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Definitely don't try to ask everything from the list.

Remember that things tend to be fluid, re-organizations happens often.
Having a bug tracking system doesn't make bug handling efficient and CI/CD doesn't mean your time to deliver is necessarily short.
Having a bug tracking system doesn't make bug handling efficient and CI/CD doesn't mean your time to deliver is necessarily short.

# The Role

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# Tech

- What are the usual stacks used at the company?
- How do you use source control?
- Is there default operating system used or is it up to employees to choose one?
- How do you use source control? Is it git/svn?
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Thoughts about re-phrasing this to be more general?

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- How do you use source control? Is it git/svn?
- What do you use for source control and how do you use it?

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Maybe instead of how do you use it? ask if they use any branching strategies or practices.

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Good point, I've added proposed change + reference to example of branching strategy 😸

- How do you test code?
- How do you track bugs?
- How do you integrate and deploy changes? Is it CI/CD?
- Are CI/CD pipelines setup under version control / available as code?
- Is your infrastructure setup under version control / available as code?
- What's the workflow from the planning to the finished task?
- How do you prepare for disaster recovery?
- Is there a standardised development environment? Is it enforced?
- How quickly can you setup a new local test environment for the product? (minutes / hours / days)
- How quickly can you respond to security issues in the code or dependencies?
- Are all developers allowed to have local admin access of their computers?
- Do you follow ["12-factor app"](https://12factor.net/) methodology?
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- Are developers expected to participate in process of software architecture design?

# The Team

- How is the work organised?
- How is the work organised? Do you use any issue tracking system like JIRA / Trello?
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- Do you have product backlog system? How do you govern it?
- How does the intra/inter-team communication typically work?
- How are differences of opinions resolved?
- Who sets the priorities / schedule?
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- What's the product/service schedule? (n-weekly releases / continuous deployment / multiple release streams / ...)
- What happens after production incidents? Is there a culture of blameless analysis?
- What are some ongoing challenges the team is experiencing that you are yet to resolve?
- Do you employ any agile methodology? Is it scrum/kanban/waterfall?
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- Do you have scrum master or person in a similar role?

# The Company

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- What's the maturity stage? (early finding direction / feature work / maintenance / ...)
- Can I contribute to FOSS projects? Are there any approvals needed?
- Are there any non-compete or non-disclosure agreements I'll be asked to sign?
- What is your approach to working overtime? How often it is required to work overtime and what are the compensation rules for it?
- Is there possibility to change projects / roles?
- Do you organise internal/public meetups / attend conferences?
- Is it allowed to allocate N hours per week for career development purposes?
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I would say this one is a bit too vague. What do you mean?

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It is meant to be open-ended question. I'll give you example from my current company: during each week, we can allocate 2 hours for non-sprint related stuff - reading blogs, contributing to open source, doing some courses etc...

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And may I ask if you're able to do those things? I know some times is hard to make a case for things which don't have a direct impact on the business

- What do you think are the gaps in the company culture?
- Could you tell me a story about a toxic situation and how the company dealt with it?

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