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Onboarding (nice) Python Javascript Sql Training Marketing Recruiting (must)
What this posting asks for
Level: Senior — The title says "Senior".
Main responsibilities
- Work across multiple teams in the organization to identify and remove friction in our customer and partner experiences
- Own and simplify the third party partner onboarding experience end to end, from first integration conversation to production launch
- Build the technical roadmap for cross-team integration and platform work spanning incident management, drones, alarms, vehicle location, cameras, LPR, RMS, a…
- Lead engineering architecture and design reviews across teams
- Mentor and grow engineers across multiple squads
- Partner with Product, Design, and Engineering leadership to create integration solutions that delight our customers
- Improve our engineering process, including long-term thinking, sprint planning, and stand-ups
- Build services that adhere to our high bar on availability and latency in this mission-critical space
- Track record of driving technical work that spans multiple teams and shipping through influence rather than authority
Competencies an interviewer will look for
- Technical skill Core
In the posting: “We’re explorers, pursuing society’s most critical safety and justice issues with our ecosystem of devices and cloud software.” · “As a Senior Software Engineer II, you will operate across all of the teams in this organization rather than inside a single squad.” · “You will work closely with software engineers, engineering managers, product managers, and designers to ensure the solutions we deliver are highly available …”
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 connect with candor and care, seeking out diverse perspectives from our customers, communities and each other.” · “Our teams deliver scalable integrations with hundreds of partners to enable critical workflows for our customers.” · “Your mandate is to find and drive the opportunities to simplify and streamline both our customer experiences and the way third party partners onboard to them.”
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: “Life at Axon is fast-paced, challenging and meaningful.” · “As a Senior Software Engineer II, you will operate across all of the teams in this organization rather than inside a single squad.” · “Work across multiple teams in the organization to identify and remove friction in our customer and partner experiences”
Show it by: Shows how priorities were set when everything was urgent; Mentions deadlines met and how. - Attention to detail and quality Core
In the posting: “We’re explorers, pursuing society’s most critical safety and justice issues with our ecosystem of devices and cloud software.” · “That means seeing the patterns that no individual team can see on its own, then turning them into shared frameworks, standards, and reusable building blocks …” · “Axon’s mission is to Protect Life and is committed to the well-being and safety of its employees as well as Axon’s impact on the environment.”
Show it by: Gives an example of an error caught before it caused harm; Names the check or standard they used. - Stakeholder management Core
In the posting: “Our teams deliver scalable integrations with hundreds of partners to enable critical workflows for our customers.” · “Your mandate is to find and drive the opportunities to simplify and streamline both our customer experiences and the way third party partners onboard to them.” · “You will partner directly with integration partners to understand the varying needs of new agencies we are launching, and you will lead the implementation of…”
Show it by: Shows how they aligned people with different goals; Explains how they handled a 'no' from someone senior. - Teamwork and collaboration Core
In the posting: “You will work closely with software engineers, engineering managers, product managers, and designers to ensure the solutions we deliver are highly available …” · “Partner with Product, Design, and Engineering leadership to create integration solutions that delight our customers”
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: “Here, you’ll take ownership and drive real change.” · “Own and simplify the third party partner onboarding experience end to end, from first integration conversation to production launch”
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: “Mentor and grow engineers across multiple squads” · “Partner with Product, Design, and Engineering leadership to create integration solutions that delight our customers”
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: “Experience working with SQL or NoSQL data stores”
Show it by: Uses a number to describe the situation or the result; Explains what the data showed and what was done with it.
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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 caught an error before it reached a customer or a report. From this posting
- How have you used recruiting in your work? Walk me through one real example. From this posting
- Tell me about a problem you solved using onboarding. 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 time you used data or numbers to make a decision. 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
- 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.
- You find a bug right before a release. What do you do?

