- How did this position come to be open?
- What would my immediate priorities be?
- What is the performance review process like here?
- What are the most important skills to have to do well in this job?
- What is the typical career path for someone in this role?
- What are the biggest challenges that someone in this position would face?
- Can you show me examples of projects I would be working on?
- How will my performance be reviewed? how often? what metrics will be used?
- When and how is feedback given to me as an employee? (one to one, polls)
- How will I be trained? Will I have a mentor?
- What are the responsibilities of the job? Will I have to talk directly with the client or the requirements will be provided by someone else?
- What improvements or changes do you hope that a new candidate will bring to this position?
- What are the most immediate projects that need to be addressed?
- Will I have the opportunity to work with any cutting-edge tools, technologies or methods?
- You seemed to be most interested in my ANGULAR EXPERIENCE, am I right? If I continue in the hiring process, is there anything else you feel I should be prepared?
- Which department/team I am possibly be working
- What equipment I am going to receive to work with
- What are the next steps in the interview process?
- Who should I stay in touch with as things move forward?
- Hire time rate? How long does the process of hiring someone take?
- If I have some question, can I contact you?
- How are your teams structured?
- Is there anyone I can reach out to and get guidance from?
- Who will I work with most closely?
- Who will I report to directly?
- What is your vision for the team?
- What is the biggest achievement this team has made?
- What is the biggest challenge facing this team right now?
- How the design and development team work together?
- How will I integrate in the team?
- How flexible is the company regarding team members switching?
- What happens when a person doesn't integrate into a team?
- How much power do individual teams have when it comes to selecting technologies and methods to use for certain projects?
- What tool or medium does the team use to communicate with each other?
- How does the team do to track their progress?
- Is the work on this team more collaborative or independent?
- How many people are in this team?
- Which other teams work most closely with this one?
- What are the current goals the company is focused on and how does this team support those goals?
- Can I meet the team that I’d be working with?
- How do you ensure that each team member is doing quality work?
- What do you do when some task has been underestimated and takes more time than expected?
- Do you expect that the group is growing in the next six months?
- What types of team events do you do together?
- How often will my team get together and meet as a group?
- Do you ever do join events with other teams or departments in the company?
- What is included as a part of the company's benefits package?
- What kind of opportunities exists for professional development?
- How much paid vacation time will I get per year?
- Can I carry over the paid vacation time if I don’t utilize it?
- Will I get the flexibility of working from home once in a while?
- How are raises typically handled?
- How would you describe the corporate culture?
- What are the company’s values? What characteristics do you look for in employees in order to represent those values?
- How would a typical day looks like?
- I’ve read about the company’s founding, can you tell me more about…?
- Can you tell me about your new products or plans for growth?
- Where do you see the company in the next five years?
- Would you mind giving me a tour of where this job would take place so I can get a feel of where I’d be working and who I would be working with?
- How is work-life balance in the company?
- Does anyone on the company hang out outside the office?
- How does the company offer any support for conferences ?
- Who do you consider your top competitor, and why?
- Does the company have any traditions that you enjoy or think are interesting to share?
- What steps do you take to keep employees highly motivated?
- What are some reasons people like working here?
- Would you say that management is open to ideas and suggestions?
If you are interviewed by three or four people in a day, that final person is still going to be unhappy if you say, “sorry, the first three people answered all my questions.” Opinion-based questions are the easy solution!
- What’s your favorite part about working at the company?
- What gets you most excited about the company's future?
- What do you think are the most rewarding or gratifying aspects of working in this position?
- If you could change one thing about the company, what would it be?
- Has your role changed since you’ve been here?
- What do you wish you had known before you joined the company?
- What have you found to be the biggest challenge in working here?
- What excites you most about coming to work each day?