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What this posting asks for
Level: Manager — The title says "Manager".
Main responsibilities
- Set strategy and own the roadmap
- Define and own the multi-year vision and roadmap for developer experience across Studio IDE, Developer Agent, Cloud CLI, and the VS Code Extension, and trans…
- Align developer experience investments with company strategy, product-led growth goals, and the Fusion platform direction. Set success metrics and hold yours…
- Make high-stakes bets on where to invest, what to build, and what not to build, using market insight, customer evidence, and technical judgment.
- Lead AI agent product development
- Define what a best-in-class AI coding agent looks like for the full range of dbt users. This includes agentic workflows, multi-step task execution, context m…
- Shape principles for trust, transparency, control, and evaluation in agentic experiences, so users can rely on the agent for real work.
- Track the fast-moving AI development landscape (Copilot, Cursor, Devin, and beyond) and turn it into a differentiated point of view, not just feature parity.
- Drive cross-functional execution and influence
- Partner with the Fusion team to co-define the boundary between platform and product, agree on API contracts, and keep roadmaps coordinated.
Competencies an interviewer will look for
- Technical skill Core
In the posting: “With Fivetran, customer data arrives in their warehouses, canonical and ready to query, with no engineering or maintenance required.” · “AI is changing how data practitioners write, debug, and ship dbt code.” · “You will own the vision, roadmap, and outcomes for the end-to-end developer workflow: the Studio IDE , Developer Agent (our AI coding assistant inside dbt Wi…”
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: “Drive cross-functional execution and influence” · “Partner with the Fusion team to co-define the boundary between platform and product, agree on API contracts, and keep roadmaps coordinated.” · “A history of leading complex, cross-functional initiatives and influencing without authority, including across platform and product team boundaries.”
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: “You will own the vision, roadmap, and outcomes for the end-to-end developer workflow: the Studio IDE , Developer Agent (our AI coding assistant inside dbt Wi…” · “Set strategy and own the roadmap” · “Define and own the multi-year vision and roadmap for developer experience across Studio IDE, Developer Agent, Cloud CLI, and the VS Code Extension, and trans…”
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: “Influence senior leadership and stakeholders across the company with crisp strategy docs, compelling demos, and clear framing of complex tradeoffs.” · “Mentor other PMs and raise the bar for product craft, rigor, and technical depth across the organization.” · “A clear, widely understood developer experience strategy that engineering, design, and leadership are aligned behind.”
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: “With Fivetran, customer data arrives in their warehouses, canonical and ready to query, with no engineering or maintenance required.” · “Make high-stakes bets on where to invest, what to build, and what not to build, using market insight, customer evidence, and technical judgment.” · “Build tight feedback loops with the dbt community and enterprise customers, with particular attention to power users and technical practitioners.”
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: “We’re proud that more organizations continue to leverage our technology every day to become truly data-driven.” · “Define and own the multi-year vision and roadmap for developer experience across Studio IDE, Developer Agent, Cloud CLI, and the VS Code Extension, and trans…” · “Mentor other PMs and raise the bar for product craft, rigor, and technical depth across the organization.”
Show it by: Shows how priorities were set when everything was urgent; Mentions deadlines met and how. - Data and analysis Core
In the posting: “From Fivetran’s founding until now, our mission has remained the same: to make access to data as simple and reliable as electricity.” · “With Fivetran, customer data arrives in their warehouses, canonical and ready to query, with no engineering or maintenance required.” · “We’re proud that more organizations continue to leverage our technology every day to become truly data-driven.”
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: “This is a Staff-level role with broad scope and direct influence on company direction.” · “Drive cross-functional execution and influence” · “Influence senior leadership and stakeholders across the company with crisp strategy docs, compelling demos, and clear framing of complex tradeoffs.”
Show it by: Shows how they aligned people with different goals; Explains how they handled a 'no' from someone senior. - Communication Supporting
In the posting: “Excellent written and verbal communication, from crisp specs to executive-level narratives.”
Show it by: Adapts the message to the listener; Gives an example of explaining something clearly in writing or speech. - Adaptability and learning Supporting
In the posting: “Generous paid time away from work, including paid vacation or flexible/unlimited vacation depending on role and country, plus paid sick time, inclusive paren…”
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 Supporting
In the posting: “Fivetran brings together high-quality talent across the globe to make data access as easy and reliable as electricity for our customers.”
Show it by: Gives an example of an error caught before it caused harm; Names the check or standard they used.
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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 task you took from start to finish without anyone asking you to. From this posting
- Tell me about a time you helped someone on your team get better at their work. From this posting
- How have you used marketing in your work? Walk me through one real example. From this posting
- Tell me about a problem you solved using sales. From this posting
- Tell me about a time you had to explain something complex to someone outside your field. From this posting
- Describe a time your plans changed suddenly. How did you adjust? From this posting
- This posting reads as Software engineering: its questions come first.
- 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
- Walk me through a feature you built from start to finish. What tools and languages did you use? 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
- Tell me about a sale or agreement you are proud of.
- 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.
- 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?

