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Senior Software Development Engineer Lead Interview Experience - Israel

March 19, 2014
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Process

Phone call - reviewing my CV

1st one-on-one meeting was scheduled. A few days later, it was 1.5 hours long. In the meeting, I was asked to detail the architecture of a project I was working on, plus all kinds of questions about it (e.g., "How did you implement security?" "How did you manage scale?", etc.).

The next question was to suggest an architectural solution for a described problem. The solution required some basic understanding of how to design distributed applications with network limitations.

The last question was to try thinking about how Google implements auto-suggest in Google Search.

2nd meeting was with an Architect, 1.5 hours: The main focus was checking my familiarity with the development process. Afterwards, I was asked to propose an algorithm for tree-level traversal print (print each layer in a tree in a different direction, not necessarily a B-Tree) and, of course, to code that efficiently (should be O(n)).

3rd - HR intensive meeting (~1 hour): People management, dealing with situations, how I impact, etc.

4th: Direct manager meeting

5th: Colleague meeting

6th: AA Manager

Questions

How Google Implements Auto-Suggest in Google Search

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Microsoft's interview process for their Senior Software Development Engineer Lead roles in Israel is incredibly easy as the vast majority of engineers get an offer after going through it.

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