Job interview questions
• By Garren Smith
Job Hunting
Job hunting is difficult. Over the years I’ve built up a list of questions I like to ask in interview meetings to try and get an understanding of the company, the culture and the team. I don’t ask all the questions but use this list as a guideline.
The high-level questions
- What does the company do?
- How big is the company?
- What is the actual role?
- How many people are on the team?
- Who would I be reporting to?
- What is the salary package or salary range?
- What is the hiring process?
- What is your leave policy for vacation, sick, and parental?
- If unlimited leave - I typically like to take X number of days of leave a year, is that ok?
Questions related to the team and work delivery process
- How does the team view code ownership?
- How does the team and company prioritise and plan work?
- What is the development process? Sprints?
- How many meetings are typical in a week?
- How long has the team done remote work?
- How remote savvy is the company?
- How do the team and company brainstorm, research and plan work? Is this through meetings or RFC’s
- Is a meeting the first thing in this process or only if something cannot get resolved?
- How does the product team help the development team?
- How much autonomy does a developer have?
- When are typical meeting times?
Startup Business related
- What is the product market fit for your product?
- How do you see me helping you grow your company and market?
- How do you get traction and grow the platform?
- What are the main focuses for the next few months?
- What is the current time before you will need more funding?
- Chance of getting funding?
- What do you have to do to get that funding?