A few interview questions to consider.

• Has a developer ever been working on something really important and was asked for an estimate and it ended up taking 6 months longer because they learned something along the way that hadn’t occurred to them at the time of the estimate?

• Tell me about someone who was in my position who did really well. What did they do?

  • Look for red flags, long hours, firefighting.

• Tell me about someone who went “above and beyond”. What did they do?

  • Look for red flags, long hours, firefighting.