Senior Software Engineering Manager Interview Questions

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Management questions focused on past experience handling, planning, & prioritizing work, encouraging staff, and coaching. We discussed major overhauls of systems into new systems. And also, how to grow a current feature into its next phase. Also, how to plan that out.
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Senior Director, Software Engineering

Interviewed at Salesforce

4.1
Mar 13, 2020

Management questions focused on past experience handling, planning, & prioritizing work, encouraging staff, and coaching. We discussed major overhauls of systems into new systems. And also, how to grow a current feature into its next phase. Also, how to plan that out.

1. Tell me about a time a time you were working on a project you knew was going to fail and what you did about it. 2. Tell me about your favorite product or feature you've worked on and why. 3. Tell me about a time when a team member wasn't meeting expectations and how you handled it. 4. Let's design a Tiny URL system.
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Senior Software Engineering Manager

Interviewed at Oracle

3.5
Sep 2, 2020

1. Tell me about a time a time you were working on a project you knew was going to fail and what you did about it. 2. Tell me about your favorite product or feature you've worked on and why. 3. Tell me about a time when a team member wasn't meeting expectations and how you handled it. 4. Let's design a Tiny URL system.

Questions covered a variety of areas including topics such as experience leading teams, knowledge of agile methodologies, technical skills, development tools, communication and leadership skills, industry trends, and mentoring team members.
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Senior Software Engineering Manager

Interviewed at LSEG (London Stock Exchange Group)

3.6
Jan 28, 2023

Questions covered a variety of areas including topics such as experience leading teams, knowledge of agile methodologies, technical skills, development tools, communication and leadership skills, industry trends, and mentoring team members.

Suppose you have an array of houses "-H-H-H", each house needs to be close to a water tank on either its left or right side. How many water tanks do you need? Water Tanks can only go where there is a dash. Given a list of constraints from the interviewer the task is to create a System Design for Uber in 30 minutes, after which there are follow up questions regarding scaling, data handling etc.
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Senior Manager - Software Engineering

Interviewed at GEICO

2.6
Apr 15, 2024

Suppose you have an array of houses "-H-H-H", each house needs to be close to a water tank on either its left or right side. How many water tanks do you need? Water Tanks can only go where there is a dash. Given a list of constraints from the interviewer the task is to create a System Design for Uber in 30 minutes, after which there are follow up questions regarding scaling, data handling etc.

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