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Coding challenge - write some code to solve some specific real-world requirements. Note that this was not a leetcode-style "solve this tricky algorithm" question. There is no single "correct" solution and you will need to make decisions and be expected to justify them.
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Staff Software Engineer

Interviewed at Miro

3.6
Jan 6, 2023

Coding challenge - write some code to solve some specific real-world requirements. Note that this was not a leetcode-style "solve this tricky algorithm" question. There is no single "correct" solution and you will need to make decisions and be expected to justify them.

In the technical interview with the engineering team, I was asked a mix of coding questions, infrastructure-as-code (IaC) scenarios, and topics related to the SRE role — things like reliability practices, deployment workflows, and troubleshooting approaches. It was a solid mix of practical and conceptual questions.
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Staff SRE Engineer

Interviewed at Illumio

4.1
Jul 1, 2025

In the technical interview with the engineering team, I was asked a mix of coding questions, infrastructure-as-code (IaC) scenarios, and topics related to the SRE role — things like reliability practices, deployment workflows, and troubleshooting approaches. It was a solid mix of practical and conceptual questions.

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