Walk through your resume and impacts

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Behavioral Prompt: Walk Through Your Resume (Technical Screen)

You are interviewing for a Software Engineer role at a late-stage (Series D/E) startup in San Francisco. Provide a concise, structured walkthrough of your resume from the most recent role to the earliest.

For each role, cover:

Scope: Team, domain, stack, ownership, and scale (e.g., users/QPS/SLAs).
Top accomplishments: 1–2 most impactful outcomes with measurable results (latency, reliability, revenue, cost, developer velocity, etc.).
Biggest challenge: Technical or organizational; how you navigated it.
Transition: Why you moved to the next role and what you learned.

Then close with: 5. Why now: Why you want to join a late-stage (Series D/E) startup in San Francisco.

Target length: 3–5 minutes. Use clear, outcome-focused language and metrics wherever possible.

Walk through your resume and impacts

Behavioral Prompt: Walk Through Your Resume (Technical Screen)

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Behavioral Prompt: Walk Through Your Resume (Technical Screen)

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