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What this posting asks for
Level: Senior — The title says "Senior".
Main responsibilities
- Develop and maintain the Edge Data Center and hardware infrastructure to meet the large scale and real-time requirements of our Imagination Platform™ to ensu…
- Own efforts to track and mitigate systemic issues preventing hosts from returning to service.
- Identify and solve critical problems and prevent them from re-occurring via root cause analysis and giving recommendations to improve automation.
- Coordinate with peers to establish and uphold best practices related to breakfix, install, decom and all other aspects of datacenter operations.
- Create, influence, and improve the development platform, infrastructure, standards (Runbooks, SOPs, MOPs), and methods to ensure the goal of scalability and …
- Leverage partnerships across teams to automate maintenance actions which do not require physical intervention.
- Encourage an environment of continuous improvement and learning among engineering staff.
- Assist in coordinating vendors and ensuring quality of outsourced projects
- Participate in the on-call rotation for our critical infrastructure.
- Travel: Domestic and international travel will be required 25-50% of the time to support the physical deployment and scaling of our core/edge data center inf…
Competencies an interviewer will look for
- Technical skill Core
In the posting: “If you know what it takes to build and operate hardware infrastructure that can sustain millions of concurrent players year-round and you take play as seriou…” · “Encourage an environment of continuous improvement and learning among engineering staff.” · “Extensive experience installing, monitoring, and maintaining server and network equipment.”
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…” · “Identify and solve critical problems and prevent them from re-occurring via root cause analysis and giving recommendations to improve automation.” · “You wield a wealth of server and network hardware troubleshooting knowledge to support Roblox’s systems.”
Show it by: Describes a real problem, the options considered and the one chosen; Shows how the cause was found, not just the fix. - Data and analysis Core
In the posting: “As a Senior Data Center Engineer, you'll help us scale our Edge Data Centers and hardware infrastructure at a time of incredible growth for our business.” · “You will report to the Technical Lead, Edge Data Center Engineer.” · “Develop and maintain the Edge Data Center and hardware infrastructure to meet the large scale and real-time requirements of our Imagination Platform™ to ensu…”
Show it by: Uses a number to describe the situation or the result; Explains what the data showed and what was done with it. - Stakeholder management Core
In the posting: “Create, influence, and improve the development platform, infrastructure, standards (Runbooks, SOPs, MOPs), and methods to ensure the goal of scalability and …” · “Assist in coordinating vendors and ensuring quality of outsourced projects” · “Someone who is committed to demonstrating professionalism in all interactions with partners both inside and outside Roblox to ensure continued success in cro…”
Show it by: Shows how they aligned people with different goals; Explains how they handled a 'no' from someone senior. - Attention to detail and quality Core
In the posting: “Create, influence, and improve the development platform, infrastructure, standards (Runbooks, SOPs, MOPs), and methods to ensure the goal of scalability and …” · “Assist in coordinating vendors and ensuring quality of outsourced projects”
Show it by: Gives an example of an error caught before it caused harm; Names the check or standard they used. - Teamwork and collaboration Supporting
In the posting: “Someone who is committed to demonstrating professionalism in all interactions with partners both inside and outside Roblox to ensure continued success in cro…”
Show it by: Says what they did inside a team, not only what 'we' did; Shows how a disagreement was handled. - Planning and organisation Supporting
In the posting: “Excited about getting in front of complex problems, and can effectively organize your work to overcome emergent high-impact issues.”
Show it by: Shows how priorities were set when everything was urgent; Mentions deadlines met and how.
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- 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
- Tell me about a difficult problem you solved at work. How did you find the cause? From this posting
- Tell me about a time you used data or numbers to make a decision. From this posting
- Tell me about a time you had to get agreement from people who wanted different things. From this posting
- How have you used training in your work? Walk me through one real example. From this posting
- Tell me about a problem you solved using marketing. 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 worked with another team to deliver something. What was your part? From this posting
- 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.

