Behavioral & Leadership Technical Screen Prompt (Software Engineer)

Context

You are interviewing for a Software Engineer role in a technical screen focused on behavioral and leadership competencies.

Instructions

Provide concise, specific answers that demonstrate impact, decision quality, and collaboration. Address all parts:

1. Self-Introduction (tailored to this role)
   • Who you are now, relevant focus areas, notable achievements, and what you’re looking for next.
2. Why our company and team?
   • Connect your experience and interests to our products, mission, scale, and engineering practices.
3. Project You’re Most Proud Of
   • Goal and context (problem, constraints, scale)
   • Your role and responsibilities
   • Technical challenges (architecture, performance, reliability, data)
   • Leadership challenges (alignment, prioritization, execution)
   • Outcomes with measurable impact (metrics, business/customer value)
4. Tech Lead Scenario: Alignment, Conflict, Trade-offs Under Ambiguity
   • Describe a specific moment when stakeholders disagreed and trade-offs were unclear
   • Your decision process, frameworks/tools used, and how you de-risked
   • The decision, results, and what you learned
5. Mentorship and Raising the Bar
   • How you coach engineers, improve code/design quality, and uplevel teams
6. Logistics
   • Earliest start date, notice period, relocation needs, and any visa constraints