Interview plans
One plan for each round of a role’s interview loop: a time-boxed script with the questions to ask, what each one is for, and the signals to score against.
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Cloud & Infrastructure
Cloud Architect
10 rounds
- Cloud Architect, Behavioral Interview
- Cloud Architect, Case Study Presentation
- Cloud Architect, Cloud Solution Architecture Q&A
- Cloud Architect, Coding Test
- Cloud Architect, Cost review — last month's bill
- Cloud Architect, Design review — the account structure decision
- Cloud Architect, Leadership Interview
- Cloud Architect, Migration review — the data centre exit
- Cloud Architect, System Design Interview
- Cloud Architect, Technical Interview
Cloud Engineer
6 rounds
Database Administrator (DBA)
6 rounds
- Database Administrator (DBA), Backup and Recovery Scenario
- Database Administrator (DBA), Behavioral Interview
- Database Administrator (DBA), Database Design Test
- Database Administrator (DBA), Performance Tuning Q&A
- Database Administrator (DBA), Problem-solving Test
- Database Administrator (DBA), Technical Interview
DevOps Engineer
9 rounds
- DevOps Engineer, Automation & Scripting Challenge
- DevOps Engineer, Behavioral Interview
- DevOps Engineer, CI/CD Pipeline Discussion
- DevOps Engineer, Coding Test
- DevOps Engineer, Design review — a release path where rollback is one commit
- DevOps Engineer, Infrastructure as code review — a refactor that deletes the database
- DevOps Engineer, Pipeline review — a 38-minute build nobody trusts
- DevOps Engineer, Problem-solving Test
- DevOps Engineer, Technical Interview
Infrastructure Engineer
6 rounds
Network Administrator
9 rounds
- Network Administrator, Behavioral Interview
- Network Administrator, Change review — a VLAN change for Saturday night
- Network Administrator, Design review — the firewall rulebase nobody owns
- Network Administrator, Incident review — the branch file copy that stalls
- Network Administrator, Network Security Q&A
- Network Administrator, Networking Skills Test
- Network Administrator, Problem-solving Test
- Network Administrator, Scenario-based Questions
- Network Administrator, Technical Interview
Network Security Engineer
6 rounds
Site Reliability Engineer (SRE)
6 rounds
- Site Reliability Engineer (SRE), Behavioral Interview
- Site Reliability Engineer (SRE), Coding Test
- Site Reliability Engineer (SRE), Incident Management Q&A
- Site Reliability Engineer (SRE), Reliability Scenario Discussion
- Site Reliability Engineer (SRE), System Design Interview
- Site Reliability Engineer (SRE), Technical Interview
Storage Engineer
6 rounds
System Administrator
9 rounds
- System Administrator, Backup review — what would actually come back
- System Administrator, Behavioral Interview
- System Administrator, Change review — patch night
- System Administrator, Infrastructure Q&A
- System Administrator, Problem-solving Test
- System Administrator, Scenario-based Questions
- System Administrator, Scripting — the offboarding script
- System Administrator, System Troubleshooting Test
- System Administrator, Technical Interview
Software Development & Engineering
AI Engineer
4 rounds
AI Search & SEO Manager (AEO/GEO/AIO)
3 rounds
Automation Engineer
6 rounds
Backend Developer
5 rounds
Blockchain Developer
8 rounds
- Blockchain Developer, Behavioral Interview
- Blockchain Developer, Blockchain Technology Q&A
- Blockchain Developer, Code review — the upgrade you cannot roll back
- Blockchain Developer, Problem-solving Test
- Blockchain Developer, Scenario — an exploit in progress
- Blockchain Developer, Smart Contract Coding Test
- Blockchain Developer, System Design Interview
- Blockchain Developer, Technical Interview
Content Strategist (Search & Editorial)
1 round
DevSecOps Engineer
6 rounds
Digital PR & Earned Media Lead
1 round
Embedded Systems Engineer
6 rounds
Forward Deployed Engineer
1 round
Frontend Developer
8 rounds
- Frontend Developer, Behavioral Interview
- Frontend Developer, Coding Test
- Frontend Developer, Component API review — a dialog for the design system
- Frontend Developer, Core Web Vitals review — fast in the lab, slow on phones
- Frontend Developer, Portfolio Review
- Frontend Developer, System design — comments strangers write on product pages
- Frontend Developer, Technical Interview
- Frontend Developer, UI/UX Assessment
Full Stack Developer
5 rounds
Game Developer
8 rounds
- Game Developer, Behavioral Interview
- Game Developer, Coding — the dash that changes with frame rate
- Game Developer, Coding Test
- Game Developer, Game Design Challenge
- Game Developer, Incident review — the crash list three weeks before submission
- Game Developer, Portfolio Review
- Game Developer, System design — prediction and reconciliation at 120 ms
- Game Developer, Technical Interview
Machine Learning Engineer
4 rounds
Marketing Analytics Engineer
1 round
Mobile Application Developer
5 rounds
SEO Engineer (Technical SEO & Search Infrastructure)
2 rounds
Software Engineer
6 rounds
Software Engineer in Test (QA)
6 rounds
- Software Engineer in Test (QA), Automation Skills Assessment
- Software Engineer in Test (QA), Behavioral Interview
- Software Engineer in Test (QA), Bug Finding Exercise
- Software Engineer in Test (QA), Problem-solving Test
- Software Engineer in Test (QA), Technical Interview
- Software Engineer in Test (QA), Test Case Development
Security & Compliance
Cybersecurity Analyst
6 rounds
Ethical Hacker (Penetration Tester)
6 rounds
- Ethical Hacker (Penetration Tester), Behavioral Interview
- Ethical Hacker (Penetration Tester), Penetration Testing Exercise
- Ethical Hacker (Penetration Tester), Problem-solving Test
- Ethical Hacker (Penetration Tester), Reporting and Documentation Review
- Ethical Hacker (Penetration Tester), Technical Interview
- Ethical Hacker (Penetration Tester), Vulnerability Assessment Q&A
Information Security Officer
6 rounds
- Information Security Officer, Behavioral Interview
- Information Security Officer, Executive Panel Interview
- Information Security Officer, Problem-solving Test
- Information Security Officer, Risk Assessment Q&A
- Information Security Officer, Security Policy Discussion
- Information Security Officer, Technical Interview
IT Compliance Officer
5 rounds
Risk Management Specialist
6 rounds
More roles and levels
Plans for specific seniority levels and specialisations, outside the curated collections above.
Junior Software Engineer
3 rounds
Principal Software Engineer
3 rounds
Senior Software Engineer
1 round
Software Engineer
3 rounds
Staff Software Engineer
2 rounds