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Preparing for a behavioral interview? Find common questions for your role, example answers, and practical tips for talking about your work.
Roles
- SOFTWARE ENGINEERS
Software engineer behavioral questions
What interviewers listen for when you describe your own engineering work, and the decisions engineers tend to leave out of the story.
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Consulting fit questions
How to answer the fit questions in a consulting interview, and make your own part clear in stories about clients and teams.
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Questions
- QUESTION
Tell me about yourself
Introduce yourself in about 90 seconds around one piece of work you want the interviewer to ask about, instead of a tour of your résumé.
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Why should we hire you?
Show how your past work fits the problems this team is hiring someone to solve.
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Why do you want this job?
Give a reason for wanting this job that's specific to it, built on something you found out yourself.
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What are your strengths?
Find a strength people already rely on you for, and back it up with one moment that proves it.
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What are your weaknesses?
Pick a real weakness that won't cost you the job, and focus your answer on what you've changed.
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Why did you leave your last job?
Explain why you left honestly, even when the reason is awkward, and move quickly to what you want next.
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Where do you see yourself in five years?
Describe where you want your work to go, in a way that makes this job a sensible next step.
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Tell me about a time you dealt with ambiguity
Name what you couldn't answer at the start, what you assumed so you could move, and how you tested it.
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Tell me about a time you showed leadership
Show leadership without a title: what people agreed to that they had opposed, and how you got time from people who don't report to you.
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Tell me about a time you had competing priorities
Show what you dropped or moved and who you told, not how hard you worked.
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Tell me about a time you managed stakeholders
Say what each side wanted and why, what you arranged to reach a decision, and how you told the side that didn't get its way.
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Tell me about a time you worked on a team
Say what you did and what others did in shared work, and show how you helped the team without taking anyone's work over.
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Tell me about a time you had a conflict or disagreed with a coworker
Show the other person's view fairly, how you worked it out with them, and what you did once the decision was made, even if it went their way.
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Tell me about a time you failed or made a mistake
Choose a real failure or mistake, and show what you did about it, both at the time and afterwards.
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Overall guides
Interview anxiety
What interviewers notice when you're nervous, and how to keep your answers on track when your heart is racing.
Read the guideCompetency-based interview questions
Find out what each competency question is scored on, so you can give the panel the evidence it needs.
Read the guideGoogle Interview Warmup alternative
How to keep practicing out loud now that Warmup is gone, using Gemini Live as a mock interviewer.
Read the guideSTAR method examples
See a typical STAR answer next to a stronger one for your role, and what the stronger answer does differently.
Read the guideWhat is a behavioral interview?
What interviewers are listening for when they ask about your past, and how to prepare without memorizing a script.
Read the guideBehavioral interview mistakes
Spot the habits that make good work sound smaller than it was, and make your own decisions clear.
Read the guideWhy behavioral interviews feel so hard
Why good examples go missing when you're asked, and how to find honest stories in the work you've already done.
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