112 Non-Tech Interview Questions to reflect on
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Published: 2018-08-22 06:06:18

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Complete but contemplative off topic. Sit down, grab some pale ale or pomegranate juice and reflect on those questions before your next interview or in a company of colleagues. Enjoy!🍻

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**Q1:** How do you spend your time outside work? ⭐
**Q2:** Tell me the story of how you became who you are today and what made you apply to X. ⭐
**Q3:** Why do you want to work for X company? ⭐
**Q4:** Why do you want to leave your current/last company? ⭐
**Q5:** A hammer and a nail cost $1.10 together, and the hammer costs one dollar more than the nail. How much does the nail cost? ⭐
**Q6:** How large was the last team that you worked on? ⭐
**Q7:** Do you plan to advance your education while working here? ⭐
**Q8:** What are your hobbies? ⭐
**Q9:** Why are you interested in this opportunity? ⭐
**Q10:** What are you looking for in your next role? ⭐
**Q11:** Tell me about your last project - what worked and what didn’t? ⭐⭐
**Q12:** Why do you want to come work at a startup, as opposed to an established company? ⭐⭐
**Q13:** If someone has a different viewpoint to do a project like different programming language, how would handle this situation? ⭐⭐
**Q14:** Do prefer to work at a single company for a long time or would you rather take a job that suits you at the time? ⭐⭐
**Q15:** Can you give an example of a career goal that you set and how you went about meeting it? ⭐⭐
**Q16:** How quickly can you learn to use a new technology? ⭐⭐
**Q17:** What does "belong anywhere" mean to you? ⭐⭐
**Q18:** Can you list any deal breakers that would deter you from working for an employer? ⭐⭐
**Q19:** What was the most fun thing you did recently? ⭐⭐
**Q20:** Why do people resist change? ⭐⭐
**Q21:** Have you worked in a distributed team before? What challenges did you face? ⭐⭐
**Q22:** What are your personal goals? ⭐⭐
**Q23:**  Can you tell me what part of your resume you are most proud of? ⭐⭐
**Q24:** What are you excited about? ⭐⭐
**Q25:** Why do you think you’re a good fit for this company? ⭐⭐
**Q26:** What would your previous boss say your biggest strength was? ⭐⭐
**Q27:** How do you stay up to date with the latest technologies? ⭐⭐
**Q28:** What is the hardest technical problem you have run into? ⭐⭐
**Q29:** State an experience about how you solved a technical problem. Be specific about the diagnosis and process. ⭐⭐
**Q30:** What is your biggest strength and area of growth? ⭐⭐
**Q31:** What project are you currently working on? ⭐⭐
**Q32:** What have you built as your side project? ⭐⭐
**Q33:** What’s are your favorite five apps? ⭐⭐
**Q34:** Share one of your trips with us. ⭐⭐
**Q35:** How do you deal with difficult coworkers? Think about specific instances where you resolved conflicts. ⭐⭐
**Q36:** Are you more interested in a career that offers great compensation, flexibility or the chance to do something meaningful? ⭐⭐
**Q37:** What large problems in the world would you solve today? ⭐⭐⭐
**Q38:** What does it mean to be a "Professional Developer"? ⭐⭐⭐
**Q39:** What are your three strengths and three weaknesses? ⭐⭐⭐
**Q40:** Would you prefer working on Green Field or Brown Field projects? Why? ⭐⭐⭐
**Q41:** Describe company X to your grandmother. ⭐⭐⭐
**Q42:** Tell me a time when you predicted something. ⭐⭐⭐
**Q43:** Where do you want to be in five years? ⭐⭐⭐
**Q44:** Tell me about a challenge you faced recently in your role. How did you tackle it? What was the outcome? ⭐⭐⭐
**Q45:** Explain me your toughest project and the working architecture. ⭐⭐⭐
**Q46:** What makes good code good? ⭐⭐⭐
**Q47:**  What can you actually do for us? ⭐⭐⭐
**Q48:** Tell me about a time your work responsibilities got a little overwhelming. What did you do? ⭐⭐⭐
**Q49:** What frustrates you? ⭐⭐⭐
**Q50:** Tell me a situation where you would have done something differently from what you actually did. ⭐⭐⭐
**Q51:** In my professional experience have you worked on something without getting approval from your manager? ⭐⭐⭐
**Q52:** Tell me about a time when you had a conflict with a co-worker. ⭐⭐⭐
**Q53:** Tell me about a time in which you had a conflict and needed to influence somebody else. ⭐⭐⭐
**Q54:** If you were to open your own business in the future, what kind of business will you open and why? ⭐⭐⭐
**Q55:** What’s the best advice you’ve recently received? ⭐⭐⭐
**Q56:** What is the best gift you have ever given or received? ⭐⭐⭐
**Q57:** Would you rather be good at a lot of things or an expert at one thing? ⭐⭐⭐
**Q58:** What is something that you don't want from your last internship/job? ⭐⭐⭐
**Q59:** If you had an unlimited budget and you could go somewhere, where would you go? ⭐⭐⭐
**Q60:** Tell me something you are learning right now. ⭐⭐⭐
**Q61:** How did you win over the difficult employees? ⭐⭐⭐
**Q62:** What is something that you had to push for in your previous projects? ⭐⭐⭐
**Q63:** What does your best day of work look like? ⭐⭐⭐
**Q64:** What’s the most difficult part of being a member of a team for you? ⭐⭐⭐
**Q65:** Can you explain this gap in your resume? ⭐⭐⭐
**Q66:** Do you prefer to work in a team or