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Scripting drill (timed)
Say what this means in practice. "A technical screen for this role will probably hand you a real automation problem and a clock."
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A technical screen for this role will probably hand you a real automation problem and a clock. The IT Systems Engineer role is software engineering applied to IT, so expect the interviewer to watch 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 a representative IT scripting problem out loud, as you would on the call. The prompt below touches identity lifecycle, API hygiene, secrets handling 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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A Rehearsal Loop, Not Cursor's Published Process
Interactive diagram. Step through it with the Next and Previous controls below, or Tab to a region to read its detail.
Cursor publishes no interview stages for this role, so this is a practice shape built from the role's skills. 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.