Director Software Engineering Interview Questions

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LLD: design splitwise with focus on notification to the user. There would be 2 interviewers. One would not speak anything throughout and they'll reject you if they didn't like ypu. There is no way to know if they liked you or not since the beginning since they didn't interact with you and only observed you. HLD: Shoutout. A location based platform to discover messages. Additional requirements to make it searchable.Use DynamoDb with ElasticSearch.
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Software Engineering Manager

Interviewed at Hiver

3.9
Jan 3, 2024

LLD: design splitwise with focus on notification to the user. There would be 2 interviewers. One would not speak anything throughout and they'll reject you if they didn't like ypu. There is no way to know if they liked you or not since the beginning since they didn't interact with you and only observed you. HLD: Shoutout. A location based platform to discover messages. Additional requirements to make it searchable.Use DynamoDb with ElasticSearch.

The Software Engineering Manager role at RoadRunner is quite technical and you're expected to also contribute as an IC. They asked a lot of questions about my approach of mentoring engineers and my approach in writing new features.
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Software Engineering Manager

Interviewed at RoadRunner

3.5
Nov 4, 2025

The Software Engineering Manager role at RoadRunner is quite technical and you're expected to also contribute as an IC. They asked a lot of questions about my approach of mentoring engineers and my approach in writing new features.

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