Initial questions

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+# Reverse interview
+
+This is a list of questions which may be interesting to a tech job applicant.
+The points are not ordered and many may not apply to a given position, or work type.
+It was started as my personal list of questions, which grew over time to include both things I'd like to see more of and red flags which I'd like to avoid.
+I've also noticed how few questions were asked by people I interviewed and I think those were missed opportunities.
+
+If you asked something not listed here, send in a PR.
+
+## Expected usage
+
+- Check which questions are interesting for you specifically
+- Check which answers you can find yourself online
+- Otherwise ask
+
+Definitely don't try to ask everything from the list.
+
+# The Role
+
+- What's the on-call plan/schedule? (what's the pay)
+- What are the tasks on a usual day?
+- What's the junior/senior balance of the team? (and are there plans to change it)
+- What does the onboarding look like?
+- How much independent action vs working off a provided list is expected?
+- What are the expected/core work hours?
+
+# Tech
+
+- What are the usual stacks used at the company?
+- Do you use source control?
+- Do you test code?
+- Do you use bug tracking?
+- Do you use CI/CD?
+- Is your infrastructure setup under version control / available as code?
+- What's the workflow from the planning to the finished task?
+- Do you have backups / disaster recovery plan?
+- Is there a standardised development environment? Is it enforced?
+- How quickly can you setup a new local test environment for the product? (minutes / hours / days)
+- How quickly can you respond to security issues in the code or dependencies?
+
+# The Team
+
+- How is the work organised?
+- How does the intra/inter-team communication typically work?
+- How are differences of opinions resolved?
+- Who sets the priorities / schedule?
+- What happens after pushback? ("this can't be done in the projected time")
+- What kind of meetings happen every week?
+- What's the product/service schedule? (n-weekly releases / continuous deployment / multiple release streams / ...)
+
+# The Company
+
+- Where does the funding come from and who decides the high level plan/direction?
+- Is there a conference/travel budget and what are the rules to use it?
+- What's the promotion process? How are requirements / expectations communicated?
+- Is there a separate tech and management career path?
+- How much annual / personal / sick / parental / unpaid leave is available?
+- What's the status of / view on diverse hiring?
+- Are there any company-wide resources for learning available, like ebooks subscriptions, or online courses?
+- Is there a budget for getting certifications?
+- What's the maturity stage? (early finding direction / feature work / maintenance / ...)
+- Can I contribute to FOSS projects? Are there any approvals needed?
+
+# Remote Work
+
+- What's the ratio of remote to office workers?
+- Does the company provide hardware and what's the refresh schedule?
+- Are extra accessories/furniture possible to buy through the company? Is there a budget for them?
+- How often are office visits expected?
+- Are the office meeting rooms always prepared for video conferences?
+
+# Office Work
+
+- What's the office layout? (open plan / cubicles / offices)
+- Is there a support / marketing / other call-heavy team close to my new team?