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Backend Engineer — Standard

Default rubric for senior backend interviews

Engineering 5 competencies

Competencies

Each rated 1–5 with required comment

1

Coding & problem solving

Approach, correctness, and code quality

2

Systems design

Tradeoff awareness and scalable design

3

Technical depth

Domain mastery in chosen specialism

4

Ownership & delivery

Bias to action, follow-through, on-call mindset

5

Collaboration

PRs, mentoring, communication