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Asked at Microsoft, Accenture, Amazon + 29 more • 5 months ago
What's your favorite product and why?
Product Design
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Product Design
Asked at Microsoft, Amazon, Apple + 7 more • 5 months ago
Tell me about a time when you handled a difficult stakeholder.
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Customer Interaction
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Customer Interaction
Asked at Microsoft, Amazon, Asana + 8 more • 4 months ago
Tell me about a time you made a mistake.
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Asked at Microsoft, Amazon, Anthropic + 14 more • 3 months ago
Tell me about a time you had a conflict with someone. How did you resolve it and what did you learn?
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Asked at Microsoft, Accenture, ADP + 21 more • 2 days ago
Tell me about yourself.
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Asked at Microsoft, Discord, Expedia + 1 more • 4 days ago
Describe a time when your project failed.
Behavioral
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Asked at Microsoft, Meta • 2 years ago
Design Facebook Messenger.
System Design
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System Design
Asked at Microsoft, Asana, Gladly + 2 more • 5 months ago
Tell me about a time you convinced someone to change their mind.
Behavioral
Cross-Functional
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Cross-Functional
Asked at Microsoft, Amazon, Anthropic + 2 more • 5 months ago
Tell me about a time when you faced a conflict while on a team.
Behavioral
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Asked at Microsoft, LinkedIn, Stripe • 3 days ago
How do you prioritize features for your engineering team?
Behavioral
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