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What this posting asks for

Level: Senior — The title says "Senior".

Main responsibilities

  • Create libraries that promote fault-tolerance and resilience– like retries, circuit breakers, and adaptive concurrency limits.
  • Build, automate and standardize process automation to create a "golden path" of tooling and platform support that powers the fundamental Roblox ecosystem.
  • Create tooling that provides production guardrails, for example evaluating release candidate capacity with load testing tooling before deploying to production.
  • Create performance monitoring services and observability towards understanding capacity issues and platform degradations.
  • Create tooling that monitors production services and their changes, like generalized canarying services with alerting.
  • Experience: you have a BS degree (or equivalent professional experience) in Computer Science or related engineering field with at least 4+ years of experienc…
  • Passion for systems: You have experience and good habits around building software and tools and getting them adopted. Your system's focus informs a view of c…
  • A Partner: You know that the best tools integrate broadly with the tooling ecosystem. You approach partners and processes with curiosity and seek to understa…
  • A Coder: you have experience writing common programming languages ( Go, C#, Java…).
  • Self-organized: you're excited about getting in front of complex problems, organizing your work by any means possible; overcome emergent issues and contribut…

Competencies an interviewer will look for

  • Technical skill Core
    In the posting: “Are you a seasoned engineer with a passion for reliability and scalability? We’re looking for exceptional Software Engineers to join the Reliability team at …” · “Experience: you have a BS degree (or equivalent professional experience) in Computer Science or related engineering field with at least 4+ years of experienc…” · “Passion for systems: You have experience and good habits around building software and tools and getting them adopted.”
    Show it by: Names the tools, languages or systems used and how; Explains a technical choice and its trade-off.
  • Problem solving Core
    In the posting: “A career at Roblox means you’ll be working to shape the future of human interaction, solving unique technical challenges at scale, and helping to create safe…” · “If you have a track record of solving complex technical challenges, we want to hear from you.” · “Self-organized: you're excited about getting in front of complex problems, organizing your work by any means possible;”
    Show it by: Describes a real problem, the options considered and the one chosen; Shows how the cause was found, not just the fix.
  • Attention to detail and quality Core
    In the posting: “In this pivotal role, you will drive the evolution of our systems, ensuring they meet the highest standards of performance, reliability, and efficiency.” · “Create tooling that provides production guardrails, for example evaluating release candidate capacity with load testing tooling before deploying to production.” · “You have experienced working in sprints, breaking down complex tasks into milestones, and reporting status to keep project scheduling accurate.”
    Show it by: Gives an example of an error caught before it caused harm; Names the check or standard they used.
  • Planning and organisation Core
    In the posting: “Self-organized: you're excited about getting in front of complex problems, organizing your work by any means possible;” · “You have experienced working in sprints, breaking down complex tasks into milestones, and reporting status to keep project scheduling accurate.”
    Show it by: Shows how priorities were set when everything was urgent; Mentions deadlines met and how.
  • Data and analysis Core
    In the posting: “Problem Solver: you ask the right questions to solve issues within your expertise and you use data to test your theories.” · “You have experienced working in sprints, breaking down complex tasks into milestones, and reporting status to keep project scheduling accurate.”
    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 Core
    In the posting: “Create libraries that promote fault-tolerance and resilience– like retries, circuit breakers, and adaptive concurrency limits.” · “You approach partners and processes with curiosity and seek to understand a problem deeply before you start coding.”
    Show it by: Describes learning something new quickly and using it; Shows a change of plan and how they adjusted.
  • Teamwork and collaboration Supporting
    In the posting: “You’ll collaborate with cross-functional teams to build robust infrastructure that supports our growth.”
    Show it by: Says what they did inside a team, not only what 'we' did; Shows how a disagreement was handled.
  • Stakeholder management Supporting
    In the posting: “You approach partners and processes with curiosity and seek to understand a problem deeply before you start coding.”
    Show it by: Shows how they aligned people with different goals; Explains how they handled a 'no' from someone senior.

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Practice questions

  1. Tell me about yourself. Dedicated step-by-step practice.
  2. If an interviewer asks something improper How to respond to questions about age, family, origin or health.
  3. Built from this posting (8):
  4. Walk me through a piece of work where you used your strongest technical skill. What exactly did you do? From this posting
  5. Tell me about a difficult problem you solved at work. How did you find the cause? From this posting
  6. Tell me about a time you caught an error before it reached a customer or a report. From this posting
  7. You have three urgent tasks due today and time to finish only two. How do you decide? From this posting
  8. How have you used writing in your work? Walk me through one real example. From this posting
  9. Tell me about a problem you solved using scheduling. From this posting
  10. Tell me about a time you helped someone on your team get better at their work. From this posting
  11. Describe a time you worked with another team to deliver something. What was your part? From this posting
  12. This posting reads as Software engineering: its questions come first.
  13. Tell me about the hardest bug you have tracked down. How did you find the cause? Software engineering
  14. Describe a technical design decision you made and the trade-off behind it. Software engineering
  15. Tell me about a time you disagreed with a teammate in a code review. Software engineering
  16. Production is down and you are the first engineer to notice. What do you do in the first 30 minutes? Software engineering
  17. How do you decide what to test before you ship a change? Software engineering
  18. Walk me through a feature you built from start to finish. What tools and languages did you use? Software engineering
  19. Tell me about a time you helped a less experienced engineer get unstuck. Software engineering
  20. Your estimate for a feature turns out to be badly wrong halfway through. What do you do? Software engineering
  21. Two managers ask you to book the same room at the same time. What do you do?
  22. Describe a time you handled an upset customer or colleague.
  23. Tell me about a time you had several deadlines at once. How did you decide what to do first?
  24. Give an example of a mistake you caught before it caused a problem.
  25. Tell me about a time you taught someone how to do something.
  26. Describe a time you took the lead without being asked.
  27. Tell me about a time you had to explain something complicated in simple terms.
  28. Describe a process you improved.
  29. Do you have any questions for us?
  30. Why do you want to work here?
  31. Why is there a gap in your employment? Difficult question
  32. Why did you leave your last job? Difficult question
  33. Why are you changing careers? Difficult question
  34. What is your greatest weakness? Difficult question
  35. What are your salary expectations? Difficult question
  36. You seem overqualified for this role. Why do you want it? Difficult question
  37. Improper-question practice: How old are you? / Do you have children? / Where are you from originally?
  38. A customer is angry about a delay you did not cause. What do you do?
  39. How do you keep track of many open customer requests?
  40. Tell me about a time you could not give a customer what they wanted.
  41. You find that the inventory count does not match the system. What do you do?
  42. Tell me about a time a shipment or delivery went wrong.
  43. How do you make sure safety rules are followed on a busy shift?
  44. How have you used spreadsheets in your work?
  45. Tell me about a time you had to enter or check a lot of data accurately.
  46. Tell me about a sale or agreement you are proud of.
  47. A prospect says your price is too high. How do you respond?
  48. How do you keep your pipeline organised?
  49. Tell me about a technical problem you solved on your own.
  50. You find a bug right before a release. What do you do?
  51. Walk me through how you would check whether a report's numbers are right.