Ask HN: Interview about building website without a portfolio
I just got off the phone with someone who needs a website built for their company. On thursday, I am meeting with them in person. The guy on the phone said it was to discuss what needs to be done, talk about how much I charge, and to show him some stuff I've built.
It's that last part that has me worried.I've built a handful of toy websites, a couple of wordpress sites for family/friends, but from his description over the phone, he wants a lot more than that. I don't actually have any evidence that I can get the job done, although I'm quite confident in my abilities.
How would you approach this situation?
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[ 3.0 ms ] story [ 19.8 ms ] threadI recently had an interview and was asked to show some of my previous work. Like you all I had were small project sites and any real work for me is sitting behind a firewall on server that is only accessed at work.
I had a phone interview then a face to face. Everything went well, but with out any real work to show I feel I was at a disadvantage. Good luck. Let me know what how it goes. Maybe your interview strategy can shed some light.