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Requirements found
Scheduling Writing (must) Training (must) Sales (must) Sql (nice) Recruiting (nice)
What this posting asks for
Level: Manager — The title says "Manager".
Main responsibilities
- Own the Oracle roadmap. Set how Rubrik protects and recovers Oracle across RAC, Exadata, Data Guard, on-premises and cloud. Weigh recovery speed against data…
- Be the product voice with customers. Run deep dives with DBAs, present to executives when the stakes are high, and explain where Rubrik fits next to Oracle's…
- Turn escalations into product. When a restore matters, you're on the call for product, alongside support, engineering and the customer's DBAs and executives.…
- Drive work across databases. Lead initiatives that span several databases, such as recovering whole applications in the right order and proving that backups …
- Choose with evidence. Use customer conversations, usage and support data to make the business case for what to build and what to defer. Write requirements en…
- Launch and land. Give sales engineers the positioning and training they need, and join the field on large enterprise deals. Work with partners such as Oracle…
- What Success Looks Like
- In 3 months, you've met customers, sales engineers and support. You know where Oracle protection works well and where customers need more, and you've written…
- In 6 months, you're the go-to person for Oracle at Rubrik, and your roadmap shapes what engineering builds.
- In 12 months, you've shipped improvements Oracle customers notice. You're leading a cross-database initiative with engineering, and you've fixed the root cau…
Competencies an interviewer will look for
- Technical skill Core
In the posting: “You'll work with engineering teams in the US and India.” · “When a restore matters, you're on the call for product, alongside support, engineering and the customer's DBAs and executives.” · “In 6 months, you're the go-to person for Oracle at Rubrik, and your roadmap shapes what engineering builds.”
Show it by: Names the tools, languages or systems used and how; Explains a technical choice and its trade-off. - Customer focus Core
In the posting: “We are dedicated to meeting the ever-changing data management and security needs of our customers and wear multiple hats throughout the different stages in t…” · “You'll join the Databases product team with Oracle as your first focus, and own it end to end, from strategy to the outcomes customers see.” · “Our customers run their most important systems on it.”
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: “When a bank or a hospital loses a critical database to ransomware or a bad change, nobody asks about backup schedules.” · “Bring a plan, then fix the cause in the product.” · “You'll write the plan for work that doesn't have one yet, and do what needs doing whatever your title says.”
Show it by: Shows how priorities were set when everything was urgent; Mentions deadlines met and how. - Data and analysis Core
In the posting: “Rubrik (NYSE: RBRK) is the Security and AI Operations Company, delivering one platform built at the intersection of data, identity, and AI.” · “We are dedicated to meeting the ever-changing data management and security needs of our customers and wear multiple hats throughout the different stages in t…” · “This is an individual contributor role reporting to the Director of Product Management, Databases.”
Show it by: Uses a number to describe the situation or the result; Explains what the data showed and what was done with it. - Stakeholder management Core
In the posting: “You'll also lead work that spans several databases, with the PMs who own them as partners.” · “Run deep dives with DBAs, present to executives when the stakes are high, and explain where Rubrik fits next to Oracle's own tools and other vendors.” · “When a restore matters, you're on the call for product, alongside support, engineering and the customer's DBAs and executives.”
Show it by: Shows how they aligned people with different goals; Explains how they handled a 'no' from someone senior. - Communication Core
In the posting: “Run deep dives with DBAs, present to executives when the stakes are high, and explain where Rubrik fits next to Oracle's own tools and other vendors.” · “You can explain how RMAN backups, archived redo logs and point-in-time recovery work, and what Data Guard and RAC change.”
Show it by: Adapts the message to the listener; Gives an example of explaining something clearly in writing or speech. - Ownership and accountability Core
In the posting: “You'll join the Databases product team with Oracle as your first focus, and own it end to end, from strategy to the outcomes customers see.” · “Own the Oracle roadmap.”
Show it by: Takes a task from start to finish without being chased; Owns a mistake and what was changed after it. - Problem solving Supporting
In the posting: “You're leading a cross-database initiative with engineering, and you've fixed the root cause of a problem customers kept raising.”
Show it by: Describes a real problem, the options considered and the one chosen; Shows how the cause was found, not just the fix.
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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 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
- Tell me about a time you used data or numbers to make a decision. From this posting
- How have you used writing in your work? Walk me through one real example. From this posting
- Tell me about a problem you solved using training. 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
- This posting reads as Product management: its questions come first.
- Tell me about a product decision you made based on what users told you. Product management
- You have ten feature requests and capacity for three. How do you choose? Product management
- Describe a time you had to say no to a senior stakeholder. Product management
- How do you decide whether a feature you launched worked? Product management
- Tell me about a launch that involved several teams. What was your role? Product management
- A key feature is late and the launch date is fixed. What do you do? Product management
- How do you write requirements so that engineers and designers build the right thing? Product management
- Tell me about a product failure you were responsible for. Product management
- Two managers ask you to book the same room at the same time. What do you do?
- Tell me about a sale or agreement you are proud of.
- 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.
- 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?