The first stage is a discussion with the manager, covering three main areas: solid coding principles, unit and integration testing, and cloud/DevOps.

This is more of a two-way discussion.

The second stage involves a pair programming task with a senior engineer, focusing on a basic ASP.NET Web API. You will be given the task to implement a new endpoint.

I failed this round but received no feedback on why. I justified all my decisions, wrote modular code with proper separation of concerns, and answered all questions asked. However, I did not complete the actual task due to time constraints.

My advice is that this is not a discussion or a pair programming session; spend as little time as possible discussing, as it wastes time. Your number one priority should be completing the task. I also advise completing the tasks before the interview so you can do them faster. This is not a two-way discussion; don't believe it if they say it is.

Your process in testing.

Your workflow on how you'd complete a new task.

Knowledge of SOLID principles.

How you do observability, logging, and monitoring on environments.

How you handle deployments.