Looking for questions to ask developers in a fun interview series

Hey fam, if you recall, we shot some videos like this one and we're going to shoot a few more soon.

But with a slightly different format, and we're going to ask some devs from the community a variety of questions about their career, their stories, advice, thoughts, etc.

Questions like:

• What was your worst bug?
• What advice would you give in some situation?
• Tabs or spaces?

But we need some more questions.

So I urge you to drop some good questions in the comments below. No dumb questions, if we don't think it's the right question, we just won't use it. But I'd love to get some questions that we wouldn't have thought of, so anything goes.

P.S. If you're in the New York City area, we're shooting next week and still have a few slots still available if you want to take part. If you are a programmer and want to do a low-pressure interview to help other devs, please feel welcome to book a spot. HERE IS THE LINK TO BOOK

Thanks everybody for the help, happy coding.

Comments

[Ghost]

How many spaces should (or would) you use to indent? 2? 4? 8? 1.3billion?

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"when were yo defeated"

[Adam McNeilly]

What was your lightbulb moment? When did it click in your head that you wanted to be a developer?

[Andrew Smith]

"How are you currently involved in the tech community?"

"Do you blog/write anywhere/about anything?"

"What 3 pieces of advice would you give yourself when you first became a developer?"

"What are your current technological advancements?"

"How would you deal with a stressful moment as a developer?" ie, you're under time pressure to fix something etc

"Tell me your best software development moment?"

I think are all good questions for understanding how a candidate, particularly how passionate they are about being a developer.

[Alex Pliutau]

Describe the detailed schedule of ideal working day.

[Christian Bewernitz]

1. Do you want to talk about your biggest achievement/success in your (personal or work) life?

2. Do you want to talk about your biggest "mistake"/" something you regret" in your (personal or work) life?

[Theofanis Despoudis]

1. gdb or LLVM and why?
2. If you were to start your start-up company this Monday, what would you do? You have no time to learn new Technologies or Tools.
3. NASM or GAS and why?
4. VIM or Emac and why?

[Joshua Ballanco]

What was your favorite conference experience?

What's one conference you'd like to go to but haven't been to yet?

[Lorenzo Pasqualis]

Think of three people you worked with who match the following criteria:

• The first one should be someone who has the best opinion of you.
• The second one should be someone who has the worst opinion of you, for whatever reason.
• The third one is the person who has the most balanced idea of you.

How would they describe you?

[Max Antonucci]

1. What's your approach to solving a particularly tough issue or bug? What's your reaction once it's solved?

2. What's an old project or piece of code you wrote you'd be embarrassed to read again? How much as your code improved since then?

3. How do you prioritize what's on your "Learn Next" list?

4. What moments when you're programming make you think "Wow, I love my job/field so damn much."

[Juan C. Andreu]

For how long do you think you are going to be coding as your main source of income? And Why?

[Judith]

If the "older" You could give advice to the "younger" You, what would he/she say to do about learning to be a programmer?

[Wernich ️]

how was your first ever code review?

(in case you're wondering, my code was compared to the opening sequence of "theme hospital")

[David James]

1. What are your productivity hacks?
2. What advice would you give to someone looking for a new dev job?
3. Mac, Windows or Linux?
4. What is the best advice someone has given you?
5. Are there any podcasts, books, or inspirations you swear by?

[Wesley Ameling]

When do you think of solutions for big bugs? (Eg at home, during a work out, etc)