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UC San Francisco Software Engineer Interview Questions

The questions to prepare for a UC San Francisco Software Engineer interview. Questions from real interview reports rank first. Updated daily.

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Behavioral & LeadershipStart here. 26 questions · ~208 min

Content Writing ExperienceMedium

Evaluates your ability to produce or support content that works in web products.

UC San Francisco

How You Want to Be ManagedMedium

Evaluates your collaboration style and how you work with managers.

UC San Francisco

Motivation for UCSFMedium

Assesses motivation, commitment, and fit with UC San Francisco's mission-driven environment.

commitmentmotivation

UC San Francisco

Part-Time AvailabilityEasy

Evaluates practical availability and whether you can meet the role's time needs.

UC San Francisco

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Solving an Existing ProblemMedium

Evaluates problem-solving approach and how you translate requirements into a practical software solution.

Problem Solving

UC San Francisco

High-Traffic Database Query OptimizationMedium

Tests your skills in query tuning, indexing, and performance troubleshooting under load.

performancequery optimization

UC San Francisco

Automating Routine MaintenanceEasy

Tests your ability to use automation to improve reliability, consistency, and operational efficiency.

InfrastructureAutomation

UC San Francisco

State and Data Flow ManagementMedium

Tests your ability to design reliable data flow between backend services and UI for health-focused applications.

Communicationstate management

UC San Francisco

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Hands-on SQL practiceWrite and run real queries in the editor. 3 drills · ~30 min

Handling Missing DataEasy

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Replace missing sales fields with defined defaults and return a consistently ordered dataset.

missing valuesdata cleaningnull handling

University of Minnesota

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Rolling Average with SQL WindowsMedium

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Calculate each active RpmGlobal Enterprise Planning user's 30-day rolling average of daily activity.

Tavant

Rpmglobal

Two Six Technologies

Top Departments by SatisfactionMedium

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Use aggregation and ranking to find the three highest-rated departments within each UCSF hospital.

Window FunctionsJoinsRanking

UC San Francisco

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