Tech Terms to Impress your Coworkers
This term refers to designing products so they can be used by people of all abilities.
What is accessibility?
Something you say when you want to revisit a topic, also includes the word for a certain shape.
What is circle back?
The maximum number of connections shown publicly on your profile.
What is 500?
What is a semi-casual meeting with a mentor figure called, usually over a certain beverage?
What is coffee chat?
A professional way to begin an email when you don’t know the person well.
What is Dear ___?
Someone with interest or influence in a project, but not necessarily working on it themselves.
What is a stakeholder?
A word used when you want to put a discussion on pause; also a certain item of furniture.
What is table?
The section of your profile which shows your jobs, internships, and other roles.
What is the Experience section?
Another word for the specific position you would hold at a given company.
What is role?
What you select to send an email to everyone in the thread.
What is Reply All?
MVP stands for this term, which refers to the most basic version of a product.
What is a Minimum Viable Product?
A figure of speech for a task which is easy to complete first; the name also refers to a certain food group.
What is low-hanging fruit?
A feature which signals to recruiters that you’re actively job searching.
What is Open to Work?
A phrase recruiters use to let you know you’ve gotten through to the next step.
What is move forward?
A term often used in emails when the sender is either on vacation or ill.
What is out of office?
This phrase describes a team which contains members from varying fields of expertise.
What is cross-functional?
Another way of saying you want to have a conversation about something, often said at the beginning of meetings.
What is touch base?
A section that allows you to showcase specific projects or other media your proud of directly on your profile.
What is the Featured section?
A word used when setting up a time to meet that works for both your schedules.
What is availability?
A polite way to start a second email in the same thread after the recipient doesn't respond.
What is "Just following up"?
A concrete outcome which an employee is often assigned to complete.
What is a deliverable?
Something that hinders your progress towards completing a given task.
What is a blocker?
A feature which some job postings use that allows you to quickly apply directly through LinkedIn.
What is Easy Apply?
The sum of your salary, bonuses, equity, and benefits.
What is total compensation?
At your ____, meaning something is slightly urgent but avoids sounding demanding.
What is earliest convenience?