Job Interview Tips for Software Engineers
44mBeginner2021-03-22
Authors
Nishant Bhajaria
Privacy and Security Leader and Digital Product Architect
Course details
Many engineers master difficult skills but still struggle with some commonly asked questions. In this course, instructor Nishant Bhajaria walks you through ten of the questions most commonly asked in job interviews. For each question, he explains how you should approach the question, then offers an example answer and feedback. With questions ranging from why you want to work for a company to what you think an ideal product-engineering relationship should look like, Nishant offers solid ways to prepare for job interviews.
Skills covered
Hiring and InterviewingTips, Tricks, & TechniquesJob SearchingCareer DevelopmentHuman Resources
Concepts
0. Introduction
- 01 - Overview of software engineering roles
1. Why do you want to work for our company
- 02 - How to approach this question
- 03 - Candidate answer and feedback
2. What are the technical and management qualities you look for in engineering leaders or managers
- 04 - How to approach this question
- 05 - Candidate answer and feedback
3. Tell me about the most challenging technical problem you have solved
- 06 - How to approach this question
- 07 - Candidate answer and feedback
4. Tell me about a time you disagreed with a fellow engineer and how that issue was resolved
- 08 - How to approach this question
- 09 - Candidate answer and feedback
5. Tell me about a time when the industry and or customers impacted your technical execution
- 10 - How to approach this question
- 11 - Candidate answer and feedback
6. How would you explain concepts like polymorphism and inheritance to a computer science student
- 12 - How to approach this question
- 13 - Candidate answer and feedback
7. Explain a web service infrastructure to a technical audience with limited system-level knowledge
- 14 - How to approach this question
- 15 - Candidate answer and feedback
8. How do you measure success for yourself technically
- 16 - How to approach this question
- 17 - Candidate answer and feedback
9. What would you do if asked to take on a problem where you did not have the technical skills
- 18 - How to approach this question
- 19 - Candidate answer and feedback
10. What do you think an ideal product-engineering relationship should look like
- 20 - How to approach this question
- 21 - Candidate answer and feedback