Behavioral and Leadership Interview (Software Engineer, Onsite)

Instructions

• Use STAR (Situation, Task, Action, Result) to structure each story.
• Focus on your impact, trade-offs, metrics, and lessons learned.

Questions

1. Why are you changing jobs now, and why this company?
2. What total compensation range are you targeting? How would you evaluate an offer that emphasizes base and bonus without equity?
3. How do you interpret "customer obsession" or "customer focus"? Provide two stories that demonstrate this principle.
4. Describe a time you and another team shared a service and you proposed an improvement that benefited both groups.
5. Give examples where you exercised ownership beyond your formal responsibilities.
6. Describe security-related incidents or projects you handled and what you learned.
7. In code reviews, what do you prioritize and why?
8. What new technology have you learned recently, what triggered the learning, and how did you apply it?
9. If you have considered switching industries, explain your rationale and decision criteria.