Complete but contemplative off topic. Sit down, grab some pale ale or pomegranate juice and reflect on those questions before your next interview or in a company of colleagues. Enjoy!🍻

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Q1: How do you spend your time outside work? ⭐
Q2: Tell me the story of how you became who you are today and what made you apply to X. ⭐
Q3: Why do you want to work for X company? ⭐
Q4: Why do you want to leave your current/last company? ⭐
Q5: A hammer and a nail cost $1.10 together, and the hammer costs one dollar more than the nail. How much does the nail cost? ⭐
Q6: How large was the last team that you worked on? ⭐
Q7: Do you plan to advance your education while working here? ⭐
Q8: What are your hobbies? ⭐
Q9: Why are you interested in this opportunity? ⭐
Q10: What are you looking for in your next role? ⭐
Q11: Tell me about your last project - what worked and what didn’t? ⭐⭐
Q12: Why do you want to come work at a startup, as opposed to an established company? ⭐⭐
Q13: If someone has a different viewpoint to do a project like different programming language, how would handle this situation? ⭐⭐
Q14: Do prefer to work at a single company for a long time or would you rather take a job that suits you at the time? ⭐⭐
Q15: Can you give an example of a career goal that you set and how you went about meeting it? ⭐⭐
Q16: How quickly can you learn to use a new technology? ⭐⭐
Q17: What does "belong anywhere" mean to you? ⭐⭐
Q18: Can you list any deal breakers that would deter you from working for an employer? ⭐⭐
Q19: What was the most fun thing you did recently? ⭐⭐
Q20: Why do people resist change? ⭐⭐
Q21: Have you worked in a distributed team before? What challenges did you face? ⭐⭐
Q22: What are your personal goals? ⭐⭐
Q23: Can you tell me what part of your resume you are most proud of? ⭐⭐
Q24: What are you excited about? ⭐⭐
Q25: Why do you think you’re a good fit for this company? ⭐⭐
Q26: What would your previous boss say your biggest strength was? ⭐⭐
Q27: How do you stay up to date with the latest technologies? ⭐⭐
Q28: What is the hardest technical problem you have run into? ⭐⭐
Q29: State an experience about how you solved a technical problem. Be specific about the diagnosis and process. ⭐⭐
Q30: What is your biggest strength and area of growth? ⭐⭐
Q31: What project are you currently working on? ⭐⭐
Q32: What have you built as your side project? ⭐⭐
Q33: What’s are your favorite five apps? ⭐⭐
Q34: Share one of your trips with us. ⭐⭐
Q35: How do you deal with difficult coworkers? Think about specific instances where you resolved conflicts. ⭐⭐
Q36: Are you more interested in a career that offers great compensation, flexibility or the chance to do something meaningful? ⭐⭐
Q37: What large problems in the world would you solve today? ⭐⭐⭐
Q38: What does it mean to be a "Professional Developer"? ⭐⭐⭐
Q39: What are your three strengths and three weaknesses? ⭐⭐⭐
Q40: Would you prefer working on Green Field or Brown Field projects? Why? ⭐⭐⭐
Q41: Describe company X to your grandmother. ⭐⭐⭐
Q42: Tell me a time when you predicted something. ⭐⭐⭐
Q43: Where do you want to be in five years? ⭐⭐⭐
Q44: Tell me about a challenge you faced recently in your role. How did you tackle it? What was the outcome? ⭐⭐⭐
Q45: Explain me your toughest project and the working architecture. ⭐⭐⭐
Q46: What makes good code good? ⭐⭐⭐
Q47: What can you actually do for us? ⭐⭐⭐
Q48: Tell me about a time your work responsibilities got a little overwhelming. What did you do? ⭐⭐⭐
Q49: What frustrates you? ⭐⭐⭐
Q50: Tell me a situation where you would have done something differently from what you actually did. ⭐⭐⭐
Q51: In my professional experience have you worked on something without getting approval from your manager? ⭐⭐⭐
Q52: Tell me about a time when you had a conflict with a co-worker. ⭐⭐⭐
Q53: Tell me about a time in which you had a conflict and needed to influence somebody else. ⭐⭐⭐
Q54: If you were to open your own business in the future, what kind of business will you open and why? ⭐⭐⭐
Q55: What’s the best advice you’ve recently received? ⭐⭐⭐
Q56: What is the best gift you have ever given or received? ⭐⭐⭐
Q57: Would you rather be good at a lot of things or an expert at one thing? ⭐⭐⭐
Q58: What is something that you don't want from your last internship/job? ⭐⭐⭐
Q59: If you had an unlimited budget and you could go somewhere, where would you go? ⭐⭐⭐
Q60: Tell me something you are learning right now. ⭐⭐⭐
Q61: How did you win over the difficult employees? ⭐⭐⭐
Q62: What is something that you had to push for in your previous projects? ⭐⭐⭐
Q63: What does your best day of work look like? ⭐⭐⭐
Q64: What’s the most difficult part of being a member of a team for you? ⭐⭐⭐
Q65: Can you explain this gap in your resume? ⭐⭐⭐
