Questions to ask them

Always have 3 ready. Asking good questions is part of the evaluation. Pick by interviewer.

For an engineer or tech lead

• What does a typical feature look like from idea to production here? Who is involved?
• What is the biggest technical challenge the team is facing this year?
• How do you handle on-call and production incidents? What did the last post-mortem change?
• How are design decisions made and recorded?
• What does the test and release pipeline look like? How long from merge to production?

For a hiring manager

• What would success look like for this role in the first 6 months?
• What distinguishes the strongest engineers on your team?
• How do engineers grow here: is there a path to staff/principal, and what does it take?
• How does the team work with product: who decides priorities?

For HR / recruiter

• What are the next steps and the timeline?
• How is the team structured, and where does this role sit?
• What is the hybrid/office policy?

Avoid

• Anything answered on their website.
• Salary and leave in a technical round (save for HR).
• "No, I don't have any questions."