medicine for yourself and go directly to the pharmacy to buy it.

Neither my wife nor my family believed that the stomach pain was caused by tension. I judged that as soon as the defense was over and all symptoms disappeared, it was caused by tension. When I was waiting outside the door to go in, I really felt that I was going to lose my feet. At this time, I massaged my shoulders to relax my muscles, closed my eyes, took a deep breath, let go of my thoughts and diverted my attention, and felt better. When I went in and sat down, I was even more nervous when I couldn’t find the PPT play button, but it got better when I was talking about the PPT. When I had a few conversations with the leader in the questioning session, all the symptoms disappeared, because at this time you If your attention is on others, and you no longer pay attention to your physical problems, it will be fine. After the defense, my direct leader saw me and said that Zhao Xiake, who talked about the mountains, is back again. I couldn't eat anymore yesterday, so I started to eat big fish and meat immediately after the end, to make up for the loss of the past two days.

6. Summary

It’s really not easy to beat a worker. This defense gave me the following conclusions:

1. It is very important to have a good leader. The leaders I have met in my work for so many years have been very kind to me, especially the last leader. Here I would like to thank him again sincerely. If he can read this article, sincerely thank you you!

2. Try to maintain a good relationship with every leader in the company, maybe he is your defense committee member

3. It takes hard work to make iron, and only by constantly improving yourself can you have more opportunities

4. Exercise well, the body is the premise of everything, without a good body, everything is meaningless

5. After working for a long time, whether to change jobs or not to jump, no one can help you in the new environment

6. In addition to work skills, you must also have some other strengths, such as writing, writing patents, and writing papers

7. Do not accept outsourcing unless you work to survive or to experience life