Demonstrate leadership and team development
Overview
This question evaluates leadership, stakeholder management, outcome-driven execution, and people development competencies for a senior software engineer, including influence without formal authority and measurable impact.
DoorDash
Jul 17, 2025, 12:00 AM
Software Engineer
Technical Screen
Behavioral & Leadership
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Behavioral & Leadership: End-to-End Project Leadership (L5-level)
Context: This is a behavioral prompt often used in a technical screen for a senior software engineer (L5-equivalent). Prepare a concise, evidence-based story (2–4 minutes) showing leadership impact and people development.
Prompt
Describe your most significant end-to-end project leadership experience, covering:
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Objectives and scope
- What problem did you solve? Why did it matter? What was in/out of scope?
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Stakeholders
- Who was involved (engineering, PM, DS/analytics, operations, support, leadership)? What were their needs and constraints?
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Measurable outcomes
- Specific, quantifiable results and how you measured them (e.g., A/B tests, before/after, SLAs).
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People development
- How you helped team members grow (mentoring, coaching, leveling, feedback). Include concrete examples from your current role.
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Influence without authority
- If you weren’t the formal lead, how did you drive decisions and execution?
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L5-level scaling
- How your leadership scaled beyond your immediate team (systems/processes/tooling reused elsewhere). Provide specific, measurable results beyond community mentoring.
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Retrospective
- What you would do differently to increase business impact and teammate development.
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