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Requirements found

Onboarding Figma (nice) Marketing (nice)

What this posting asks for

Level: Manager — The title says "Manager".

Main responsibilities

  • Lead the technical roadmap and architecture for Ads Manager’s web applications, balancing near-term delivery with long-term scalability and extensibility.
  • Design, build, and maintain high-quality React UIs for campaign creation, management, reporting, and optimization.
  • Partner with backend teams on API and data contracts that enable robust, observable, and cost-efficient systems.
  • Collaborate with other frontend leads and peers across the company to build alignment on frontend standards and best practices.
  • Mentor and sponsor engineers up to L5, improve onboarding and team practices, and help resolve cross-team execution issues.
  • Help define how the team uses AI-assisted development tools (for code, tests, and refactors), including patterns and best practices.
  • Track record mentoring L3–L5 engineers and acting as a go-to expert for a domain or surface area.

Competencies an interviewer will look for

  • Technical skill Core
    In the posting: “We are hiring a Senior Frontend Engineer II (L6) to co-own the technical roadmap for our advertiser-facing experience, modernize our frontend architecture, a…” · “Lead the technical roadmap and architecture for Ads Manager’s web applications, balancing near-term delivery with long-term scalability and extensibility.” · “Design, build, and maintain high-quality React UIs for campaign creation, management, reporting, and optimization.”
    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: “Partner with backend teams on API and data contracts that enable robust, observable, and cost-efficient systems.” · “Collaborate with other frontend leads and peers across the company to build alignment on frontend standards and best practices.” · “Excellent communication and collaboration skills with engineers, PMs, designers, and other partners.”
    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: “We own the campaign creation flows, creative management, reporting dashboards, and design system foundations that power it.” · “We are hiring a Senior Frontend Engineer II (L6) to co-own the technical roadmap for our advertiser-facing experience, modernize our frontend architecture, a…” · “As a Senior II Frontend Engineer (L6) on the Ads Manager team, you will own the team’s frontend technical direction and lead large, multi-quarter 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 Core
    In the posting: “Propose and lead team-wide and cross-team initiatives on behalf of the EM, aligning stakeholders and driving execution across Ads and partner teams.” · “Mentor and sponsor engineers up to L5, improve onboarding and team practices, and help resolve cross-team execution issues.” · “Track record mentoring L3–L5 engineers and acting as a go-to expert for a domain or surface area.”
    Show it by: Describes setting direction or a standard others followed; Names someone they coached and what changed for them.
  • Data and analysis Core
    In the posting: “We own the campaign creation flows, creative management, reporting dashboards, and design system foundations that power it.” · “We are hiring a Senior Frontend Engineer II (L6) to co-own the technical roadmap for our advertiser-facing experience, modernize our frontend architecture, a…” · “You’ll partner closely with Product, Design, Backend, and Data Science teams to build reusable UI abstractions and deliver high-impact features across pillar…”
    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: “We work to deliver an essential service that customers rely on to get their groceries and household goods, while also offering safe and flexible earnings opp…” · “Our employees have the flexibility to choose where they do their best work—whether it’s from home, an office, or your favorite coffee shop—while staying conn…” · “Learn more about our flexible approach to where we work.”
    Show it by: Describes learning something new quickly and using it; Shows a change of plan and how they adjusted.
  • Attention to detail and quality Core
    In the posting: “Design, build, and maintain high-quality React UIs for campaign creation, management, reporting, and optimization.” · “Collaborate with other frontend leads and peers across the company to build alignment on frontend standards and best practices.” · “Help define how the team uses AI-assisted development tools (for code, tests, and refactors), including patterns and best practices.”
    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: “Collaborate with other frontend leads and peers across the company to build alignment on frontend standards and best practices.” · “Propose and lead team-wide and cross-team initiatives on behalf of the EM, aligning stakeholders and driving execution across Ads and partner teams.” · “Proven track record leading large, ambiguous, multi-stakeholder projects from design through rollout and operations.”
    Show it by: Shows how they aligned people with different goals; Explains how they handled a 'no' from someone senior.
  • Customer focus Core
    In the posting: “We work to deliver an essential service that customers rely on to get their groceries and household goods, while also offering safe and flexible earnings opp…” · “Hands-on experience with GraphQL at scale (schemas, client patterns, performance).”
    Show it by: Puts the customer's need in their own words; Shows a result for the customer, not only for the company.
  • Problem solving Supporting
    In the posting: “Mentor and sponsor engineers up to L5, improve onboarding and team practices, and help resolve cross-team execution issues.”
    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 Supporting
    In the posting: “Excellent communication and collaboration skills with engineers, PMs, designers, and other partners.”
    Show it by: Adapts the message to the listener; Gives an example of explaining something clearly in writing or speech.
  • Planning and organisation Supporting
    In the posting: “As a Senior II Frontend Engineer (L6) on the Ads Manager team, you will own the team’s frontend technical direction and lead large, multi-quarter initiatives…”
    Show it by: Shows how priorities were set when everything was urgent; Mentions deadlines met and how.

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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. Describe a time you worked with another team to deliver something. What was your part? From this posting
  6. Tell me about a task you took from start to finish without anyone asking you to. From this posting
  7. Tell me about a time you helped someone on your team get better at their work. From this posting
  8. How have you used onboarding in your work? Walk me through one real example. From this posting
  9. Tell me about a problem you solved using figma. From this posting
  10. Tell me about a difficult problem you solved at work. How did you find the cause? From this posting
  11. Tell me about a time you had to explain something complex to someone outside your field. 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. Describe a time you handled an upset customer or colleague.
  22. Tell me about a time you had several deadlines at once. How did you decide what to do first?
  23. Give an example of a mistake you caught before it caused a problem.
  24. Tell me about a time you taught someone how to do something.
  25. Describe a time you took the lead without being asked.
  26. Tell me about a time you had to explain something complicated in simple terms.
  27. Describe a process you improved.
  28. Do you have any questions for us?
  29. Why do you want to work here?
  30. Why is there a gap in your employment? Difficult question
  31. Why did you leave your last job? Difficult question
  32. Why are you changing careers? Difficult question
  33. What is your greatest weakness? Difficult question
  34. What are your salary expectations? Difficult question
  35. You seem overqualified for this role. Why do you want it? Difficult question
  36. Improper-question practice: How old are you? / Do you have children? / Where are you from originally?
  37. A customer is angry about a delay you did not cause. What do you do?
  38. How do you keep track of many open customer requests?
  39. Tell me about a time you could not give a customer what they wanted.
  40. You find that the inventory count does not match the system. What do you do?
  41. Tell me about a time a shipment or delivery went wrong.
  42. How do you make sure safety rules are followed on a busy shift?
  43. Two managers ask you to book the same room at the same time. What do you do?
  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.