Doing my first interview as the interviewer. What are some good quesitons I should ask the candidate?

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Behavioral questions. You don’t want a 10x engineer if they are so toxic they kill your team.

“Tell me about a time you handled a conflict with a teammate or manager.”

“Tell me about a time you made a mistake.”

“What factors would you anticipate that would prevent you from making a deadline?”

“What’s your work style?”

“How do you like to be managed?”

Red flags in their answers to watch out for:

Not mentioning their team in the contributions, not giving credit where it’s due.

Not being able to, or no mention of, collaboration with non-engineer partners.

Too much blame placed on outside factors or other people.

(If you and your peers will be interviewing the candidate at the same time) The candidate will only look at or address the white male(s) in the room, even though the interviewer who asked the question was not that white guy.

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Hoo doggie, yes - have I got too many stories.

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what’s the objective of the job. he should be passionate about his role.

Not leetcode? :)

People forget about non-technical characteristics that are equally important. Like ethics, leadership skills, team skills, etc. Ask stuff pertaining to those kinds of things. An example: "How do you overcome a teammate that isn't pulling their weight?"

Tell me about a time when you built something from scratch :)

What work related failure have you learned the most from?

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