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Practising for the listing 100524 - Senior Software Engineer II. Its requirements are filled in below. When you have an answer you like, paste it with your CV in Career Mirror to see which of the job's skills it shows.
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What this posting asks for
Level: Senior — The title says "Senior".
Main responsibilities
- Design and develop scalable, secure, high-performance software in this mission-critical space
- Lead technical projects from concept to launch, ensuring solution meets business and technical requirements
- Collaborate across teams with Product, Design, and Engineering to create solutions that delight our customers
- Help to define a technical vision both within our team and the greater organization
- Partner with Engineering Managers, Directors, and Staff Engineers to define a strategic technical vision and direction for the group
- Lead engineering architecture design reviews and provide feedback to other engineers through channels like PR reviews
- Write and review design documents, library proposals, and technical vision documents.
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.” · “We deal with large throughput upload requests (~Terabytes) and have an increasing need for a strong grasp of multi-cloud architecture (AWS & Azure).” · “Cloud technologies include blob storage, CDNs, stateful APIs, multi-part file upload, end-to-end encryption, SQL, event driven infrastructure, and caching.”
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: “We rely on in-person collaboration and ask that team members work onsite Tuesdays through Fridays, with the flexibility to work remotely on Mondays, unless t…” · “We believe that connection fuels innovation, and our in-office culture is designed to foster meaningful teamwork, mentorship, and shared success.” · “Collaborate across teams with Product, Design, and Engineering to create 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. - Leadership and mentoring Core
In the posting: “They should also possess well developed leadership soft skills as this role is expected to lead other engineers and act as a force multiplier for the team as…” · “We believe that connection fuels innovation, and our in-office culture is designed to foster meaningful teamwork, mentorship, and shared success.” · “Provide technical leadership and mentorship for engineers across the group”
Show it by: Describes setting direction or a standard others followed; Names someone they coached and what changed for them. - Customer focus Core
In the posting: “We connect with candor and care, seeking out diverse perspectives from our customers, communities and each other.” · “This role is primarily for the DEMS Ingestion team which is responsible for the upload of evidence files both from 3rd party clients as well as Axon devices …” · “Collaborate across teams with Product, Design, and Engineering to create solutions that delight our customers”
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.” · “Location: This role is based out of our Seattle Office and follows a hybrid schedule.” · “Help to define a technical vision both within our team and the greater organization”
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.” · “We are also making increasing use of AI to accelerate our development process through improved quality guardrails.” · “(Bonus) Experience with an automated testing framework like Selenium, Puppeteer, or Playwright or automated API testing”
Show it by: Gives an example of an error caught before it caused harm; Names the check or standard they used. - Ownership and accountability Core
In the posting: “Here, you’ll take ownership and drive real change.” · “Cloud technologies include blob storage, CDNs, stateful APIs, multi-part file upload, end-to-end encryption, SQL, event driven infrastructure, and caching.”
Show it by: Takes a task from start to finish without being chased; Owns a mistake and what was changed after it. - Communication Supporting
In the posting: “They should be a strong communicator of complex technical details and able to consider a wide range of use-case scenarios and risks in their designs.”
Show it by: Adapts the message to the listener; Gives an example of explaining something clearly in writing or speech. - 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. - Adaptability and learning Supporting
In the posting: “We rely on in-person collaboration and ask that team members work onsite Tuesdays through Fridays, with the flexibility to work remotely on Mondays, unless t…”
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
- Tell me about a time you helped someone on your team get better at their work. From this posting
- Describe a time you went out of your way to solve a customer's problem. 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 sql. From this posting
- Tell me about a time you had to explain something complex to someone outside your field. 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
- Two managers ask you to book the same room at the same time. 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?
- 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?

