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🚩6 Questions To Ask During Software Engineering Job Interviews
You guys end up often in toxic work environments because you ask the wrong questions during job interviews! Let’s fix that!
Surprisingly, there’s a lot of job offers for software engineers, and there’ll be even more because AI creates more needs than it can fulfill.
If you’re on job market you may wonder what questions you could ask to really learn something important about the role.
In this article I’ll give you some ideas for your next interview.
1. Is it a new position, or was there someone holding it? If yes, what happened?
The goal of this question is to learn if the role was filled before, if the person was laid off, or quit. In both cases a followup question can be what was wrong. That way you can learn what is the real expectation for person filling this position.
Replacement roles are never blank. You’ll be compared to the previous person and tested, even unconsciously, if you are in any way similar.
These questions clear the water and draw a line between previous person and you. You’ll also learn what you should do to align with the needs and…