Q66: Do you prefer to work in a team or individually? ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Q67: What is the most challenging aspect of your current project? ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Q68: Imagine it is your first day here at the company. What do you want to work on? What features would you improve on? ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Q69: What books have inspired you in you live? ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Q70: How do you respond to constructive criticism? ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Q71: If you had an unlimited budget and you could buy one gift for one person, what would you buy and who would you buy it for? ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Q72: How do you tackle challenges? Name a difficult challenge you faced while working on a project, how you overcame it, and what you learned. ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Q73: What is something new that you can teach your interviewer in a few minutes? ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Q74: What was the most difficult bug that you fixed in the past 6 months? ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Q75: Talk about a project you are most passionate about, or one where you did your best work. ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Q76: Are you comfortable assuming responsibilities outside your job description? ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Q77: What are some of the new ideas you would implement in this position? ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Q78: Tell me something about yourself and why you'd be a good fit for the position. ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Q79: How do you deal with a failed deadline? ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Q80: What is the most exceedingly bad misstep you've made at any point? ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Q81: Apart from technical knowledge, what did you learn during your work at Y? ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Q82: Explain streaming and how you would implement it. ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Q83: What are some of the best and worst things about your current company? ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Q84: Tell me about a time you needed information from someone who wasn't responsive. What did you do? ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Q85: What is the biggest mistake that you made in your last position? ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Q86: Tell me about a time you had to give someone terrible news. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Q87: Who do you look to as a role model? ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Q88: What is your superpower? ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Q89: In one word, describe yourself. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Q90: Is developing software an art, a craftsmanship or an engineering endeavour? Your opinion. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Q91: What are the most interesting projects you have worked on and how might they be relevant to this company's environment? ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Q92: What is the most constructive feedback you have received in your career? ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Q93: What is something you had to persevere at for multiple months? ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Q94: Tell me about a time you had a disagreement with your manager. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Q95: What is something 90% of people disagree with you about? ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Q96: Tell me about a time you were uncomfortable and how you dealt with it. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Q97: Imagine there's a perfect clone of yourself. Imagine that that clone is your boss. Would you like to work for him/her? ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Q98: Interview me ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Q99: Why are Quora's answers better than Yahoo Answers' ones? ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Q100: Let's play a game: defend Cobol against modern languages, and try to find as many reasonable arguments as you can. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Q101: Where will you be in 10 years? ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Q102: You are my boss and I'm fired. Inform me. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Q103: I want to refactor a legacy system. You want to rewrite it from scratch. Argument. Then, switch our roles. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Q104: Your boss asks you to lie to the Company. What's your reaction? ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Q105: If you could travel back in time, which advice would you give to your younger self? ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Q106: What would happen if you put a mirror in a scanner? ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Q107: As a software engineer you want both to innovate and to be predictable. How those 2 goals can coexist in the same strategy? ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Q108: What risks do you feel you should never take? ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Q109: What is broken around you? ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Q110: If you were given $1 million dollars every year for the rest of your life, what would you do? ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Q111: Name a situation where you were impressed by a company's customer service. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Q112: What is the craziest thing you’ve ever done? ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

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