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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- roles
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Cloud & Infrastructure
Cloud Architect
10 rounds
- Cloud Architect, Behavioral Interview60 min
- Cloud Architect, Case Study Presentation60 min
- Cloud Architect, Cloud Solution Architecture Q&A60 min
- Cloud Architect, Coding Test60 min
- Cloud Architect, Cost review — last month's bill60 min
- Cloud Architect, Design review — the account structure decision60 min
- Cloud Architect, Leadership Interview60 min
- Cloud Architect, Migration review — the data centre exit60 min
- Cloud Architect, System Design Interview60 min
- Cloud Architect, Technical Interview60 min
Cloud Engineer
6 rounds
Database Administrator (DBA)
6 rounds
- Database Administrator (DBA), Backup and Recovery Scenario60 min
- Database Administrator (DBA), Behavioral Interview60 min
- Database Administrator (DBA), Database Design Test60 min
- Database Administrator (DBA), Performance Tuning Q&A60 min
- Database Administrator (DBA), Problem-solving Test60 min
- Database Administrator (DBA), Technical Interview60 min
DevOps Engineer
9 rounds
- DevOps Engineer, Automation & Scripting Challenge60 min
- DevOps Engineer, Behavioral Interview60 min
- DevOps Engineer, CI/CD Pipeline Discussion60 min
- DevOps Engineer, Coding Test60 min
- DevOps Engineer, Design review — a release path where rollback is one commit60 min
- DevOps Engineer, Infrastructure as code review — a refactor that deletes the database60 min
- DevOps Engineer, Pipeline review — a 38-minute build nobody trusts60 min
- DevOps Engineer, Problem-solving Test60 min
- DevOps Engineer, Technical Interview60 min
Infrastructure Engineer
6 rounds
- Infrastructure Engineer, Behavioral Interview60 min
- Infrastructure Engineer, Infrastructure Planning Q&A60 min
- Infrastructure Engineer, Problem-solving Test60 min
- Infrastructure Engineer, System Design Interview60 min
- Infrastructure Engineer, Technical Interview60 min
- Infrastructure Engineer, Technical Presentation60 min
Network Administrator
9 rounds
- Network Administrator, Behavioral Interview60 min
- Network Administrator, Change review — a VLAN change for Saturday night60 min
- Network Administrator, Design review — the firewall rulebase nobody owns60 min
- Network Administrator, Incident review — the branch file copy that stalls60 min
- Network Administrator, Network Security Q&A60 min
- Network Administrator, Networking Skills Test60 min
- Network Administrator, Problem-solving Test60 min
- Network Administrator, Scenario-based Questions60 min
- Network Administrator, Technical Interview60 min
Network Security Engineer
6 rounds
- Network Security Engineer, Behavioral Interview60 min
- Network Security Engineer, Firewall Configuration Scenario60 min
- Network Security Engineer, Incident Response Q&A60 min
- Network Security Engineer, Problem-solving Test60 min
- Network Security Engineer, Security Assessment Test60 min
- Network Security Engineer, Technical Interview60 min
Site Reliability Engineer (SRE)
6 rounds
- Site Reliability Engineer (SRE), Behavioral Interview60 min
- Site Reliability Engineer (SRE), Coding Test60 min
- Site Reliability Engineer (SRE), Incident Management Q&A60 min
- Site Reliability Engineer (SRE), Reliability Scenario Discussion60 min
- Site Reliability Engineer (SRE), System Design Interview60 min
- Site Reliability Engineer (SRE), Technical Interview60 min
Storage Engineer
6 rounds
System Administrator
9 rounds
- System Administrator, Backup review — what would actually come back60 min
- System Administrator, Behavioral Interview60 min
- System Administrator, Change review — patch night60 min
- System Administrator, Infrastructure Q&A60 min
- System Administrator, Problem-solving Test60 min
- System Administrator, Scenario-based Questions90 min
- System Administrator, Scripting — the offboarding script60 min
- System Administrator, System Troubleshooting Test60 min
- System Administrator, Technical Interview60 min
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 Interview60 min
- Blockchain Developer, Blockchain Technology Q&A60 min
- Blockchain Developer, Code review — the upgrade you cannot roll back60 min
