What it is the training policy of the company? A company with no training policy or benefits, at least in the software sector, is completely worthless ( unless we are speaking for early startups where I can excuse them)
How do you handle absurd customer demands? You don't want to work with a company that has no idea how to push back
A great resource for me is KeyValues. You put in the attributes you look for in a company, and it will filter down questions and details about how to use them to get the information you are looking for.
My favorite (I care about work/life balance):
What's the typical day, week, and weekend like in the life of an engineer here?
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These are great questions! I normally ask about training opportunities and on call. But the examples above are even more all-encompassing on those topics.
Great questions that really focus on the job and process. So often we are so excited to be in an actual in person interview that we hear the job requirements, know we can do them but forget to ask the hard questions related to how we are going to do the job to succeed.
I've almost certainly gotten stung before in phone screens for not asking enough questions, but some of these wouldn't have occurred to me. Well done, this is super helpful!
Wow currently I am working as Junior dev and I am giving more than 25 interviews in two weeks, I would say this is the most helpful list. I am facing much hardness but yeah it will earn me a good opportunity
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I am a Software Engineer, comfortable and experienced working with the back-end. Over several years of experience, developed a great sense for quality and best practices.
I'm a web developer and father from The Netherlands. I mostly do Frontend Web development, but I'm also known to dabble in PHP, MySQL and AWS. I'm interested in learning Vue and NodeJS.
Nice list. I would also add
What it is the training policy of the company? A company with no training policy or benefits, at least in the software sector, is completely worthless ( unless we are speaking for early startups where I can excuse them)
How do you handle absurd customer demands? You don't want to work with a company that has no idea how to push back
A great resource for me is KeyValues. You put in the attributes you look for in a company, and it will filter down questions and details about how to use them to get the information you are looking for.
My favorite (I care about work/life balance):
Shoutout to @lynnetye !
🙌 Woop woop!
Glad you find Culture Queries useful, Austin! ❤️
Love this Milecia! Great article and will definitely keep these in mind for the future.
I always like asking what the career paths are within the position.
E.g.
It just gives you a good glimpse of what the next few months or years might look like for you professionally :)
These are great questions! I normally ask about training opportunities and on call. But the examples above are even more all-encompassing on those topics.
Great questions that really focus on the job and process. So often we are so excited to be in an actual in person interview that we hear the job requirements, know we can do them but forget to ask the hard questions related to how we are going to do the job to succeed.
I've almost certainly gotten stung before in phone screens for not asking enough questions, but some of these wouldn't have occurred to me. Well done, this is super helpful!
Nice Article Milecia!
I would also add remote working, it's a huge plus for me :D
Reaaally nice!
Some people focus too much only on the tech side and forget about the rest which is extremely important.
I think it is also useful to ask things about:
Thanks and definitely gonna save it!
Wow currently I am working as Junior dev and I am giving more than 25 interviews in two weeks, I would say this is the most helpful list. I am facing much hardness but yeah it will earn me a good opportunity
My only question would be:
😕 😲 😨 😱
It really was that cringe-inducing. They didn't have a clue.
Excellent list of Qs! Wish I had these a long time ago. Bravo.
So good! Should always be asked and required.
Hi!
Can I reprint the translation into Chinese and share it with Chinese developers? I will point out the source and author.
Sure! That would be great. Thank you!
Thanks !
Chinese link:《web 开发面试时你应该提出的 10 个问题》nextfe.com/10-questions-you-should...
Thanks for great questions @flippedcoding , a great contribution to our collection of Interview Questions at counter-interview.dev
Last year I was looking for a new job. This list would be more than helpful. Now I have and I know if I need itm I got it.
Thank you very much!
I'm definitely writing these down, great questions!