Looking for questions to ask developers in a fun interview series

1. What's your secret "code pet peeve" that doesn't really matter but drives you crazy?
2. What was something really hard for you to get when you were learning it? What helped it click?
3. What's something that you did outside your comfort zone that you're glad you did?
4. What's your favorite dev tool?
5. What are you learning right now?
6. What do you wish more people would ask/talk to you about? He asks this one on Developer Tea, and it always has really interesting answers.

(A bit assumptive and potentially too personal but) What caused your first burn out from programming?

• If you've been in the position to make hiring decisions, what usually most influences your decision?
• What would your advice be for companies to be better workplaces for women/non-white/disabled people?
• How would you explain your most recent project to a 5yo?
• Show us your fizzbuzz (everyone has their own way to implement it, and these differences say something about who you are as a dev)
• What's the best (physical) environment for you to code in?

1. What was your most recent development "panic moment" and how did you end up handling it?

2. What is something you still have trouble understanding despite researching the subject?

3. What do you do to get "unstuck" on a really difficult problem/design/bug?

4. How many cups of coffee do you drink throughout a normal development day?

1. What's your approach to solving a particularly tough issue or bug? What's your reaction once it's solved?

2. What's an old project or piece of code you wrote you'd be embarrassed to read again? How much as your code improved since then?

3. How do you prioritize what's on your "Learn Next" list?

4. What moments when you're programming make you think "Wow, I love my job/field so damn much."

Think of three people you worked with who match the following criteria:

• The first one should be someone who has the best opinion of you.
• The second one should be someone who has the worst opinion of you, for whatever reason.
• The third one is the person who has the most balanced idea of you.

How would they describe you?

Tell us about the time you most misunderstood the client

1. Do you want to talk about your biggest achievement/success in your (personal or work) life?

2. Do you want to talk about your biggest "mistake"/" something you regret" in your (personal or work) life?

1. What are your productivity hacks?
2. What advice would you give to someone looking for a new dev job?
3. Mac, Windows or Linux?
4. What is the best advice someone has given you?
5. Are there any podcasts, books, or inspirations you swear by?

1. What is a breakthrough moment (or all your breakthrough moments) you had that accelerated your learning or deepened your understanding of what it means to be a good developer/engineer?
2. What debates do you wish you never had to participate in again because they seem important but in your experience are not that important (functional v imperative, tabs v spaces, etc.)?
3. What's something that has surprised you about coding in the last fifteen years?
4. What's something unexpected (except to you) that will happen in coding in the next fifteen years?