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Requirements found
Writing Salesforce (nice) Compliance Onboarding Sql Inventory (must)
What this posting asks for
Level: Lead / staff — The title says "Staff".
Main responsibilities
- Build end to end.
- Own features across the front end, back end, APIs, business logic, and data layer.
- Design how our systems fit together across brands, apps, and enterprise tools like Salesforce and NetSuite.
- Build the integrations that keep them talking, and handle client, employee, and financial data with security, privacy, and compliance in mind.
- Contribute to architecture, technology choices, and development patterns built to scale with the business.
- Help set the standard.
- Partner with product, design partners, and engineering to clarify requirements and explain trade-offs.
- Participate in code review, pairing, onboarding, and mentorship.
Competencies an interviewer will look for
- Technical skill Core
In the posting: “You'll join a small, sharp team that solves real business problems with whatever works best, whether that's AI, custom code, or intelligently integrated ente…” · “You'll write code, design solutions, and contribute to the culture we’re building at CHG.” · “Though early in adopting AI-driven development, we’re building an AI-first engineering team and want engineers who will help us get there.”
Show it by: Names the tools, languages or systems used and how; Explains a technical choice and its trade-off. - Communication Core
In the posting: “Use AI agents across research, prototyping, implementation, testing, refactoring, and documentation, and verify what they produce.” · “That means tests, monitoring, documentation, and architecture patterns that scale with the business.” · “Partner with product, design partners, and engineering to clarify requirements and explain trade-offs.”
Show it by: Adapts the message to the listener; Gives an example of explaining something clearly in writing or speech. - Customer focus Core
In the posting: “In these hands-on, full-stack roles, you’ll work across our brand portfolio to design, build, and modernize our tech stack—from client-facing digital experie…” · “Build the integrations that keep them talking, and handle client, employee, and financial data with security, privacy, and compliance in mind.” · “You've worked in hospitality, events, real estate, or another customer-centric, multi-location business.”
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: “You bring ideas to technical planning, welcome pushback on yours, and give honest, kind feedback in return.” · “This role is also eligible for Convene's annual incentive performance bonus plan.” · “Health & Wellness: Day-one health coverage for you and your family, 24/7 virtual care, emotional well-being support, and fertility & family planning benefits.”
Show it by: Shows how priorities were set when everything was urgent; Mentions deadlines met and how. - Data and analysis Core
In the posting: “Own features across the front end, back end, APIs, business logic, and data layer.” · “Build the integrations that keep them talking, and handle client, employee, and financial data with security, privacy, and compliance in mind.” · “You're solid on relational data, including SQL, schema design, transactions, and migrations, and comfortable with modern data platforms: warehouses, pipeline…”
Show it by: Uses a number to describe the situation or the result; Explains what the data showed and what was done with it. - Attention to detail and quality Core
In the posting: “Build the integrations that keep them talking, and handle client, employee, and financial data with security, privacy, and compliance in mind.” · “Use AI agents across research, prototyping, implementation, testing, refactoring, and documentation, and verify what they produce.” · “Help set the standard.”
Show it by: Gives an example of an error caught before it caused harm; Names the check or standard they used. - Teamwork and collaboration Core
In the posting: “Partner with product, design partners, and engineering to clarify requirements and explain trade-offs.” · “Our values of GRIT (Genuine, Relentless, Integrity, and Teamwork) shape how we show up for each other every day.”
Show it by: Says what they did inside a team, not only what 'we' did; Shows how a disagreement was handled. - Ownership and accountability Core
In the posting: “Build end to end.” · “You have 6+ years of experience engineering production software for Senior level, or 9+ years with cross-system architecture ownership for Staff level.”
Show it by: Takes a task from start to finish without being chased; Owns a mistake and what was changed after it. - Leadership and mentoring Core
In the posting: “Participate in code review, pairing, onboarding, and mentorship.” · “You make teammates better through code review, pairing, and mentoring.”
Show it by: Describes setting direction or a standard others followed; Names someone they coached and what changed for them. - Stakeholder management Core
In the posting: “Partner with product, design partners, and engineering to clarify requirements and explain trade-offs.” · “You've led technical work beyond your own tickets: scoping projects, guiding other engineers, and working with external partners or contractors to keep deliv…”
Show it by: Shows how they aligned people with different goals; Explains how they handled a 'no' from someone senior. - Problem solving Supporting
In the posting: “You start with the problem, not the solution, ask "why" before "how," and get creative about solving it.”
Show it by: Describes a real problem, the options considered and the one chosen; Shows how the cause was found, not just the fix. - Adaptability and learning Supporting
In the posting: “Break ambiguous requirements into clear technical plans and reviewable units of work for humans and agents.”
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
- Tell me about a time you had to explain something complex to someone outside your field. From this posting
- Describe a time you went out of your way to solve a customer's problem. From this posting
- You have three urgent tasks due today and time to finish only two. How do you decide? From this posting
- How have you used inventory in your work? Walk me through one real example. From this posting
- Tell me about a problem you solved using writing. From this posting
- Tell me about a time you helped someone on your team get better at their work. From this posting
- Tell me about a difficult problem you solved at work. How did you find the cause? From this posting
- You find that the inventory count does not match the system. What do you do?
- How do you keep your pipeline organised?
- 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.
- Tell me about a time a shipment or delivery went wrong.
- How do you make sure safety rules are followed on a busy shift?
- Two managers ask you to book the same room at the same time. What do you do?
- 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?
- Tell me about a technical problem you solved on your own.
- You find a bug right before a release. What do you do?

