Behavioral Technical Screen: Resume Walkthrough and Career Narrative

Context

You will be asked to present a concise, impact-focused walkthrough of your background for a Software Engineer technical screen. Expect to cover projects, decisions, outcomes, transitions, work style, goals, and compensation.

Prompt

1. Introduce yourself (30–60 seconds): academic background, core strengths, and focus areas.
2. Walk through your resume chronologically. For each role, cover:
   • Role and team context (domain, scale, mission, tech stack).
   • Most impactful projects (1–2 per role).
   • Your specific contributions and ownership.
   • Key technical decisions and trade-offs.
   • Measurable outcomes (latency, throughput, reliability, cost, growth, etc.).
   • Lessons learned.
3. Explain reasons for frequent job changes and what you were optimizing for.
4. Share your near-term and longer-term career goals.
5. Describe your preferred working style (collaboration, documentation, on-call, remote/hybrid, feedback).
6. Ask a few targeted questions about the team, problems, and success metrics.
7. Discuss salary expectations and any constraints (location, level, start date, visa, remote/hybrid, on-call).