2 silly programs to code line by line for a Principal Software Engineer!!!
Principal Software Engineer Interview Questions
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I was asked how I capture requirements so that as many scenarios are covered and unknown scenarios are minimised.
what do you want to contribute and what do you expect from us?
Build cache
Resolve ambiguity on some strings.
The first coding exercise was to make sense of code that was deliberately obfuscated with single-letter functions and arguments. Basically, learn everything about it.
Over 8 hours of interviewing, I was asked many questions, and then finally presented with a coderpad challenge: Write a function to transpose a matrix.
Have you managed teams and how have you handled conflict within engineering teams.
My favorite question was the ice breaker: how many computers do you have and what operating systems do they run on?
Random questions, that don't reveal if you are a problem solver and experienced software engineer. The questions would only reveal if you have used something very very specific the day before (and therefore you remember).
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