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Partner Power Hour Rover Team

Presenters

Rosie Brezynski Software Engineer at Rover Previously worked at MSFT Has PM experience

Clare Zimmerman Product Manager at Rover Previously at Socrata/Tyler Technologies

Rover

World's larger provider of pet caregivers, walkers Seattle locations! 5 Services fo rpet care providers

Interview Structure

2-3 rounds for internships and FT roles Could include:

• Phone screen
• Behavioral
• Tech assessment
• Pair Programming
• Possible take-home
• Final day-long final round interviews

Q&A encouraged at each step of the process

Behavioral Screening

Talk about yourself Could happen during any, more than one, section of the interview process Talk about accomplishements and what you bring to the table Why interested in Rover? Job/career goals and alignment with Rover and the team interviewing for Good to touch on the company's values and verify your values match as a good place to start.

SW Engineers

Assessment - before interview to screen skills Pair Programming - Work with engineer to solve coding problem, sometimes in final round as well Take-home project - Larger project where candidate submits solution for analysis Explain your technical experience(s) on your resume! Hackathons, etc.

Product Manager

No one-size-fits-all template for PM interviews Must include:

• behavioral interviews
• analytical or estimations exercises
• case questions
• design round (technical PM roles), includes whiteboard session

Looking for:

• user empathy and advocacy
• data-driven reasoning to get to "so what"
• concise communications of complex technical and buseinss topics
• cross-functional stakeholder management
• Ability to assess and balance risk

Panelists

Javon Friedman Engineering Manager, Rover Some coding experience with JS/client-side dev and tough bootcamp class

Josh Hembree Software Engineer, Rover Bootcamp trained; Android + React Native Was a SysAdmin prior to becoming a developer

Mita Balani Sr Technical Product Mgr, Rover Cloud Infrastructure TPM and SWE in previous work with Masters CSE

Korina Houghtaling Software Engineer, Rover Payments Team SWE and teaching experience

Advice

Talk aloud as practice:

• get used to talking about yourself and promoting your skills, value
• get used to talking through your logical thinking and problem solving processes

Be curious!

• Ask those questions during interview and during on the job
• Research to learn more about tech, the company your are interested in, etc
• Seek opportunities outside of work to exercise your brain and technical expertice and learn new skills
• Ask about long-term goals of projects, team, ... the company!

Technical Interviews / Whiteboarding is more about the journey and the thought process than the destination, and this helps the interviewers understand your attention to detail, engagement, and problem-solving skills.

Regarding Pay and Benefits / Offers: Ask around what others have been offered.

Technical Stuff

Converting React to TypeScript as a company wide project and initiative.
React Native is Mobile-oriented.

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