Behavioral Questions by Soft Skills for Technical Roles:

Technical Leadership

  1. Tell me about a time when you led the implementation of a new technology or framework in your team.
  2. Describe a situation where you had to guide junior developers through a complex technical challenge.
  3. How have you handled disagreements about technical approaches or architecture decisions?
  4. Share an example of when you had to make an unpopular technical decision that proved to be right.

Problem-Solving & Debugging

  1. Describe a particularly challenging bug you solved. What was your approach?
  2. Tell me about a time when you had to optimize a poorly performing application.
  3. How have you handled a production outage or critical system failure?
  4. "Share an example of how you improved system reliability or performance.

Technical Communication

  1. Tell me about a time when you had to explain a complex technical concept to non-technical stakeholders.
  2. Describe a situation where you had to convince the team to adopt a new technology or tool.
  3. How have you handled documentation for complex systems or APIs?
  4. Share an example of how you facilitated communication between development and product teams.

Development Process

  1. Tell me about a time when you had to adapt to a new development methodology.
  2. How have you handled multiple competing feature requests or technical debt?
  3. Describe a situation where you had to learn a new programming language or framework quickly.