Behavioral Interview Prompt: Self-Introduction, Resume Walkthrough, Project Deep Dives, Collaboration, and Questions

What to Deliver

• Self-introduction (60–90 seconds).
• Walk through your resume briefly, then deep-dive into 1–2 projects with measurable impact.
  • For each project, cover: your role, key technical decisions, tradeoffs, and outcomes.
• Explain one challenging decision and how you collaborated across teams to resolve it.
• Ask thoughtful questions about the role, team, and product roadmap.

Assumptions

• You are interviewing for a Software Engineer role in a high-scale, cloud-oriented environment. Focus your examples on back-end/distributed systems, reliability, and security-minded engineering practices.

Evaluation Emphasis

• Clarity and structure under time constraints.
• Ownership, technical depth, decision-making, and impact.
• Cross-functional collaboration and stakeholder management.
• Quality of questions demonstrating product and engineering judgment.