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Coding interviews were mostly algorithms+coding without any reference or reliance on my prior experience. Newly grad that prepared well could have passed this type of questions. Of course, a lot of "signal" is gathered by how you approach the problem, your communication and pace. System design was around getting a very high level requirement for a system, required analyzing the problem, asking the right questions and proposing a solution. Part of the interview was to check my general sense of "engineering numbers" (e.g. how many such requests would you expect a single machine could handle?). Leadership interviews were mostly around my past experience, using examples of building teams, leading projects, dealing with low performers, etc.
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Engineering Manager

Interviewed at Google

4.4
Nov 17, 2019

Coding interviews were mostly algorithms+coding without any reference or reliance on my prior experience. Newly grad that prepared well could have passed this type of questions. Of course, a lot of "signal" is gathered by how you approach the problem, your communication and pace. System design was around getting a very high level requirement for a system, required analyzing the problem, asking the right questions and proposing a solution. Part of the interview was to check my general sense of "engineering numbers" (e.g. how many such requests would you expect a single machine could handle?). Leadership interviews were mostly around my past experience, using examples of building teams, leading projects, dealing with low performers, etc.

Unlike many other companies, they had me to talk in details about things I built at my previous job. This is something I personally like to ask candidates a lot as it yields tons of useful information. I was happy to see them doing the same.
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Engineering Manager

Interviewed at DoorDash

3.6
Oct 4, 2017

Unlike many other companies, they had me to talk in details about things I built at my previous job. This is something I personally like to ask candidates a lot as it yields tons of useful information. I was happy to see them doing the same.

I received no interview questions, but it shouldn't take over a month to reject an applicant for an engineering management role. Either you know what you're looking for or you don't--no need to waste candidates' time. LinkedIn also said the job posting I applied for had already been up for 2 months (!) by the time I applied, too. The job posting was still up by the time I was rejected. I can't imagine what interview protocol the company is following if they can't hire a single engineering manager within a quarter, when there are a million qualified candidates available right now due to industry layoffs.
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Engineering Manager

Interviewed at 1Password

3.2
Jul 7, 2023

I received no interview questions, but it shouldn't take over a month to reject an applicant for an engineering management role. Either you know what you're looking for or you don't--no need to waste candidates' time. LinkedIn also said the job posting I applied for had already been up for 2 months (!) by the time I applied, too. The job posting was still up by the time I was rejected. I can't imagine what interview protocol the company is following if they can't hire a single engineering manager within a quarter, when there are a million qualified candidates available right now due to industry layoffs.

Explain a tough situation where you were not given the necessary resources. Explain what you expected to be able to accomplish, what you actually accomplished and what else you could have done if provided necessary support.
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Engineering Project Manager

Interviewed at The Building People

3.8
Apr 15, 2025

Explain a tough situation where you were not given the necessary resources. Explain what you expected to be able to accomplish, what you actually accomplished and what else you could have done if provided necessary support.

Why do you want to join iCIMS? Explain your overall experience and technical background? Technology being used in current company? Some of the behavior questions related to the role as below, How do you do people management? Quality checks being followed in SDLC? what steps and key skills consider during hiring process? How do you handle low performing individual? Key metrics being use for Agile development?
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Engineering Manager

Interviewed at iCIMS

3.1
Dec 14, 2019

Why do you want to join iCIMS? Explain your overall experience and technical background? Technology being used in current company? Some of the behavior questions related to the role as below, How do you do people management? Quality checks being followed in SDLC? what steps and key skills consider during hiring process? How do you handle low performing individual? Key metrics being use for Agile development?

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