Job Interview Questions

Interview questions

Tell me about the project you’re most proud of.

• What worked and why?
• What would you do differently?

Give a personal definition of diversity and an example of how you've worked to be more inclusive.

Tell me about your experience making software more accessible.

• Where do you gather your information?
• What’s the most surprising thing you’ve learned?

What do you know about [company]?

• Do you have any experience with [enterprise software | content sites | marketing | primary product here]?
• How are you setting your own time constraints / how are you at working in a constrained or tight schedule?
• Are you comfortable working with a defined style guide or Wild West style?
• Tell me about your experience with [Agile | Kanban | Waterfall]

What drew you into UX Design?

• What do you see your expertise / What’s your super-power / What can you teach us?
• What do you love to do?
• What do you hate to do?
• What do you want to get better at?
• What’s your ideal way of communicating findings (researchers)
• How do you face a really steep learning curve?
• How do you go about learning a new system?
• What tools do you prefer?

Ask about current position

• What are the characteristics of your current job you’d hope to find here?
• What projects have you led and tell me about your strategy?
• How do you know you’ve achieved success?

Tell me about an opportunity you identified

• What did you do about it?
• Why/why not?
• How did that work out?

You’ve always been consulting: what constraints would you remove?

If you could shape this role what would it look like to you? What’s your ideal role?

It sounds like you’ve had to handle a lot of difficult conversations - what’s your approach?

What’s your biggest ethical concern about [future tech | current tech | the industry]?

What questions do you have for us?

Phone interview questions:

- Set time constraints - Set expectations for asking questions - Tell me a little about yourself - What do you know about Boomi?

   - Tell candidate about our products

- Ask about current position

   - What challenges did you encounter there?
   - Delve into anything interesting 
   - How many projects do you typically manage at a time?

- Understanding of the role we’re hiring for?

   - Does it match what you’re looking for?
   - Why this particular team?

- How do you feel about joining an emerging practice? - Questions from them?

Tips: - The main thing is to ask for examples about everything. A lot of times even when you do, the candidates will answer with "Yeah, I can do that" or "Yeah, I like that", but you have to keep pushing for an example. - http://www.inc.com/lou-adler/best-interview-question-ever.html