Interviews

Relevant questions to ask recruiters when applying for a new position

What to ask?

Standard

• Tech stack
  • Main programming languages
  • Programming paradigms (FP vs OOP)
  • Frameworks, libraries, versions
  • Cloud, CI/CD, Communication platform, Project management
• Company structure
  • What's the team size, structure and maturity?
• Work scope
  • How is the dynamics with DevOps, Product and other teams?
• Day-to-day
  • Can you describe me a typical day of a developer?
  • Do you follow Agile? Scrum or Kanban?

Differentiators

• Impact
  • How empowered is the developer/engineer to make decisions?
  • Do developers take responsibility in managing and monitoring
• Continuous improvement
  • How often and accessible is client feedback?
  • How often do you deploy to production?
• Focus
  • What's the main technical challenge to solve next 6 months?
  • What are the goals for the next 6 months?
• Other
  • Is there any AI adoption and/or integration?

Other

• Process
  • Can you describe me the whole interview process?
  • Do you provide laptop?
• Contract
  • What is the contract mode and salary range for the position?
  • Do you support flexibility over working hours?

What can I offer?

• Experience in a huge variety of companies, sectors and technologies
• Mix of Data Engineer skills with Backend Software Developer skills
• Also, experience with IaC, DevOps, Design/Specification, Project Management, Testing and QA
• Alignment with software development best practices and values
• Integrity, hard-worker, value-focused and ambitious

Pre-assessment

• GitHub repos
• GPT, Wiki, Youtube, LinkedIn
• Glassdoor and News/Articles