Software Engineering Manager Interview Questions

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Spoke with the recruiter. Did a phone screen consisting of a general architecture problem. After passing that, did a four separate standard software coding problems covering the typical topics. The engineers were good interviewers, and they were very open to talk about the teams, products, etc.
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Senior Software Engineering Manager

Interviewed at Descript

4.6
Feb 11, 2022

Spoke with the recruiter. Did a phone screen consisting of a general architecture problem. After passing that, did a four separate standard software coding problems covering the typical topics. The engineers were good interviewers, and they were very open to talk about the teams, products, etc.

What is the biggest technical challenge you and your team have accomplished? How do you contribute to design discussions and code reviews? Can you give an example of a design discussion where you influenced the technical direction? What’s your process for architecture reviews or tradeoff decisions (e.g. REST vs GraphQL)? Have you ever encountered a performance or scalability issue? How did you diagnose, quantify, and address it? What was the impact and plan going forward?
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Software Engineering Manager

Interviewed at Qualtrics

3.6
Jul 28, 2025

What is the biggest technical challenge you and your team have accomplished? How do you contribute to design discussions and code reviews? Can you give an example of a design discussion where you influenced the technical direction? What’s your process for architecture reviews or tradeoff decisions (e.g. REST vs GraphQL)? Have you ever encountered a performance or scalability issue? How did you diagnose, quantify, and address it? What was the impact and plan going forward?

How do you measure your teams' effectiveness? Describe how a system you built/own works. Design a system that will update the sum of all of a user's stock positions in real-time. Describe how you plan your teams' roadmap(s).
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Senior Manager Software Engineering

Interviewed at SoFi

4.2
Mar 10, 2022

How do you measure your teams' effectiveness? Describe how a system you built/own works. Design a system that will update the sum of all of a user's stock positions in real-time. Describe how you plan your teams' roadmap(s).

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