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Requirements found
Javascript Python (must) Figma
What this posting asks for
Level: Senior — The title says "Senior".
Main responsibilities
- Bring a passion for product to work with the SeatGeek design team and product managers to bring ideas to life to delight fans with AI-powered features
- Mentor and grow web engineers across the organization as you remain on the cutting edge of AI feature development and tool use
- Contribute to increasing the maturity of our front end tech strategy and stack with a focus on generative AI
- What you have
- 5+ years of professional experience in frontend software engineering, having led product initiatives end-to-end in recent years, preferably with user-facing AI
- TypeScript/JavaScript: You have an exceptional grasp of the language. You keep up with the latest spec and look for every opportunity to use new features. Yo…
- UI & Product Instincts: You have feelings about how a web page should look and feel, care about the nuances of how users will work with the product you're bu…
- Architecture and Performance optimization: You are comfortable going deeper into the stack to untangle caching inefficiencies, and troubleshoot across a wide…
- Adaptability: You have comfort working full stack in Python when needed to get things done. You have some experience with design tools like Figma or Sketch. …
- You do not need experience with any of these, but we thought you might be curious. What we care about is your experience, skills, and approach to problem sol…
Competencies an interviewer will look for
- Technical skill Core
In the posting: “5+ years of professional experience in frontend software engineering, having led product initiatives end-to-end in recent years, preferably with user-facing AI” · “TypeScript/JavaScript: You have an exceptional grasp of the language.” · “We use TypeScript, React, and Next.js to create our user interfaces, although specific knowledge of those is not a prerequisite”
Show it by: Names the tools, languages or systems used and how; Explains a technical choice and its trade-off. - Adaptability and learning Core
In the posting: “Adaptability: You have comfort working full stack in Python when needed to get things done.” · “You do not need experience with any of these, but we thought you might be curious.” · “Flexible work environment, allowing you to work as many days a week in the office as you’d like or 100% remotely”
Show it by: Describes learning something new quickly and using it; Shows a change of plan and how they adjusted. - Problem solving Core
In the posting: “Architecture and Performance optimization: You are comfortable going deeper into the stack to untangle caching inefficiencies, and troubleshoot across a wide…” · “What we care about is your experience, skills, and approach to problem solving.”
Show it by: Describes a real problem, the options considered and the one chosen; Shows how the cause was found, not just the fix. - Ownership and accountability Supporting
In the posting: “5+ years of professional experience in frontend software engineering, having led product initiatives end-to-end in recent years, preferably with user-facing AI”
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: “Mentor and grow web engineers across the organization as you remain on the cutting edge of AI feature development and tool use”
Show it by: Describes setting direction or a standard others followed; Names someone they coached and what changed for them. - Customer focus Supporting
In the posting: “You're familiar with at least one modern framework and client side rendering technique.”
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 Supporting
In the posting: “Mentor and grow web engineers across the organization as you remain on the cutting edge of AI feature development and tool use”
Show it by: Shows how priorities were set when everything was urgent; Mentions deadlines met and how. - Attention to detail and quality Supporting
In the posting: “You know how to use monitors and testing to know if changes improved or degraded the experience.”
Show it by: Gives an example of an error caught before it caused harm; Names the check or standard they used.
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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 your plans changed suddenly. How did you adjust? From this posting
- Tell me about a difficult problem you solved at work. How did you find the cause? From this posting
- How have you used python 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 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
- Describe a time you went out of your way to solve a customer's problem. 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
- 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.
- 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.