- Blockchain Developer, Problem-solving Test60 min
- Blockchain Developer, Scenario — an exploit in progress60 min
- Blockchain Developer, Smart Contract Coding Test60 min
- Blockchain Developer, System Design Interview60 min
- Blockchain Developer, Technical Interview60 min
Content Strategist (Search & Editorial)
1 round
DevSecOps Engineer
6 rounds
Digital PR & Earned Media Lead
1 round
Embedded Systems Engineer
6 rounds
- Embedded Systems Engineer, Behavioral Interview60 min
- Embedded Systems Engineer, Firmware Coding Test60 min
- Embedded Systems Engineer, Hardware Interaction Q&A60 min
- Embedded Systems Engineer, Problem-solving Test60 min
- Embedded Systems Engineer, System Design Interview60 min
- Embedded Systems Engineer, Technical Interview60 min
Forward Deployed Engineer
3 rounds
Frontend Developer
8 rounds
- Frontend Developer, Behavioral Interview60 min
- Frontend Developer, Coding Test60 min
- Frontend Developer, Component API review — a dialog for the design system60 min
- Frontend Developer, Core Web Vitals review — fast in the lab, slow on phones60 min
- Frontend Developer, Portfolio Review60 min
- Frontend Developer, System design — comments strangers write on product pages60 min
- Frontend Developer, Technical Interview60 min
- Frontend Developer, UI/UX Assessment60 min
Full Stack Developer
5 rounds
Game Developer
8 rounds
- Game Developer, Behavioral Interview60 min
- Game Developer, Coding — the dash that changes with frame rate60 min
- Game Developer, Coding Test60 min
- Game Developer, Game Design Challenge60 min
- Game Developer, Incident review — the crash list three weeks before submission60 min
- Game Developer, Portfolio Review60 min
- Game Developer, System design — prediction and reconciliation at 120 ms60 min
- Game Developer, Technical Interview60 min
GTM Engineer
4 rounds
Machine Learning Engineer
4 rounds
- Machine Learning Engineer, Coding — the training-serving skew60 min
- Machine Learning Engineer, Experiment review — offline up, online down60 min
- Machine Learning Engineer, Modelling review — 40,000 labels and a foundation model60 min
- Machine Learning Engineer, System design — the retrain that has to be reversible60 min
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 Assessment60 min
- Software Engineer in Test (QA), Behavioral Interview60 min
- Software Engineer in Test (QA), Bug Finding Exercise60 min
- Software Engineer in Test (QA), Problem-solving Test60 min
- Software Engineer in Test (QA), Technical Interview60 min
- Software Engineer in Test (QA), Test Case Development60 min
Security & Compliance
Cybersecurity Analyst
6 rounds
- Cybersecurity Analyst, Behavioral Interview60 min
- Cybersecurity Analyst, Incident Response Scenario60 min
- Cybersecurity Analyst, Problem-solving Test60 min
- Cybersecurity Analyst, Security Risk Management Q&A60 min
- Cybersecurity Analyst, Technical Interview60 min
- Cybersecurity Analyst, Vulnerability Assessment Test60 min
Ethical Hacker (Penetration Tester)
6 rounds
- Ethical Hacker (Penetration Tester), Behavioral Interview60 min
- Ethical Hacker (Penetration Tester), Penetration Testing Exercise60 min
- Ethical Hacker (Penetration Tester), Problem-solving Test60 min
- Ethical Hacker (Penetration Tester), Reporting and Documentation Review60 min
- Ethical Hacker (Penetration Tester), Technical Interview60 min
- Ethical Hacker (Penetration Tester), Vulnerability Assessment Q&A60 min
Information Security Officer
6 rounds
- Information Security Officer, Behavioral Interview60 min
- Information Security Officer, Executive Panel Interview60 min
- Information Security Officer, Problem-solving Test60 min
- Information Security Officer, Risk Assessment Q&A60 min
- Information Security Officer, Security Policy Discussion60 min
- Information Security Officer, Technical Interview60 min
IT Compliance Officer
5 rounds
Risk Management Specialist
6 rounds
- Risk Management Specialist, Behavioral Interview60 min
- Risk Management Specialist, Case Study Analysis60 min
- Risk Management Specialist, Problem-solving Test60 min
- Risk Management Specialist, Regulatory Compliance Q&A60 min
- Risk Management Specialist, Risk Assessment Scenario60 min
- Risk Management Specialist, Technical Interview60 min
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