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The take home exercise to comment on their AWS infrastructure/architecture was probably the most challenging. It was very open ended with not a lot of detail, additionally I had talked through some of it with the SVP on engineering already. However I found new things and added on to things we had already discussed. It was a tough by fair assessment IMHO.
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Principal Engineer

Interviewed at Pangea Money Transfer

4.3
Feb 18, 2022

The take home exercise to comment on their AWS infrastructure/architecture was probably the most challenging. It was very open ended with not a lot of detail, additionally I had talked through some of it with the SVP on engineering already. However I found new things and added on to things we had already discussed. It was a tough by fair assessment IMHO.

Additional questions were asked about details on multiple projects and specifics for tools used. Also included questions about team and leadership style, interaction with stakeholders, business involvement, and strategy development.
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Principal Software Engineer/Manager

Interviewed at Idaho National Laboratory

3.8
Feb 22, 2024

Additional questions were asked about details on multiple projects and specifics for tools used. Also included questions about team and leadership style, interaction with stakeholders, business involvement, and strategy development.

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