What's inside
- How to use them
- Backend engineer
- Product designer
- Account executive
How to use them
Screening answers arrive with each candidate’s profile, so two or three good questions save you a first call. More than four and candidates drop off.
Pick the set closest to your role, copy it and change the details. Keep questions you can judge from a short written answer.
Backend engineer
Backend engineer
1. Tell us about a service you own in production today. What does it do and how much traffic does it handle? 2. Describe an incident you led or helped resolve. What changed afterwards? 3. Which of our must-haves (Go, PostgreSQL, event streaming) have you used at work, and for how long? 4. What is your notice period, and are you open to a hybrid setup in Lisbon?
Product designer
Product designer
1. Share one project you are proud of and your exact part in it. 2. How did you work with engineering on that project, from first idea to launch? 3. Have you worked on a design system? What did you add or change? 4. What is your notice period and your expected salary range?
Account executive
Account executive
1. What did you sell in your last role, to whom, and at what average deal size? 2. How did you do against your quota over the last four quarters? 3. Walk us through one deal you won: how it started and how long it took to close. 4. Which CRM and sales tools do you use every day?