Manager has passed on all our candidates, he is actually looking for someone with less years of experience that can put their head down and do the project without taking over.
Here are the questions he is asking the candidates interviews, note he has interviewed over 40 ppl.
- Tell me about your latest project the person can t describe what they re working on and using chatgpt
- When getting into Python has rarely seen someone get past a few basic questions
- Seems like they haven t really worked with MCP
- Questions:
- What have you done with MCP
- How did you interact with MCPs
- What s a decorator? Python
- What is a Python dictionary
- Familiar with MCP and can train on it
- Heavy Python but not more than 5-7 years
- Has a lot of senior people on the team now no architecture
- No data scientist
- Langchain and MCP mostly staying away from Langchain recently and headed more towards MCP
- Upender more of a lead dev
- Needs adaptability
- Their background checks go 2+ weeks
- Start within 2-3 weeks of the offer
Please keep in mind they need to be in ATL, GA area and need to be able to go onsite for role as well as second round interview.
These are additional notes from our manager, I know there may be some duplication in them but wanted to share.
Intake Call Summary MCP Connector Developer (Updated)
What the Hiring Manager Actually Wants
A strong, hands-on Python Engineer (5 7 years) who can truly write production-quality code and has real integration experience.
1. Tell me about the latest project you worked on.
What were you building? Why? What was your role? Tech stack?
2. Explain the flow of MCP in your own words.
3. What have you actually built using MCP?
Tools, resources, schemas, server logic, anything.
4. How did you interact with MCP client, server, or both?
5. When you got past the basics of Python in your last project, what were the hardest parts you solved?