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Software Engineer Behavioral Interview Questions

What are your strengths and weaknesses?

Basic

Why should we hire you?

Basic

Why you are open to a change in your career

Motivation

What would you do if a teammate takes credit for your work.

Teamwork

Tell me about a time you had a conflict with a coworker

Teamwork

Have you ever faced resistance to your ideas from your colleagues in a project?

Teamwork

Tell me about a time you needed information from someone who was not responsive

Communication

Tell me about a time you had to deal with a very upset stakeholder you work with. (This can be client, manager or other associates)

Communication

Tell me about a time you received negative feedback

Communication

Tell me about a time you had to communicate a complex technical issue to a non-technical person

Communication

Tell me about an accomplishment you were proud of

Achievement

Tell me about a time you had a disagreement with your manager

Teamwork

Tell me about a time you had to make a decision with incomplete information

Decision Making

Tell me about a time you failed to meet a deadline

Time Management

Tell me about a time you had to quickly learn a new technology

Learning

Tell me about a time you had to manage multiple projects or priorities at once

Time Management

Tell me about a time you had to work with ambiguous requirements

Adaptability

Tell me about a time you went above and beyond what was expected

Initiative

What was the most difficult bug you have encountered and how did you fix it?

Problem Solving

Tell me about a time you encountered a major roadblock at work. How did you tackle the situation?

Problem Solving

Tell me about a time you showed initiative and took the lead

Initiative

Tell me about a time you had to adapt to a change in project scope

Adaptability

What is something that you had to push for in your previous projects or initiatives?

Initiative

Tell me about a time you had to provide constructive feedback to a coworker

Communication

Tell me about a time you met a tight deadline

Communication

Tell me about a time you were overwhelmed by your work responsibilities

Time Management

Tell me about a time you had to make a difficult decision

Decision Making

Tell me about a time you had to come up a decision in limited time

Decision Making

Tell me about a time you had to deal with conflicting priorities from multiple stakeholders

Decision Making

Tell me about the project where you did your best work

Achievement

Tell me about a time you took a risk and failed

Learning

Tell me about a time you improved your team or company culture

Leadership

Tell me about a time you mentored a junior team member

Leadership

Tell me about a time you had to follow unclear instructions

Adaptability

Tell me about a time you had to work with incomplete information

Adaptability

Tell me about a time you found a simple solution to a complex problem

Problem Solving

Tell me about a time that you had to implement a workaround and incur technical debt in order to meet a deadline

Decision Making

Tell me about the time you set goals and were able to achieve them

Achievement

Tell me about a time you had to collaborate with someone who had a challenging personality

Teamwork

Why do you want to work with this company?

Basic

Why Software Engineering?

Basic

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