Explain your proudest project
Overview
This question evaluates a software engineer's leadership, ownership, technical depth, decision-making, and cross-team collaboration by probing project goals, personal scope, measurable impact, technical trade-offs, and learnings.
Coinbase
Sep 6, 2025, 12:00 AM
Software Engineer
Onsite
Behavioral & Leadership
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Behavioral Prompt: Project You Are Most Proud Of (Software Engineer Onsite)
Context
This behavioral prompt assesses your impact, technical depth, decision-making, and collaboration in a complex engineering project.
Prompt
Answer the following about a single project:
- Goal: What was the objective and why did it matter to the business or users?
- Your role: What did you personally own (scope, design, implementation, decision-making)?
- Measurable impact: What quantifiable outcomes did you achieve (before/after metrics)?
- Technical challenges: What were the toughest problems and how did you solve them? What trade-offs did you consider (e.g., consistency vs availability, build vs buy, time vs scope)?
- Cross-team collaboration: Which teams were involved, what conflicts or dependencies arose, and how did you resolve them?
- Learnings and retrospectives: What did you learn, and what would you do differently next time?
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