Background and Personality Questions Flashcards
Tell me about an interesting engineering challenge you had recently (make sure to be explicit about the level of details you want).
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What do you consider as your expertise when it comes to engineering? (writing design docs/architecture/code/distributed systems/testing)
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As you are looking for a new opportunity, what are some big of the big takeaways from your current position?
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What are you looking for in your next role?
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Who were your stakeholders?
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What is your daily/weekly process at work? (We all have processes we follow through the day/week/month. Planning, prioritizing, executing, communicating, this question is to measure how much thought they put in their process)
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How do you plan your week?
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How do you measure your impact? (goes well with the previous questions. The answers should correlate)
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What aspect of working as a software engineer drives you or gives you a feeling of accomplishment? (code, prototyping, teamwork, product)
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How did your organization push features and services to production? Whose responsibility is it to monitor and respond? Did you do it yourself?
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Do you have an on call procedure?
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