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Asked at Amazon, Anthropic, Asana + 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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"We had a huge launch on September 1st of this year where we completely redesigned our application from the grounds up and also migrated to a new platform (React.JS). This project took us 8 months and the launch was a huge deal for the team. Unfortunately the launch wasn't as smooth as we expected and despite doing multiple rounds of QA, some major issues cropped up in the core part of the app right after launch and our client was quite upset since it was disrupting their day-to-day workflow. "
Aabid S. - "We had a huge launch on September 1st of this year where we completely redesigned our application from the grounds up and also migrated to a new platform (React.JS). This project took us 8 months and the launch was a huge deal for the team. Unfortunately the launch wasn't as smooth as we expected and despite doing multiple rounds of QA, some major issues cropped up in the core part of the app right after launch and our client was quite upset since it was disrupting their day-to-day workflow. "See full answer
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Asked at Blend, Google, LinkedIn + 2 more • 4 years ago
What happens when you navigate to a website?
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"Let's imagine you want to open Google Maps, you type maps.google.com and hit Enter. Here is what happens: You type maps.google.com into the address bar of your browser. Browser completes the address, for example, maps.google.com → https://www.maps.google.com [Address decoding] → browser breaks down the URL into parts ‘https://’: protocol → how the browser should connect to the website Default is HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol) which shows up as ‘ http:/"
Jasmin R. - "Let's imagine you want to open Google Maps, you type maps.google.com and hit Enter. Here is what happens: You type maps.google.com into the address bar of your browser. Browser completes the address, for example, maps.google.com → https://www.maps.google.com [Address decoding] → browser breaks down the URL into parts ‘https://’: protocol → how the browser should connect to the website Default is HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol) which shows up as ‘ http:/"See full answer
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Asked at Amazon, Deloitte • a year ago
Tell me about a time when you exceeded expectations.
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Behavioral
3 answers I was asked this
"During my internship at Datavibe Insights, I was initially brought on to assist with routine data cleaning and Excel reporting for the procurement team. My main task was to support weekly report generation, but I noticed inefficiencies in how data from multiple vendors was being manually compiled and formatted each week. Without being asked, I took the initiative to build an automated reporting tool using Excel Power Query and macros. It cleaned, merged, and visualized the data with a few clicks"
Dhruv M. - "During my internship at Datavibe Insights, I was initially brought on to assist with routine data cleaning and Excel reporting for the procurement team. My main task was to support weekly report generation, but I noticed inefficiencies in how data from multiple vendors was being manually compiled and formatted each week. Without being asked, I took the initiative to build an automated reporting tool using Excel Power Query and macros. It cleaned, merged, and visualized the data with a few clicks"See full answer
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Asked at Google • 2 years ago
Design a cyber attack.
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Technical
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"Phishing Attack Scenario (High-Level) Attack Type: Phishing Goal: Steal user credentials Attack Vector: Fake email pretending to be a bank Target: End users Impact: Account takeover, financial loss Detection: Email filtering, user reports Prevention: User awareness training Multi-factor authentication Email security gateways"
Dileep D. - "Phishing Attack Scenario (High-Level) Attack Type: Phishing Goal: Steal user credentials Attack Vector: Fake email pretending to be a bank Target: End users Impact: Account takeover, financial loss Detection: Email filtering, user reports Prevention: User awareness training Multi-factor authentication Email security gateways"See full answer
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Asked at Google • 2 years ago
How does the internet work?
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Technical
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"URL> DNS over UDP> IP address > TCP handshake > HTTP(SSL handshake) req, responses, websites architectures for any query DB, servers."
Wizzy B. - "URL> DNS over UDP> IP address > TCP handshake > HTTP(SSL handshake) req, responses, websites architectures for any query DB, servers."See full answer
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Asked at Google • 4 years ago
What is a DOS attack and what are some mitigations?
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Technical
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"A DOS attack is meant to shut down a machine or network, making it inaccessible to its intended users. Some mitigations would be knowing what normal and abnormal traffic is. Deploy Firewalls for sophisticated application attacks."
Adriel W. - "A DOS attack is meant to shut down a machine or network, making it inaccessible to its intended users. Some mitigations would be knowing what normal and abnormal traffic is. Deploy Firewalls for sophisticated application attacks."See full answer
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Asked at Salesforce • a year ago
How do you troubleshoot the log events in Splunk's admin UI?
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