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Behavioral
a year ago
What are the skills which make you a good candidate?
Engineering ManagerData Science ManagerUX DesignerUX Researcher

CarMax

JP Morgan

ServiceNow

+1

Thank you for the question. I have been working as a data engineer for a combined total of three years, working closely with business leaders and engineers at different enterprises. where my main focus and speciality was in building reliable data pipelines that supports business decision making. I also have experience running a solo consultancy firm, where I have had the opportunity to consult and build end to end data products for businesses, which has allowed to be explore and hone my leadership, and communication skills on top of my technical expertise. Above all. in addition to the skills  I have learnt over the last three years, my experience in academia, especially as a consequence of my PhD research, I have a strong preference and a proven track record  in delivering complex analytical tasks.  All of the above essentially package me up as  an ideal candidate for this role.

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Behavioral
a year ago
How does your background and experiences align with the expectations for this EM role at CarMax?
Engineering Manager

CarMax

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System Design
a year ago
Design a distributed logging system.
Engineering Manager

CarMax

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People Management
a year ago
How have you addressed conflicts with your coworkers in the past? How would you handle similar conflicts at CarMax?
Engineering Manager

CarMax

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Behavioral
a year ago
Tell me about a time when you got a performance rating you disagreed with.
Engineering ManagerData Engineering ManagerML Engineering ManagerFull Stack Software Engineer

CarMax

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Magic Leap

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Proofpoint

During my tenure at Cisco, I participated in a project where I collaborated with a devops team and testing team to accomplish the resource allocation . At the end of the project, each intern received an evaluation from our direct supervisor. I was surprised to find that my performance rating was lower than I expected, given the contributions I felt I had made.

Task:I wanted to understand the basis for the rating and felt it was important to clarify any discrepancies between my self-assessment and the supervisor’s perception. My goal was to maintain a positive relationship while advocating for the work I had done.

Action:I requested a brief, one-on-one meeting with my supervisor. In that meeting, I calmly listened to their feedback to understand their perspective fully. Then, I shared specific examples of my contributions:

  • How I had taken the lead on documenting the current resource allocation and new resource allocation based on my experience.

  • My involvement in proper resource allocation resulted in 25% reduction of P1 issues due to resource allocation.

  • The additional responsibilities I took on to get all resource approvals and helm script changes went unnoticed.

I also provided the documentation and metrics I’d been tracking to illustrate the impact of my work. By centering the conversation on factual evidence and outcomes, I was able to highlight aspects of my contribution that might have been overlooked initially.

Result:After reviewing these points, my supervisor acknowledged that some of my behind-the-scenes work wasn’t fully visible to them.  we agreed to have more frequent check-ins going forward. This experience taught me the value of proactive communication and documentation, ensuring that both my manager and I have a clear view of my responsibilities and achievements.

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System Design
a year ago
Design a system for hotel bookings.
Engineering Manager

CarMax

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Behavioral
a year ago
In your professional experience, can you recall a situation where you had to challenge a colleague's strategy or idea?
Engineering ManagerData Engineering ManagerML Engineering ManagerUX Researcher

CarMax

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MakeMyTrip

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NerdWallet

+8

While determining the best model for a machine learning application for a customer classification model, I suggested a two model approach while my team member suggested a single model approach. We discussed the pros and cons during a whiteboarding session, agreed on the two model approach and would fall back to the one model approach if the two-model approach did not drive client success. The model was successful.

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Behavioral
2 years ago
Can you tell me about a time when you provided exceptional value on a project?
Engineering ManagerProgram ManagerFrontend EngineerData Scientist

CarMax

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Figma

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Duolingo

As my last semester as a system engineer student, I went above and beyond on time management of the time of the team and mine, this was on my thesis as student. while we where a team of 4 members, one of our members and I had one of our parents fighting cancer, so we needed to do time management to work in the project and have a correct time management of personal and work time. What I did was stated my focus, helped my companion doing the same noticing in what of the project we where helping the most and focus on that on my case the SQL queries & documentation of the project. Propose the solution to the other members, while also covering more and more in the written part of the project, this solution was applied by me, but i also had to cover sometimes my team member, doing what was also his tasks in this case the design of the project processes, most of the UML diagrams, because the situation of his family member worsen and some one needed to pick up the pace of the project and that person was me



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People Management
2 years ago
Can you share an experience when a customer or co-worker was unhappy with your work and how you went about addressing their concerns?
Engineering ManagerML Engineering ManagerData Engineering ManagerData Science Manager

CarMax

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Intel

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Audible

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Behavioral
2 years ago
Can you explain how you handle a situation where multiple options present themselves, and you must choose the best course of action?
Engineering ManagerData Science Manager

CarMax

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Tink

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Interactive Brokers

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