The complete guide with system design and evaluation rubrics

Senior Developer Interview Questions

Evaluate technical leaders with depth. Questions covering system design, architecture decisions, code quality practices, mentoring ability, and stakeholder communication—with evaluation frameworks for every competency.

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The complete guide with system design and evaluation rubrics

Senior Developer Interview Questions

What's Covered in This Guide

System Design & Architecture

Design a URL shortening service like bit.ly. Walk me through your architecture.

How would you design a rate limiter for an API?

Explain the trade-offs between microservices and monolithic architecture. When would you choose each?

Code Quality & DevOps

You're reviewing a pull request and see this code. What feedback would you give?

How do you handle technical debt? Give me an example from your experience.

What does your ideal CI/CD pipeline look like? Walk me through it.

Leadership & Communication

How do you mentor junior developers? Give me a specific example.

Tell me about a time you had to push back on a product requirement. How did you handle it?

Your team is consistently missing sprint commitments. How would you diagnose and address this?

Behavioral Questions

Tell me about a technical decision you made that you later regretted. What did you learn?

How do you stay current with technology? What have you learned recently?

Practical Assignments

Take-Home Assignment: Design and Build an API Rate Limiting Service

System Design Exercise: Design a Notification System

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