- What problem do you solve and why would I give you money to solve it?
- When’s the last time someone went above and beyond the call of duty at the company/on the team? What did they do?
- What are the current goals that the company is focused on, and how does this team/role work to support hitting those goals?
- What are the projects in this company you think are really key to its future and how would a motivated person go about getting on them?
- What do you see as your largest technical challenge currently?
- Pain Points beyond headcount
- What is a project you wish a new member of the team could take on?
- Is the manager on call?
- How do you handle remote (work, meetings, etc)?
- Where are team members located/work distribution across locations?
- What kind of professional development opportunities exist for employees? (Conferences, Training budget, etc.)
- When is the last time you had a 4-hour block of uninterrupted time?
- When is the last time you argued about a technical decision with someone? What was the end result?
- When’s the last time you had a conversation with the CEO one-on-one?
- When have you felt most proud to be at the company?
- What areas would you like to improve?
- What do you see as your largest technical challenge currently?
- What's a piece of software/technology you use that you hate and why?
- What do you like most about working for this company?
- What does a typical day look like?
- How do you handle post mortems?
- How do you introduce new technology or ideas to the organization?
- How would you describe the work environment here - is the work typically collaborative or more independent?
- Walk me through the process of expensing a $50 book.
- What ticketing system do you use? Why do you think it's important to track requests in a ticketing system?
- What do you use for monitoring?
"How are you going to support the changes I need to make that are necessary to meet our goals?"