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Requirements found
Compliance (must) Training (must) Sql (must) Javascript (must) Quality Assurance (must)
What this posting asks for
Level: Senior — The title says "Senior".
Main responsibilities
- Participate in design and technical implementation decisions and help guide key stakeholders on the team, such as product managers, UI/UX designers, to ensur…
- Work closely with Product Managers to gather requirements, walk through the design with stakeholders, and support software all the way from initial ideation …
- Participate in designing, building, and maintaining highly available systems to support our business applications, users, providers, and patients.
- Support QA activities in conjunction with our QA engineering teams.
- Build infrastructure as code with Terraform and Cloud Formation
Competencies an interviewer will look for
- Technical skill Core
In the posting: “Are you ready to make a real impact on people's lives and be a part of a rapidly-growing team? Natera is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to help design, d…” · “As a member of our engineering team, you will play a key role in improving the user experience and functionality, ultimately helping to positively impact pat…” · “Senior Software Engineer - Portal Application is responsible for the design, development, and maintenance of microservices for our provider-facing web portal.”
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: “Work closely with Product Managers to gather requirements, walk through the design with stakeholders, and support software all the way from initial ideation …” · “Demonstrated teamwork skills with a solid analytical background.” · “Inclusive collaboration benefits our employees, our community and our patients, and is critical to our mission of changing the management of disease worldwide.”
Show it by: Says what they did inside a team, not only what 'we' did; Shows how a disagreement was handled. - Customer focus Core
In the posting: “As a member of our engineering team, you will play a key role in improving the user experience and functionality, ultimately helping to positively impact pat…” · “Together with the talented Engineering Team, Product Managers and Designers, you will work on new and exciting experiences for our customers.” · “Participate in designing, building, and maintaining highly available systems to support our business applications, users, providers, and patients.”
Show it by: Puts the customer's need in their own words; Shows a result for the customer, not only for the company. - Attention to detail and quality Core
In the posting: “Participate in design and technical implementation decisions and help guide key stakeholders on the team, such as product managers, UI/UX designers, to ensur…” · “Be a contributing team member to the end-to-end execution of compliance initiatives.” · “Must complete training relating to HIPAA/PHI privacy, General Policies and Procedure Compliance training and security training as soon as possible but not la…”
Show it by: Gives an example of an error caught before it caused harm; Names the check or standard they used. - Problem solving Core
In the posting: “Experience building, maintaining, troubleshooting, and expanding software within the AWS ecosystem: EC2, ECS, Lambda, Step Functions, SQS, SNS, S3, etc.” · “Our aim is to make personalized genetic testing and diagnostics part of the standard of care to protect health and enable earlier and more targeted intervent…”
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 Core
In the posting: “Excellent organizational, communication, presentation, and facilitation skills.” · “Email communications from all other domain names are not from Natera or its employees and are fraudulent.”
Show it by: Adapts the message to the listener; Gives an example of explaining something clearly in writing or speech. - Stakeholder management Core
In the posting: “Participate in design and technical implementation decisions and help guide key stakeholders on the team, such as product managers, UI/UX designers, to ensur…” · “Work closely with Product Managers to gather requirements, walk through the design with stakeholders, and support software all the way from initial ideation …”
Show it by: Shows how they aligned people with different goals; Explains how they handled a 'no' from someone senior. - Ownership and accountability Supporting
In the posting: “Be a contributing team member to the end-to-end execution of compliance initiatives.”
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 Supporting
In the posting: “Perform code reviews and mentor the development team with best practices.”
Show it by: Describes setting direction or a standard others followed; Names someone they coached and what changed for them. - Planning and organisation Supporting
In the posting: “Excellent organizational, communication, presentation, and facilitation skills.”
Show it by: Shows how priorities were set when everything was urgent; Mentions deadlines met and how. - Data and analysis Supporting
In the posting: “The Natera team consists of highly dedicated statisticians, geneticists, doctors, laboratory scientists, business professionals, software engineers and many …”
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: “The role requires working with a mix of modern and legacy technologies in a rapidly changing environment and the ability to adapt quickly to new technologies…”
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
- Describe a time you went out of your way to solve a customer's problem. From this posting
- Tell me about a time you caught an error before it reached a customer or a report. From this posting
- How have you used compliance 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 task you took from start to finish without anyone asking you to. 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
- You find a bug right before a release. 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?
- 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?
- How do you keep your pipeline organised?
- Tell me about a technical problem you solved on your own.

