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Slack Mock Interview

To help you prepare for a Slack job interview, here are 27 interview questions and answer examples.

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What software analysis and design tools do you have familiarity working with?

As a software engineer for Slack, your interviewer wants to hear that you have experience in utilizing tools that you make you more proficient in your work. Dig back on your past experiences and talk openly about your experiences with the different analysis and design tools that are available to help you be better in the work that you do. In the end, make sure that your interviewer understands that you are proficient in the use of these tools and open to learning and using new tools as well.

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27 Slack Interview Questions & Answers

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  • 1. What software analysis and design tools do you have familiarity working with?

  • 2. What SDLC models are you familiar in working with?

  • 3. Here at Slack, we ask our test engineers to follow specific QA protocols. What role do you feel QA plays in software development and testing?

  • 4. What data cleaning methods are you familiar with and comfortable using if hired for this role at Slack?

  • 5. In designing Android software, what is your experience using parcelable versus serializable within an app?

  • 6. What skills do you use to cope with the day to day stress and pressure on the job?

  • 7. How do you ensure that you have a healthy work-life balance in your career?

  • 8. Do you have any unique skills or past work experiences that we can't see on your resume that would benefit the team here at Slack?

  • 9. If you were asked to review a colleague's code that they had written, what key things would you look for?

  • 10. Do you consider yourself stronger in C++, C#, Java, or Python?

  • 11. Our cloud computing at Slack requires our experts to take proper security measures in their work. What security measures are you familiar with utilizing in a cloud platform?

  • 12. When do you consider a project to be finished?

  • 13. If hired for this position at Slack, what leadership skills would you bring to our team?

  • 14. What do you see as the top benefits of moving to a cloud based computing platform?

  • 15. If hired here at Slack to develop iOS and Android software, when would you use a fragment rather than an activity?

  • 16. What do you consider to be a good litmus test for when you would automate a test process for a new system versus testing manually?

  • 17. In your current work, what are the important steps you take in the data validation process?

  • 18. In your experience in software testing, would you consider yourself proficient in both testing and debugging processes?

  • 19. As you reflect back on your career to this point in your search for a new position, what would you say is your ideal work environment or culture?

  • 20. What do you feel are the primary features and benefits of the Java programming language?

  • 21. What experience do you have in the different types of software maintenance?

  • 22. What do you feel is one of the top issues that is faced by data engineers today?

  • 23. What is one thing that really tests your patience when dealing with your coworkers?

  • 24. If you were confronted with a time where you wouldn't be able to meet a deadline here at Slack, what steps would you take when you made that realization?

  • 25. We are looking for innovators to join us here at Slack. Where have you brought innovation in automation to a process in your career?

  • 26. What programming languages would you consider yourself fluent in?

  • 27. A huge part of our business here at Slack is designing software for iOS. In this role, how would you steer away from retain cycles when using closures in Swift programming language?