Technical Screen: Behavioral and Leadership — Software Engineer

Context

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

Prompts

1. Concise self-introduction (30–60 seconds)

• Summarize years of experience, domains, primary tech stack, scale of systems, and what you bring to the role.

2. Most proud accomplishment

• Describe one project you are most proud of using the STAR structure (Situation, Task, Actions, Results). Quantify impact (e.g., latency, reliability, cost, revenue, developer productivity).

3. Project automation challenges

• In build, test, deployment, or infrastructure automation, what specific difficulties did you encounter? How did you diagnose them, and how did you resolve or mitigate them? Be concrete about tools, logs/metrics, decision trade-offs, and outcomes.

4. End-to-end code quality

• How do you ensure code quality across the lifecycle? Cover code reviews, testing strategy, CI/CD, standards, and how you measure quality. Include specific practices and metrics.

5. Onboarding and mentoring

• Describe how you have onboarded and mentored junior teammates. Share approaches, concrete examples, and outcomes (ideally with measurable results).