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Requirements found
Sql (must) Javascript (must) Recruiting Scheduling Budgeting (must)
What this posting asks for
Level: Not stated — The posting does not state a level or years of experience.
Main responsibilities
- Enable us to deliver secure, reliable, and scalable services that exceed industry standards and customer expectations.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver large-scale projects with cross-team dependencies.
- Collaborate with peer teams to deliver solutions that meet industry standards and customer expectations.
- Maintain and operate services at high scale, participating in scheduled on-call rotations to ensure reliability.
- Implement identity synchronization and lifecycle management solutions using SCIM and other relevant standards.
- Work with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, AWS CloudFormation, Kubernetes, etc.) to deliver scalable, high-availability applications.
- Build and maintain high-quality enterprise software using TypeScript, REST APIs, and JSON.
- What you need
- Proficiency in TypeScript/JavaScript, React, and Node.js.
- Strong knowledge of security architecture, LDAP, Active Directory, SAML, SSO, OAuth2, OpenID Connect and web protocols like XML, SOAP, JSON, and REST.
Competencies an interviewer will look for
- Technical skill Core
In the posting: “Now we're scaling our products for both agents and people to ship and run software, built in the open and trusted by OpenAI, PayPal, Ramp, Supreme, and milli…” · “We are seeking a Backend leaning Software Engineer.” · “Leveraging JavaScript/TypeScript, Node.js, SQL and NoSQL cloud-native databases, and AWS, you will develop innovative solutions for user, group, and membersh…”
Show it by: Names the tools, languages or systems used and how; Explains a technical choice and its trade-off. - Teamwork and collaboration Core
In the posting: “Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver large-scale projects with cross-team dependencies.” · “Collaborate with peer teams to deliver solutions that meet industry standards and customer expectations.” · “Exhibit excellent problem-solving abilities and effective communication skills, especially when collaborating with diverse teams.”
Show it by: Says what they did inside a team, not only what 'we' did; Shows how a disagreement was handled. - Attention to detail and quality Core
In the posting: “Enable us to deliver secure, reliable, and scalable services that exceed industry standards and customer expectations.” · “Collaborate with peer teams to deliver solutions that meet industry standards and customer expectations.” · “Implement identity synchronization and lifecycle management solutions using SCIM and other relevant standards.”
Show it by: Gives an example of an error caught before it caused harm; Names the check or standard they used. - Customer focus Core
In the posting: “Enable us to deliver secure, reliable, and scalable services that exceed industry standards and customer expectations.” · “Collaborate with peer teams to deliver solutions that meet industry standards and customer expectations.”
Show it by: Puts the customer's need in their own words; Shows a result for the customer, not only for the company. - Planning and organisation Core
In the posting: “Maintain and operate services at high scale, participating in scheduled on-call rotations to ensure reliability.” · “Equal Opportunity: Vercel is committed to fostering and empowering an inclusive community within our organization.”
Show it by: Shows how priorities were set when everything was urgent; Mentions deadlines met and how. - Problem solving Supporting
In the posting: “Exhibit excellent problem-solving abilities and effective communication skills, especially when collaborating with diverse teams.”
Show it by: Describes a real problem, the options considered and the one chosen; Shows how the cause was found, not just the fix. - Communication Supporting
In the posting: “Exhibit excellent problem-solving abilities and effective communication skills, especially when collaborating with diverse teams.”
Show it by: Adapts the message to the listener; Gives an example of explaining something clearly in writing or speech. - Leadership and mentoring Supporting
In the posting: “Learn and Grow - we provide mentorship and send you to events that help you build your network and skills.”
Show it by: Describes setting direction or a standard others followed; Names someone they coached and what changed for them. - Data and analysis Supporting
In the posting: “Privacy: Please review our Job Applicant Privacy Policy for more information on how we handle your data.”
Show it by: Uses a number to describe the situation or the result; Explains what the data showed and what was done with it. - Adaptability and learning Supporting
In the posting: “Flexible Time Off.”
Show it by: Describes learning something new quickly and using it; Shows a change of plan and how they adjusted.
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Practice questions
- Tell me about yourself. Dedicated step-by-step practice.
- If an interviewer asks something improper How to respond to questions about age, family, origin or health.
- Built from this posting (8):
- Walk me through a piece of work where you used your strongest technical skill. What exactly did you do? From this posting
- Describe a time you worked with another team to deliver something. What was your part? From this posting
- Tell me about a time you caught an error before it reached a customer or a report. From this posting
- Describe a time you went out of your way to solve a customer's problem. From this posting
- How have you used sql in your work? Walk me through one real example. From this posting
- Tell me about a problem you solved using javascript. From this posting
- Tell me about a difficult problem you solved at work. How did you find the cause? From this posting
- Tell me about a time you had to explain something complex to someone outside your field. From this posting
- This posting reads as Software engineering: its questions come first.
- Walk me through a feature you built from start to finish. What tools and languages did you use? Software engineering
- Tell me about the hardest bug you have tracked down. How did you find the cause? Software engineering
- Describe a technical design decision you made and the trade-off behind it. Software engineering
- Tell me about a time you disagreed with a teammate in a code review. Software engineering
- Production is down and you are the first engineer to notice. What do you do in the first 30 minutes? Software engineering
- How do you decide what to test before you ship a change? Software engineering
- Tell me about a time you helped a less experienced engineer get unstuck. Software engineering
- Your estimate for a feature turns out to be badly wrong halfway through. What do you do? Software engineering
- Two managers ask you to book the same room at the same time. What do you do?
- Walk me through how you would check whether a report's numbers are right.
- Describe a time you handled an upset customer or colleague.
- Tell me about a time you had several deadlines at once. How did you decide what to do first?
- Give an example of a mistake you caught before it caused a problem.
- Tell me about a time you taught someone how to do something.
- Describe a time you took the lead without being asked.
- Tell me about a time you had to explain something complicated in simple terms.
- Describe a process you improved.
- Do you have any questions for us?
- Why do you want to work here?
- Why is there a gap in your employment? Difficult question
- Why did you leave your last job? Difficult question
- Why are you changing careers? Difficult question
- What is your greatest weakness? Difficult question
- What are your salary expectations? Difficult question
- You seem overqualified for this role. Why do you want it? Difficult question
- Improper-question practice: How old are you? / Do you have children? / Where are you from originally?
- A customer is angry about a delay you did not cause. What do you do?
- How do you keep track of many open customer requests?
- Tell me about a time you could not give a customer what they wanted.
- You find that the inventory count does not match the system. What do you do?
- Tell me about a time a shipment or delivery went wrong.
- How do you make sure safety rules are followed on a busy shift?
- How have you used spreadsheets in your work?
- Tell me about a time you had to enter or check a lot of data accurately.
- Tell me about a sale or agreement you are proud of.
- A prospect says your price is too high. How do you respond?
- How do you keep your pipeline organised?
- Tell me about a technical problem you solved on your own.
- You find a bug right before a release. What do you do?

