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20 questions across behavioural, craft, systems, leadership, and culture. Star the sharp ones · drill them anytime.

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20 questions

  • Walk me through your most ambiguous project. How did you find the shape?

    BehaviouralSenior
  • Tell me about a time you pushed back on a senior stakeholder.

    BehaviouralSenior
  • What's the most useful piece of feedback you've ever received?

    BehaviouralMid
  • Describe a project that failed. What did you learn?

    BehaviouralMid
  • What energises you about this work, three years in?

    BehaviouralSenior
  • Walk me through a design decision you'd defend in retrospect.

    CraftSenior· asked at Paystack
  • What's a metric you stopped trusting? Why?

    CraftSenior· asked at Stripe
  • How do you decide what NOT to ship?

    CraftSenior
  • Take me through your favourite screen and what's wrong with it.

    CraftSenior
  • What would you change about our product in 5 minutes?

    CraftMid· asked at Linear
  • How would you scope a 0→1 product with 2 engineers and 6 weeks?

    SystemsSenior· asked at Raycast
  • Walk through your design system migration.

    SystemsStaff· asked at Linear
  • Where do you draw the line between component and pattern?

    SystemsStaff
  • How do you keep a system alive past year two?

    SystemsStaff
  • Tell me about a designer you mentored from struggling to thriving.

    LeadershipStaff
  • How do you build trust across functions?

    LeadershipSenior
  • Describe a time you had to make an unpopular call.

    LeadershipStaff
  • Why this company specifically? Give me 3 reasons we wouldn't get from your CV.

    CultureMid· asked at Anthropic
  • What's a culture norm at a past company you'd never repeat?

    CultureSenior
  • What does a great Friday afternoon look like for you?

    CultureMid