individually? ⭐⭐⭐⭐
**Q67:** What is the most challenging aspect of your current project? ⭐⭐⭐⭐
**Q68:** Imagine it is your first day here at the company. What do you want to work on? What features would you improve on? ⭐⭐⭐⭐
**Q69:** What books have inspired you in you live? ⭐⭐⭐⭐
**Q70:** How do you respond to constructive criticism? ⭐⭐⭐⭐
**Q71:** If you had an unlimited budget and you could buy one gift for one person, what would you buy and who would you buy it for? ⭐⭐⭐⭐
**Q72:** How do you tackle challenges? Name a difficult challenge you faced while working on a project, how you overcame it, and what you learned. ⭐⭐⭐⭐
**Q73:** What is something new that you can teach your interviewer in a few minutes? ⭐⭐⭐⭐
**Q74:** What was the most difficult bug that you fixed in the past 6 months? ⭐⭐⭐⭐
**Q75:** Talk about a project you are most passionate about, or one where you did your best work. ⭐⭐⭐⭐
**Q76:** Are you comfortable assuming responsibilities outside your job description? ⭐⭐⭐⭐
**Q77:** What are some of the new ideas you would implement in this position? ⭐⭐⭐⭐
**Q78:** Tell me something about yourself and why you'd be a good fit for the position. ⭐⭐⭐⭐
**Q79:** How do you deal with a failed deadline? ⭐⭐⭐⭐
**Q80:** What is the most exceedingly bad misstep you've made at any point? ⭐⭐⭐⭐
**Q81:** Apart from technical knowledge, what did you learn during your work at Y? ⭐⭐⭐⭐
**Q82:** Explain streaming and how you would implement it. ⭐⭐⭐⭐
**Q83:** What are some of the best and worst things about your current company? ⭐⭐⭐⭐
**Q84:** Tell me about a time you needed information from someone who wasn't responsive. What did you do? ⭐⭐⭐⭐
**Q85:**  What is the biggest mistake that you made in your last position? ⭐⭐⭐⭐
**Q86:** Tell me about a time you had to give someone terrible news. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
**Q87:** Who do you look to as a role model? ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
**Q88:** What is your superpower? ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
**Q89:**  In one word, describe yourself. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
**Q90:** Is developing software an art, a craftsmanship or an engineering endeavour? Your opinion. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
**Q91:** What are the most interesting projects you have worked on and how might they be relevant to this company's environment? ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
**Q92:** What is the most constructive feedback you have received in your career? ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
**Q93:** What is something you had to persevere at for multiple months? ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
**Q94:** Tell me about a time you had a disagreement with your manager. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
**Q95:** What is something 90% of people disagree with you about? ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
**Q96:** Tell me about a time you were uncomfortable and how you dealt with it. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
**Q97:** Imagine there's a perfect clone of yourself. Imagine that that clone is your boss. Would you like to work for him/her? ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
**Q98:** Interview me ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
**Q99:** Why are Quora's answers better than Yahoo Answers' ones? ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
**Q100:** Let's play a game: defend Cobol against modern languages, and try to find as many reasonable arguments as you can. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
**Q101:** Where will you be in 10 years? ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
**Q102:** You are my boss and I'm fired. Inform me. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
**Q103:** I want to refactor a legacy system. You want to rewrite it from scratch. Argument. Then, switch our roles. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
**Q104:** Your boss asks you to lie to the Company. What's your reaction? ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
**Q105:** If you could travel back in time, which advice would you give to your younger self? ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
**Q106:** What would happen if you put a mirror in a scanner? ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
**Q107:** As a software engineer you want both to innovate and to be predictable. How those 2 goals can coexist in the same strategy? ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
**Q108:** What risks do you feel you should never take? ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
**Q109:** What is broken around you? ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
**Q110:** If you were given $1 million dollars every year for the rest of your life, what would you do? ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
**Q111:** Name a situation where you were impressed by a company's customer service. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
**Q112:** What is the craziest thing you’ve ever done? ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

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