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4 experiences Difficulty 3.5/5 Technology / Developer Tools

Developer Advocate

virtual · Difficulty 3/5

Recruiter screen, hiring manager video, conference-talk presentation (deliver a 20-min technical talk), behavioral, and final with director. DevRel at GitHub is high-visibility and global.

  • Walk me through a developer-facing campaign you led.
  • Tell me about handling negative feedback from the dev community.
  • Describe partnering with engineering on a feature launch you advocated for.
  • How do you stay credible with senior engineers?

Sales Account Executive

virtual · Difficulty 3/5

Recruiter screen, sales manager video, mock customer call, behavioral, and final with regional director. GitHub Enterprise AE works with Fortune 500 dev orgs on the move from Enterprise Server to Cloud.

  • Walk me through a complex enterprise deal — strategy and close.
  • Tell me about a customer that resisted the move to Cloud.
  • Describe expanding an account from basic to Advanced Security.
  • How do you partner with the Microsoft field on co-sell motions?

Product Manager

virtual · Difficulty 4/5

Recruiter screen, hiring manager call, product-sense round on Copilot UX, analytical, cross-functional, and exec final. Copilot PM is one of the most consequential AI-product roles in industry.

  • Walk me through a launch that improved developer productivity.
  • Tell me about a feature you killed. Why?
  • Describe partnering with the Microsoft AI team on a coordination decision.
  • How do you measure success for an AI coding assistant?
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