Background and Role Alignment Questions
Articulation of how a candidate's past skills, projects, and experiences map directly to the responsibilities and success criteria of the target role. This includes drawing explicit parallels between prior work and the job description, addressing skill gaps, and presenting a plan for rapid onboarding and impact.
MediumTechnical
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Identify a technical skill or domain you currently lack that is important for this role (for example: distributed tracing, low-latency systems, production SRE practices). Produce a 90-day learning plan with weekly milestones, concrete resources (courses/books), hands-on projects, and how you'll demonstrate competency to teammates.
EasyTechnical
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In your first 30 days on the team, list three concrete onboarding priorities you'd set to become productive quickly and deliver visible impact. For each priority include specific actions, stakeholders to engage, and a measurable first-week milestone that signals progress.
EasyBehavioral
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Craft a 90–120 second elevator pitch tailored to this Software Engineer role that highlights: two technical strengths, one concrete example of impact, and one concrete way you'll ramp in the first 30 days. Present this as if speaking to the hiring manager who has limited time and mixed technical familiarity.
EasyTechnical
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A junior engineer on your team is losing confidence due to intermittent test failures. Describe how you would coach them through diagnosing flaky tests while preserving autonomy and learning. Include the steps you'd take, and how you'd document and transfer the fix back to them.
HardTechnical
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You are hired as a senior engineer to own an under-documented, high-traffic service that experiences frequent incidents. Draft a strategic plan for 90/180/365 days covering knowledge transfer, reliability improvements, observability additions, test coverage targets, refactor milestones, team alignment, and a stakeholder communication cadence. Mention trade-offs, necessary resources, and the metrics you'll use to measure progress.
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