Software Engineer Staff Interview Questions

Staff Software Engineer

Interviewed at OpenAI

4.1★

Feb 21, 2023

Write a web crawler. Emphasis on multithreading/multiprocessing

Staff Software Developer

Interviewed at Wealthsimple

4.1★

May 17, 2021

[Code Screen] They asked me a variant of the Mars rover problem (https://code.google.com/archive/p/marsrovertechchallenge/) and introduced gradually more difficult requirements as I solved it

Staff Software Engineer

Interviewed at LTK

2.6★

Mar 29, 2022

Q: Describe how to architect a Twitter like service that is scalable.

Staff Software Engineer

Interviewed at Map My Customers

3.8★

Jul 7, 2022

When would you use EC2 spot instances vs reserved instances?

Staff Software Engineer

Interviewed at Merit

3.8★

Nov 9, 2019

What do you do when you have a disagreement with a coworker?

Describe your experience as a Software Engineer, particularly in building front-end applications. What types of applications have you worked on, and what technologies did you use? What is your experience with React or similar front-end frameworks? Do you have experience working with REST or gRPC APIs? What’s your approach to designing scalable and accessible front-end solutions?

Share an example of working cross-functionally with engineers, designers, and product professionals. How did you ensure alignment and successful delivery?

Staff Software Engineer

Interviewed at Screencastify

2★

Sep 18, 2023

multiple options for a take home tech assessment

Name a time you worked on a feature and what would you change about it and how you implemented it

Staff Software Engineer L4

Interviewed at Twilio

3.9★

May 9, 2021

most challenging work you have done in your career for which you did some outstanding work