Preguntas de entrevista para Technical Program Manager
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If you have n machines with a 10 GB string of characters on each, how do you find the most common character?
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Can you give an example for the above solution? Wouldn't that require you to pass the whole frequency table to the master node? Menos
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I got this one I thought. Just ask for a distribution of each character from each machine, send the tables to a master machine which added them up and found the character with the highest frequency. Then he asked questions like “If we make the network faster, does it make sense to send over all the data to one machine?” I respond “no”, and explain that it would actually degrade performance. Finally, toward the end, he asked Menos
About my experience from the resume. Depending on the team's requirement my coding ability was assessed.
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Answered with a lot of structure.
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The key in generic questions like this, is to make sure to cover the fundamentals. There's usually a back-and-forth with the interviewer. Might be worth doing a mock interview with one of the Google Technical Program Manager experts on Prepfully? Really helps to get some real-world practice and guidance. prepfully.com/practice-interviews Menos
This was a new position for the company, so it was difficult for the interviewers in terms of relying on standard interview subject matter and questions. The position is a coordination-heavy role nested in the Fed TAM Pod, which is an organization that has a technical/engineering focus. The one major question I received from all (paraphrased here) was "What is the role of a Project Manager, and how do your actions and input relate to the rest of the company?"
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The major duties of a project manager is to plan, organize, lead and control. My role would not be in sales; it would be to plan/schedule/organize activities for TAM support prior to or after sales activities. In other companies, program managers would also manage the budget; however, that would not be necessary for this particular role. How I would fit my input into the rest of the company is understanding where we are in the sales process, schedule TAM Support to fit the AM or Customer needs, then monitor and adjust as necessary to ensure that all activities are appropriately coordinated and resourced. During all actions, coordinate with TAMs and other sections of the company to resolve any issues and cut "red tape" wherever possible. Finally, always ensure that Fed Sales and Fed TAMs are appropriately informed of all ongoing actions. Menos
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Is this a remote position or does the company have a POD in Washington DC?
Describe the computational complexity of a hash table
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No idea... I feel like people give you these questions to show you that they're smarter than you. Can't think why else you would ask that in an interview. Menos
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isnt it O(1) for time complexity and O(n) for space.
Tell me what a critical section is used for in C++.
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It is used to sequence threads within a process boundary.
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A section of code which accesses shared memory such that only one thread should read/write from that location at a single time. Often mediated by semaphores or locks. Excessive use of critsecs negatively affects the performance of code running in a parallelized environment, since only one thread can access the critsec at a time. The more critsecs, and the longer each takes to execute, the less benefit you get from parallelization. If your entire program is enclosed in a critsec, it is effectively single threaded. Menos
Describe an experience that you failed, and what did you learn from the failure, and did you change anything from the experience?
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There's a lot of elements to typically cover in these questions, clarifications, scoping, making sure you're answering the actual question the interviewer is looking for you to answer, etc. Could be worth doing a mock interview with one of the Prepfully Amazon Technical Program Manager experts... they've worked in the role so they clearly know how to get through the interview. prepfully.com/practice-interviews Menos
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Tell me about a time that you were wrong about something.
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It’s not really about what you did or didn’t do, but about how you handle adverse situations—and tough questions. Never say never, Don't blame others, Tell them you handled it like a champ, Talk about lessons learned, Craft strong answers Menos
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What about the technical questions ? Algorithms, data structures, your projects? Menos
2nd round: Define a complex system that I recently worked on and why it was complex?
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This question was very similar to my first round and I had answered almost similar to the way I have answered in the first round. It was obvious the interviewer were sometimes off and not really focused on the interview, ,not the pause while taking notes - everyone understands the pause when the interviewer takes notes and the difference when interviewer repeat the same question because the interviewer even forgot what question they had asked last. Menos
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There's quite an extended back and forth in actual interviews for questions like this, so nothing quite like real practice. The Prepfully Amazon Technical Program Manager experts have actually worked in this role, so they're able to do an honest-to-God accurate mock, which really puts you through the paces. prepfully.com/practice-interviews Menos
Are you ok with providing references at the end of the interview process?
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What projects are you currently working on?
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There's quite an extended back and forth in actual interviews for questions like this, so nothing quite like real practice. The Prepfully Medium Technical Program Manager experts have actually worked in this role, so they're able to do an honest-to-God accurate mock, which really puts you through the paces. prepfully.com/practice-interviews Menos
Tell me about yourself ?
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It's essential to demonstrate that you can really go deep... there are plenty of followup questions and (sometimes tangential) angles to explore. There's a lot of Technical Program Manager experts who've worked at Akamai, who provide this sort of practice through mock interviews. There's a whole list of them curated on Prepfully. prepfully.com/practice-interviews Menos
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What is your salary expectation ?