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The repo that best reflects my style is a "Task Tracker" web app I built in Node.js and React. I organized it with a clear separation of concerns: React + React Router on the client, a RESTful API in Express on the server, and MongoDB with Mongoose for persistence. On the backend, I structured it using a layered approach: route handlers, controllers, services, and models. That made it easier to unit test the service layer with Jest and keep controllers thin. I chose JWT-based auth and a refresh-token flow stored in HTTP-only cookies for a balance of security and simplicity. One trade-off was choosing MongoDB over PostgreSQL. For a real enterprise app, I’d likely pick Postgres for stronger relational guarantees, but for this project, the document model sped up development about 20–25%. I also used ESLint and Prettier with a CI workflow to keep the codebase consistent as it grew.
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In your civil engineering studies, what specific design coursework or project work did you complete related to irrigation channels or canals (e.g., design of lined/unlined canals, distributaries, minors)? Describe one such design in detail, including how you determined discharge, permissible velocity, section dimensions, and lining choice for Gujarat-type soil and climate conditions.
Based on your hydrology and irrigation engineering background, explain how you would estimate the irrigation water requirement for a kharif crop in a semi-arid region of Gujarat. Walk me through each step: from reference evapotranspiration estimation, crop coefficient selection, effective rainfall calculation, to arriving at canal discharge for a given command area.
On your resume you mention working on a cross-functional project (e.g., involving multiple teams or stakeholders). Describe a situation from that project where priorities conflicted—how did you navigate the trade-offs and what was the final outcome?
Walk me through a recent multi-channel digital marketing campaign you managed end-to-end. How did you set objectives, choose channels, allocate budget, and measure success?
In your resume you note improving or optimizing [a process, KPI, or metric]. What specific baseline metrics did you start from, what steps did you personally take, and how did you verify that the improvement was due to your changes rather than external factors?