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## Position

* Are there metrics or goals set up for me the first week that I would be striving towards?
* How do you know what to work on each day?
* How would you describe the responsibilities of the position?
* How would you describe a typical day and week in this position?
* Is this a new position?
* If not, what did the previous employee go on to do?
* Who does this position report to?
* How much travel is expected?
* What is the typical work week in terms of hours?
* Do a lot of folks work overtime?
* What's the most important thing I should accomplish in the first ninety days?
* Are there metrics or goals set up for me the first week that I would be
striving towards?
* How would you describe a typical day and week in this position?
* How would you describe the responsibilities of the position?
* If I were successful there, what would I have accomplished in 6 months?
* Is this a new position? If not, what did the previous employee go on to do?
* Let's say I'm doing really terribly or really great the first week. How am I going to be getting feedback as to whether I'm performing great or terribly?
* What is the typical work week in terms of hours? Do a lot of folks work overtime?
* What kind of feedback can I get during my first few months, and who will I be getting it from?
* Let's say I'm doing really terribly or really great the first week.
* How am I going to be getting feedback as to whether I'm performing great or
terribly?
* What's the most important thing I should accomplish in the first ninety days?
* Who does this position report to?

## Interviewer

> Relationship with Company
* How long have you been with the company?
* What is it like working there?
* How did you get your job?
* What is one thing you love about working at [company] and one thing that
really frustrates you?
* How long have you been with the company?
* How often have you moved teams? What made you join the team you’re on right now? If you wanted to move teams, what would need to happen?
* What is something you wish were different about your job?
* If you had an idea for something you thought would be great to work on, what would it take to make it happen? What is the process from having an idea to getting it out the door?
* What are the biggest rewards of the job and working for this company?
* What’s the last thing you shipped?
* What’s the last thing you launched that real people are now using?
* If you had an idea for something you thought would be great to work on, what
would it take to make it happen? What is the process from having an idea to
getting it out the door?
* What is the most fulfilling/exciting/technically complex project that you’ve worked on here so far?
* What is the biggest challenge facing [the company] right now? What worries you
about this issue? And how is [the company] working on solving it?
* What has your past experience been like working with [position applying for]?
* What is it like working there?
* What is one thing you love about working at [company] and one thing that really frustrates you?
* What is something you wish were different about your job?
* What is the biggest challenge facing [the company] right now? What worries you about this issue? And how is [the company] working on solving it?
* What is the most fulfilling/exciting/technically complex project that you’ve worked on here so far?
* What’s the last thing you shipped? What’s the last thing you launched that real people are now using?
* When you were last interviewing, what were some of your other options, and what made you choose this company?

## Developer

* What are some of the internal tools used in the company and what role do they
play?
* What is used for version control?
* What tooling do you use for revision control?
* What's the overall tech stack I'd be working with?
* How does the code review process work?
* How does the team keep up to date with the latest and greatest technologies?
* Are there stand-ups/sprints?
* Did any of your senior engineers start out as junior engineers here?
* Technical capabilities aside, what soft skills would make someone successful in this role?
* How do you prevent meetings from overwhelming an engineer’s schedule?
* Do senior engineers pair with junior engineers in the ramp-up process?
* Do you tend to roll your own solutions more often or rely on third party tools? What’s the rationale in a specific case?
* How do you prevent meetings from overwhelming an engineer’s schedule?
* How does the code review process work?
* How does the engineering culture differ from the overall company culture?
* How does the team keep up to date with the latest and greatest technologies?
* How often do you add new tools to the mix?
* Technical capabilities aside, what soft skills would make someone successful in this role?
* What are some of the internal tools used in the company and what role do they play?
* What did your day look like yesterday? Was that pretty typical? If not, what was different about it?
* What is your stack?
* What is the most costly technical decision made early on that the company is living with now?
* What is the rationale for/story behind this specific stack?
* How often do you add new tools to the mix?
* Do you tend to roll your own solutions more often or rely on third party tools? What’s the rationale in a specific case?
* What is used for version control? What tooling do you use for revision control?
* What is your stack?
* What kind of test coverage do you have?
* What portion of your time is spent working on new stuff rather than iterating on existing stuff?
* What's the overall tech stack I'd be working with?
* What’s been the worst technical screw up that’s happened in the recent past? How did you guys deal with it? What changes were implemented afterwards to make sure it didn’t happen again?
* What is the most costly technical decision made early on that the company is living with now?

