About Them

• Can we talk a little bit on how you see your role?
  • What would you say is your leadership style?
  • What are your goals professionally/personal/at [your company] whatever you are comfortable sharing
  • What’s one of your favorite part of your job and one of the least favorites?
  • What are your preferences on giving and receiving feedback?
• What is currently your biggest challenge, anything I can do yo help?
• Is there an area that you are looking to grow or a topic where you would like a more targeted feedback?
• Can we talk a little bit about how are performance reviews at [your company]? This usually involve a lot of work for managers, how can I help to make the process smooth for you?
• I finished [Book/Artible], there’s a section I found particularly interesting [shared a short summary or question]. I would love to hear your opinion about it.
• What part of your job are you enjoying the least/the most at the moment? How can I help?
• We had some bumps in the road with last [milestone]? If you put on your Developer hat, what would you have done differently?
• Vacation
  • Your vacation is coming up, is there anything that worries your particularly and that I can prepare for?
  • Do you still have any open questions that you have after returning from vacation that I can help to answer?
• What’s your take about AI? In general.
• What’s your take on [relevant industry topic]? In general
• What success looks like for [project/team’s goal]?
• Thoughts after [any important company event or meeting]. Anything that you think we should change or continue doing?
• On their work anniversary:
  • What continues to surprise you after these 3 years at [company]?
  • Reflecting back, is there anything you would have done differently?
• What’s the biggest thing I could do right now to make your life easier?
• How do you think the team is doing overall?
• Company/product direction:
  • Any updates or signals you’re seeing from leadership/product that I should be aware of?

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