Questions that have appeared at JPMorgan for an engineering (Case Study) interview.

1. System Design

Question: Can you describe a time when you had to design a complex system from scratch? What were the key considerations and how did you approach the design process?

Question: How would you approach designing a highly scalable and reliable system for financial transactions that can handle millions of transactions per minute?

Question: Suppose you are given an existing system with serious performance issues. How would you pinpoint the problems and make recommendations for improvement?

2. Project Management

Question: Describe a project where you led a team to deliver a technical solution. What were the challenges and how did you overcome them?

Question: How would you manage conflicting stakeholder requirements in a complex engineering project?

Question: Can you provide an example of a technical project where the requirements changed mid-way? How did you adapt and what was the outcome?

3. Risk Management

Question: Describe a time when you identified a potential risk in a project and how you mitigated it.

Question: How would you handle a situation where a critical component of a project fails close to the launch date?

Question: Can you discuss a scenario where you had to balance the risk and reward in a technological decision?

4. Data Management

Question: How would you ensure data integrity while migrating a large amount of data from an old system to a new one?

Question: Suppose you are given a task to design an efficient data storage solution for high-frequency trading data. What would be your approach?

5. Security

Question: Describe a situation where you had to implement security measures in a software system to prevent data breaches.

Question: Can you discuss your approach to ensuring security compliance in the software solutions you design and implement?