This your chance to make a lasting impression on your interviewer. Don’t squander it by not having a thoughtful question or two. It’s an opportunity to show your prospective employer that you can see a bigger picture beyond scribbled code on a whiteboard. That you care about the humans at the opposite end of the tech stack.

It’s also a chance to learn something about how your prospective employer operates. Maybe there’s some pain point you can help address, or a process gap you can help fill. Maybe you’ll see some patterns that indicate how happy or miserable you’ll be if you accept an offer.

• What’s your worst day like? How do you manage it?
• If you could change one thing about your tech stack, what would it be? What’s blocking you from implementing this change?