## Engineering Manager

* When was the last time you wrote code?
* How did you become a manager?
* How do your engineers know what to work on each day?
* What is your team’s biggest challenge right now
* How do you measure individual performance?
* Do you do formal performance reviews?
* Do you do annual salary increases?
* Do you rank employees against one another?
* Do you do formal performance reviews?
* Do you do regular team retrospectives?
* Do you rank employees against one another?
* How did you become a manager?
* How do you measure individual performance?
* How do your engineers know what to work on each day?
* How long does the average engineer stay at the company?
* What is your team’s biggest challenge right now
* When was the last time you wrote code?
* Why have the last few engineers left?

## Culture

* If you had an idea for something you thought would be great to work on, what
would it take to make it happen?
* What is the process from having an idea to getting it out the door?
* What is the company's management style?
* How do you prevent micro-management amongst managers and developers or
designers?
* Does diversity play a part in company culture?
* What kind of diversity programs are there at the company?
* How is diversity represented within the team or company?
* If I had an idea for something I thought would be great to work on, would I be
able to present it?
* Does diversity play a part in company culture? What kind of diversity programs are there at the company? How is diversity represented within the team or company?
* How often do meetings, talks, or other events take place at lunch time? If you had to equate the lunch room into a high school cafeteria, what groups eat together?
* If I had an idea for something I thought would be great to work on, would I be able to present it?
* If you had an idea for something you thought would be great to work on, what would it take to make it happen? What is the process from having an idea to getting it out the door?
* What is the company's management style? How do you prevent micro-management amongst managers and developers or designers?
* What types of support would I receive as a new hire?
* How often do meetings, talks, or other events take place at lunch time?
If you had to equate the lunch room into a high school cafeteria, what groups eat together?
* When’s the last time you interacted with a founder? What was it regarding? Generally how involved are the founders in the day-to-day?

### Team

* Are there times of the month, quarter, or year when the team is most busy?
* Are there weekly sprints or stand up meetings?
* Can you talk a bit about communication within the team? Across teams?
* What do you think contributes most to your team's camaraderie?
* Does anyone work remotely a lot - how distributed is the team?
* How does this team plan projects and create deadline estimates?
* How many people work in this office/department?
* Are there weekly sprints or stand up meetings?
* How often are meetings and how long?
* How responsive are people to emails/Slack over the weekends and after 6pm?
* Does anyone work remotely a lot - how distributed is the team?
* What do you think contributes most to your team's camaraderie?
* What was the most fun you’ve had at a team outing?
* Are there times of the month, quarter, or year when the team is most busy?
* How does this team plan projects and create deadline estimates?

## Company

* What is the biggest challenge facing [the company] right now?
* Who are your target consumers?
* How do employees keep up to date with latest tech besides online training? Are there conferences - events - etc?
* How do individual employees contribute to the creativity and innovation at [company]?
* How does management deliver negative feedback to employees?
* How has the company changed over the last few years?
* How many people work in this office/department?
* How would you describe this company's values?
* How has the company changed over the last few years?
* What are the company's plans for growth and development?
* How do employees keep up to date with latest tech besides online training? Are there conferences - events - etc?
* Who are the other major players in this space? What do we have that they don’t?
* What is the biggest challenge facing [the company] right now?
* When’s the last time a founder or manager encouraged someone to go try something entirely new (whether it fit in well with the current core product or not)?
* How does management deliver negative feedback to employees?
* Who are the other major players in this space? What do we have that they don’t?
* Who are your target consumers?
* Who sets deadlines and what happens when people fail to meet them?
* How do individual employees contribute to the creativity and innovation at [company]?

## Wrap Up

* So now that I've exhausted my questions here, could you give me an overview of
what the next steps in the process are or a time line for getting back to me?
* So now that I've exhausted my questions here, could you give me an overview of what the next steps in the process are or a time line for getting back to me?

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