Hiring Manager
How do you see this role growing in the next 2-3 years?
What makes someone successful on your team?
What do you value as a manager?
Personal
What’s your role on the team?
What team are you on?
Culture
When was the last time you felt frustrated enough with a colleague to bring it up to someone else? How did you resolve the issue?
Can you tell me about a time you had a conflict with a colleague?
Can you tell me about a time you had a conflict with a manager?
Do people interrupt each other in meetings?
What is work life balance like at the company? On the team?
When was the last time someone on the team took more than a week off?
What makes someone successful on your team?
Interview
What makes a candidate successful in the hiring process?
How long does the process take?
What are you looking for in a candidate? How can I be most successful in the super day interviews?
Funding
How much money have you raised?
What’s your burn rate?
How much profit/revenue does your team generate?
Projects & Process
How do you define and execute your work?
When was the last time you did work that wasn’t planned/scheduled? What was it?
What projects are you going to be working on the next few quarters? How would I fit into those?
Who is your product manager? Who is your project manager?
Technical
Can you walk me through how a line of code goes from a developer’s laptop to production?
Can you walk me through your testing infrastructure?
Can you walk me through your release process?
Can you walk me through your CI infrastructure?
What would I need to do at to provision a new database or RabbitMQ instance?