TABOOLA R&D INTERVIEW PROCESS!

End 2 End Ownership

We care about owning our tasks and every Taboola engineer:

Owns the entire lifecycle of the task at hand, from the “why”, through design, code, testing, monitoring and till after it has been deployed

Changes code and/or deals with tasks developed by others

Makes an effort to get feedback from domain experts

Adds new frameworks, libraries and infrastructure on a merit-based discussion with fellow developers

Challenges prevailing assumptions and suggests different approaches

Know The Business

We believe that understanding our business is fundamental and every Taboola engineer:

Is driven by the desire to serve our users, customers and business stakeholders

Directly communicates with relevant business experts (AM, PS, Sales, etc.) whenever required about features they are involved in

Maintains the balance between engineering considerations and business value (time to market) when making design and code decisions

Knows and pursues applicable business KPIs and follows up on them when developing and deploying features

Thoroughly understands the needs of the top 3-5 customers/users of their work

Makes an impact on top company goals, top group goals and top team goals

Cares intensely about Taboola’s success

Alignment and Collaboration

We encourage open communication, transparency and a highly aligned and collaborative environment, every Taboola engineer:

Communicates regularly with relevant people in other teams to align on Product and Tech roadmaps; understanding mutual constraints and setting expectations accordingly

Makes every effort to help people that require assistance (design review, code review, etc);

Does not push back others when they ask for assistance

Shares information openly and helps others become independent

Empathizes with their peers and colleagues

Acts in a transparent, non-political manner

Adopts accountability and refrains from putting the blame on others

Craftsmanship

We excel at our craft and we thrive to be better, every Taboola engineer:

Takes smart risks and adopts a biased approach towards getting things don

Uses mistakes as an opportunity to learn

Identifies the root cause and gets beyond the symptoms

Makes data-driven decisions

Educates themself on technology and our industry

Finds creative ways to simplify complexity, values small interactions over a “Big Bang”