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A lot of troubleshooting questions about Linux, K8S, Databases. A lot of questions about architecture and how you would x,y and z. Basically a lot of things you can't BS your way out of. The coding exercise is not very hard, pass in a URL via CLI to a function and have the function return the content with a few curveballs. Hint: know the requests library (Python) or any library with similar functions.
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Site Reliability Engineer

Interviewed at Lightspeed

3.5
Nov 11, 2025

A lot of troubleshooting questions about Linux, K8S, Databases. A lot of questions about architecture and how you would x,y and z. Basically a lot of things you can't BS your way out of. The coding exercise is not very hard, pass in a URL via CLI to a function and have the function return the content with a few curveballs. Hint: know the requests library (Python) or any library with similar functions.

Please run through your resume. Do you have any regulatory experience? what is your main responsibilities at your current role? are you responsible for negotiating budget at your current company and how to reduce the bottleneck? How many sites/studies to you have at one time at your current company? how to you juggle a high workload? Do you work on amendments or just start-up? why did you apply for this role? what would you do if there is a conflict? what motivates you? do you like to work in an environment when SOPs have been established or a non-structured system? how to do structure your work? how do you handover the study? how to you handle competing deadlines? Do you advise the team members about site timelines? how do you deal with issues with a system or process? what is your notice period? do you have any planned holidays? regarding the job responsibilities, do you have any issues with these? do you have any questions?
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Site Activation Specialist (FSP)

Interviewed at IQVIA

3.7
Aug 29, 2023

Please run through your resume. Do you have any regulatory experience? what is your main responsibilities at your current role? are you responsible for negotiating budget at your current company and how to reduce the bottleneck? How many sites/studies to you have at one time at your current company? how to you juggle a high workload? Do you work on amendments or just start-up? why did you apply for this role? what would you do if there is a conflict? what motivates you? do you like to work in an environment when SOPs have been established or a non-structured system? how to do structure your work? how do you handover the study? how to you handle competing deadlines? Do you advise the team members about site timelines? how do you deal with issues with a system or process? what is your notice period? do you have any planned holidays? regarding the job responsibilities, do you have any issues with these? do you have any questions?

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