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I got multiple questions during these modules from various areas, such as leadership style and abilities, team motivation, hiring and team setup, change management, coaching and mentoring, conflict management, etc.
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Senior Manager, Software Engineering

Interviewed at GoPro

4★
Sep 14, 2021

I got multiple questions during these modules from various areas, such as leadership style and abilities, team motivation, hiring and team setup, change management, coaching and mentoring, conflict management, etc.

From the ground up, implement a concurrent server with a bespoke TCP-like protocol that manages a fixed-capacity LIFO data structure. The server supports asynchronous push operations, which append variable-length payloads to the stack, with blocking semantics when the stack is full. It also supports asynchronous pop operations, which retrieve the top element, returning a length-prefixed payload, and block when the stack is empty. Request processing must adhere to the order of complete reception. Edge case requirements are also provided. A given test suite and an additional secret test suite validate your work. The test suite is inconsistent with the specifications, so that's also fun. Do all of this in four hours, and do feel free to write extra tests because you'll definitely have extra time. If you're a frontend developer by trade, have fun working entirely outside your wheel house!
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Software Engineering Manager

Interviewed at Philo

4.7★
Apr 24, 2025

From the ground up, implement a concurrent server with a bespoke TCP-like protocol that manages a fixed-capacity LIFO data structure. The server supports asynchronous push operations, which append variable-length payloads to the stack, with blocking semantics when the stack is full. It also supports asynchronous pop operations, which retrieve the top element, returning a length-prefixed payload, and block when the stack is empty. Request processing must adhere to the order of complete reception. Edge case requirements are also provided. A given test suite and an additional secret test suite validate your work. The test suite is inconsistent with the specifications, so that's also fun. Do all of this in four hours, and do feel free to write extra tests because you'll definitely have extra time. If you're a frontend developer by trade, have fun working entirely outside your wheel house!

I can't go over the specific questions, but the technical interviews change based on the position. For the domain knowledge portion, be prepared to talk about a system you have built, what trade-offs you considered, and what you learned from that experience working with other engineers. The leadership, product, and delivery interviews are fairly standard. All interviewers left plenty of time for questions, and everyone was very respectful and open to sharing relevant information about the culture and tech. Overall, the interviews were rigorous, but felt like I was meeting my future co-workers.
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Software Engineering Manager

Interviewed at DoorDash

3.6★
Feb 10, 2024

I can't go over the specific questions, but the technical interviews change based on the position. For the domain knowledge portion, be prepared to talk about a system you have built, what trade-offs you considered, and what you learned from that experience working with other engineers. The leadership, product, and delivery interviews are fairly standard. All interviewers left plenty of time for questions, and everyone was very respectful and open to sharing relevant information about the culture and tech. Overall, the interviews were rigorous, but felt like I was meeting my future co-workers.

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