AVAR Interview Studio · Blueprint · Critical Incident
Blueprint

Engineer · Critical production incident

A focused flow that checks how full-stack engineers handle multi-region incidents under pressure.

At a glance

Built around the “critical production incident across regions” scenario.

Blueprint ID
BP-ENG-001-INCIDENT
Role & stage
Full-stack Engineer · Later-stage technical interview.
What this blueprint tests
  • How the candidate triages and prioritises during an outage.
  • How they communicate with stakeholders across regions.
  • How they think about prevention and follow-up.
Approx. duration
12–18 minutes · 4 main questions plus a short reflection.

Steps · One question per screen

Direct, scenario-based prompts instead of a long checklist.

Step 1 · First 15 minutes
Scenario S-ENG-001. Question: “Talk through what you would do in the first 15 minutes after learning about this incident.”
Triage Video · 2–3 min
Step 2 · Communication across regions
Question: “How would you communicate with customer-facing teams and leadership in different regions?”
Communication Stakeholders
Step 3 · Narrowing down the cause
Question: “Describe how you would narrow down the likely root cause without jumping to conclusions.”
Problem solving Systems thinking
Step 4 · After the incident
Question: “What would you propose after the incident to reduce the chance of this happening again?”
Prevention Ownership
Tip: pair this blueprint with a brief system diagram or code sample if you want more depth. Use scoring and analytics screens to see which answers correlate with strong on-the-job performance.