Senior Development Manager Interview Questions

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Case study: they had us do a case study using a dataset. In our case we were given a dataset on a publicly traded company in the restaurant technology industry, and asked to form a conclusion about whether to acquire the business or not.
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Senior Manager, Corporate Development

Interviewed at DoorDash

3.6
Dec 13, 2024

Case study: they had us do a case study using a dataset. In our case we were given a dataset on a publicly traded company in the restaurant technology industry, and asked to form a conclusion about whether to acquire the business or not.

Classic questions about how would you manage people, teams, projects and risk in the context of developing a large software solution. Some classic questions such as describing a situation where you contributed positively to the success of the team and one situation in which things didn't go as expected and how you reacted. Some generic questions about cloud technologies, such as Docker, Kubernetes and pitfalls in designing cloud native solutions.
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Senior Software Development Manager

Interviewed at OMP

4.1
May 3, 2021

Classic questions about how would you manage people, teams, projects and risk in the context of developing a large software solution. Some classic questions such as describing a situation where you contributed positively to the success of the team and one situation in which things didn't go as expected and how you reacted. Some generic questions about cloud technologies, such as Docker, Kubernetes and pitfalls in designing cloud native solutions.

Most questions were around product lines, how I would approach working cross functionally with teams, knowledge of Microsoft cloud products, knowledge of the cloud industry. Best advice is to just be yourself and answer honestly. When talking about some of the microsoft products I was honest about what I like as well as what I do not like and would change. The hiring manager probed on what I did not like. I said the Nokia phone is terrible as was the look and feel of the surface tablet. I then follwed up and qualified by saying Microsoft needs to hire a Steve Jobs type person with regards to style of the consumer products. Someone who will be un-yielding with regards to consumer look and feel. The hiring manager agreed with me.
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Senior Business Development Manager

Interviewed at Microsoft

4
Feb 20, 2014

Most questions were around product lines, how I would approach working cross functionally with teams, knowledge of Microsoft cloud products, knowledge of the cloud industry. Best advice is to just be yourself and answer honestly. When talking about some of the microsoft products I was honest about what I like as well as what I do not like and would change. The hiring manager probed on what I did not like. I said the Nokia phone is terrible as was the look and feel of the surface tablet. I then follwed up and qualified by saying Microsoft needs to hire a Steve Jobs type person with regards to style of the consumer products. Someone who will be un-yielding with regards to consumer look and feel. The hiring manager agreed with me.

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