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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.

The next phone interview was with a manager in the organization that has the open position. This interviewer's accent was very thick, I work with people from all over the world with all kinds of accents and I had to have him repeat questions two or three times just to understand what the question was generally about - I was only picking up every other word - which makes a phone interview extremely difficult. I explained early in the interview that I had managed 40+ people in 5 different teams and some projects I did not technically work myself, but if he had a technical question I could go as deep as they wanted to go. He proceeded to ask me about a very specific project and immediately fixated on what the database synch-rates were as I walked through this project that I managed.
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Senior Software Engineering Manager

Interviewed at Meta

3.6★
Mar 23, 2019

The next phone interview was with a manager in the organization that has the open position. This interviewer's accent was very thick, I work with people from all over the world with all kinds of accents and I had to have him repeat questions two or three times just to understand what the question was generally about - I was only picking up every other word - which makes a phone interview extremely difficult. I explained early in the interview that I had managed 40+ people in 5 different teams and some projects I did not technically work myself, but if he had a technical question I could go as deep as they wanted to go. He proceeded to ask me about a very specific project and immediately fixated on what the database synch-rates were as I walked through this project that I managed.

The tech rounds are good - if you practice leetcode sort of sites for few days, you will clear. But I felt the fitment round by India c o o was overboard, with most of the interview time his boasting about his experience and the company's financials. I was interviewing for India position. Definitely not what I expected from such a reputed company. That round itself was a deal-breaker for me from my side. If you wanna clear their behavioral rounds, in India, be cautious, and watch out their reactions, and work through. I felt they don't tolerate minor failures also at office.
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Software Engineering Manager

Interviewed at Highspot

3.3★
Nov 16, 2023

The tech rounds are good - if you practice leetcode sort of sites for few days, you will clear. But I felt the fitment round by India c o o was overboard, with most of the interview time his boasting about his experience and the company's financials. I was interviewing for India position. Definitely not what I expected from such a reputed company. That round itself was a deal-breaker for me from my side. If you wanna clear their behavioral rounds, in India, be cautious, and watch out their reactions, and work through. I felt they don't tolerate minor failures also at office.

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