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Questions for your screener

  • What is the hiring process? It’s likely they’ll go through this with you anyway, but if they don’t, be sure to find out what all the specific steps are with this company.
  • Tell me a little about the tech team. How many members, makeup junior vs. senior, and any hierarchies (is there a CTO? Product owner?)

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Questions for the technical interview

If you don’t care about the answer to a question, don’t ask it. If we’re having a nice chat, I probably don’t get to the ones at the end. If it’s a little painful and hard to talk to my interviewer, I might get to ask all of them.

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Your screener

It’s very common to have someone non-technical do the first interview. 

It’s not appropriate to ask them stack questions because they often have no idea what you’re talking about — even in small companies. 

They already have your CV, but they’ll expect an introduction...

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Who is your ideal candidate for this role?

  • Who is your ideal candidate for this role?
  • What are the biggest challenges for this role?
  • Who sets the vision for this company?
  • How do you measure the success of the development team / individuals / the company?
  • What is ...

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The typical process

The typical process

Here’s how the process of interviewing generally goes: 

  • Screening call / potentially on-site interview . Typically done by someone in HR. If done by someone technical, it’s normally quite short. 
  • Technical interview. You’ll have another round of interviews with actual developer...

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Have an introduction and a concise story to tell about your work history. Stack questions are mostly inappropriate here but you can ask the following:

  1. What is the hiring process? Be suspicious if they are asking for too much in one of the steps.

14 Questions For Your Interviewer

  1. What’s the biggest change in your team last year? Do they feel things are getting better?
  2. How does one earn a “gold star” on a performance review? What are your goals for this role next year?
  3. What’s the leadership like the company?
  4. Which compet...

Define customer service quality for your company

Collect data from the following sources:

  • Your company and team values.
  • Your customer service vision or philosophy.
  • Existing CSAT and NPS comments that focus on positive or negative customer service interactions.

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