Software Interview Guide

Owned by Riishi Jeevakumar
Last updated: Jul 08, 2021
2 min read

1. Introductory

  • What role do you have in the software department?

    • What do you do?

    • How might this change or stay consistent with using the Telemetry Dashboard?

  • Have you participated in a race before? (90% probably no)

 

2. Data prioritization

  • Are you familiar with data visualization and the tools associated with it?

  • What current tasks/projects in strategy require you to deal with lots of data viewing/visualization?

    • How much data do you usually view at once when you’re doing [task]?

      • The [task] will be based on what current tasks/projects they mention in the previous question

      • At what point is too much data overwhelming?

  • Card Sorting Exercise (paste it from hardware)

    • Categorize the data by importance and by task

      • Instruct the user to come up with their own categories and duplicate, divide the cards accordingly

    • Ask the user to explain why they ranked the data the way they did to get a better understanding of what data they would like to primarily focus on

 

3. Process involved in performing tasks

  • Can you tell me about strategy’s role during the race?

  • What will strategy use the telemetry dashboard for during the race?

  • Can you think of a scenario of a task you might have to complete using the telemetry dashboard during the race?

    • Walk me through how you’d normally do this task

    • What are your most common usage patterns?

    • Are there any technical obstacles that you must typically go through when navigating this task?

 

4. Stakeholder stuff

  • What programming languages are you familiar with? (To get a better understanding of what languages people in the software dept know already)

    • What programming language will be used for the telemetry dash

  • Do you have experience with working on responsive designs?

  • Do you have past experience with working on telemetry dashboards or general data visualization?

    • Good question to ask the actual devs later on

    • What were your responsibilities for them and were you able to use them effectively?

    • What stacks & programming languages did it incorporate?

  • [set-up question to find the relevant task to dig into]

    • Describe the process you have for a programming task, from requirements to delivery (SDLC).

  • Does the team plan on using Agile software development when working on telemetry or do you have another ideation in mind?

  • What are your thoughts on software testing?

  • If a bug were to appear in the telemetry dashboard, how would you go about implementing your error handling?

  • How do you explain technical challenges to stakeholders who do not have technical knowledge or background in software?

  • Ideally how much time do you want to spend when working/performing on a specific task?

  • How do you determine a project’s success?