Thread by @svpino

Interviews aren't only about technical skills.

Here are some questions to help you prepare.

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Explain what you have been working on for the past few weeks.

What are the most exciting parts about that work?

What portion of it do you consider boring and why?

[2 / 10]

What specific libraries and frameworks are you familiar with?

What's the minimum set of libraries and frameworks that you'd recommend to any practitioner?

[3 / 10]

What kind of problems have you worked on in the past?

Can you list the specific use cases related to each one of these?

[4 / 10]

What is the most exciting project you have ever worked on?

What was your role and responsibilities on that project?

Why do you think your work on that project was important?

[5 / 10]

What are some of the common issues that you have faced before while working on a project?

How have you approached these problems?

[6 / 10]

How would you organize a team to create and deliver end-to-end applications?

What specific roles would you include in that team?

How would be the interaction among team members?

[7 / 10]

What are some of the specific areas where you'd like to do more research to improve your knowledge and skills?

How do you keep your skills fresh nowadays?

[8 / 10]

When dealing with non-technical stakeholders, what tries your patience?

How do you deal with these situations?

[9 / 10]

If we imagine one year in the future, and we are high-fiving because you succeeded in this position, can you list what went well?

How about if you failed? What went wrong?

[10 / 10]

Hope this helps.

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