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Questions I Remember: Tell me something about yourself Describe your current project and the technologies you use How do you manage sprints and team tasks? Do you allow freshers/college graduates in your team to use AI tools? (I said yes, absolutely—especially since we have strong coding practices, code reviews, and delivery processes in place. To this, the interviewer responded in surprise, questioning why anyone would give AI tools to freshers. I explained my view: AI enhances productivity and learning when used responsibly.) Backend: What is the latest NodeJS version? Backend: What are the disadvantages of using NodeJS? Databases: What databases have you used? MongoDB: What are its advantages and disadvantages? MongoDB Atlas: What features and limitations does the cloud offering have? MongoDB on-premise: How would you manage it on self-hosted servers? (I noted that this is rare in today’s cloud-first environments.) Frontend: Explain your frontend projects and architecture Frontend: What’s the latest version of React? Node/React: What are the new features in the latest versions? Backward compatibility: Should all projects be upgraded immediately? (I explained how upgrade decisions depend on project stability, client requirements, and resource constraints.) System Architecture: Take any use case and walk through how you’d architect it (I chose a Chatting Service platform and shared my screen to explain it with time-complexity considerations.)
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Software Engineering Manager

Interviewed at Kore.ai

3.3★
Jul 14, 2025

Questions I Remember: Tell me something about yourself Describe your current project and the technologies you use How do you manage sprints and team tasks? Do you allow freshers/college graduates in your team to use AI tools? (I said yes, absolutely—especially since we have strong coding practices, code reviews, and delivery processes in place. To this, the interviewer responded in surprise, questioning why anyone would give AI tools to freshers. I explained my view: AI enhances productivity and learning when used responsibly.) Backend: What is the latest NodeJS version? Backend: What are the disadvantages of using NodeJS? Databases: What databases have you used? MongoDB: What are its advantages and disadvantages? MongoDB Atlas: What features and limitations does the cloud offering have? MongoDB on-premise: How would you manage it on self-hosted servers? (I noted that this is rare in today’s cloud-first environments.) Frontend: Explain your frontend projects and architecture Frontend: What’s the latest version of React? Node/React: What are the new features in the latest versions? Backward compatibility: Should all projects be upgraded immediately? (I explained how upgrade decisions depend on project stability, client requirements, and resource constraints.) System Architecture: Take any use case and walk through how you’d architect it (I chose a Chatting Service platform and shared my screen to explain it with time-complexity considerations.)

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