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Scripting drill (timed)
Put this idea into your own words: "Cursor's first technical screen hands you a real automation problem and a clock."
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Cursor's first technical screen hands you a real automation problem and a clock. The IT Systems Engineer role is software engineering applied to IT, so the interviewer is watching whether you reach for code by default and whether that code is safe to run against a production tenant.
Set a 45-minute timer and solve the canonical IT scripting problem out loud, exactly as you would on the call. The prompt below is the one this role gets asked in some shape every time, because it touches identity lifecycle, API hygiene and the blast radiusHow much breaks if a change goes wrong; the scope of potential damage. Press Enter for the full definition. of getting deactivation wrong.
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The Full Loop You're Simulating
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Each section of this capstone rehearses one stage. Click a stage to see what it tests and how to prep.
The prompt: write a script that reconciles your IdP's user list against an HRIS export and deactivates accounts that no longer have an active employee record. Treat “deactivate a human's access” as the highest-stakes line you'll write and design every safeguard around the possibility that the HRIS export is wrong.