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On my last team, I owned the deployment of a Node.js/Express API to AWS for a product used by about 150k monthly active users. We containerized the service and ran it on ECS Fargate behind an ALB, with RDS Postgres and Redis in Elasticache. For configuration, I pushed hard to get us away from environment-specific config files and random parameter tweaks in the console. We standardized on AWS Systems Manager Parameter Store for non-secret config and Secrets Manager for credentials, JWT keys, and third‑party API tokens. Each environment (dev/stage/prod) had its own prefix and IAM roles so services could only read what they needed. The task definitions injected all config via environment variables at runtime, and we versioned config changes through Terraform. That let us review every config change in pull requests and roll back in minutes instead of hours; we cut “it works on staging but not prod” incidents by roughly 60% over the next quarter.
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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.
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?
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?