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# Caseflow Software Engineer Interview Questions
## Introduction
* Go over interview format
* Ask what they already know about the project
* Tell candidate a bit more about the project (size, scope etc.)
* Give candidate opportunity to introduce themself
* How did they hear about the position/what made them interested?
## Technical Experience
### Languages/Frameworks
* Tell me a little bit about your overall knowledge in software development (most experienced languages/frameworks)?
    * Ruby on Rails
        * explain OOP
        * differences between OOP & Functional programming
    * Javascript
        * React
            * explain aspects if applicable
                * Why React?
                * Benefits of component based architecture
                * Hooks
        * Redux
            * explain aspects if applicable
                * Actions, Reducers, Store
                * Immutability
    * Git, Github
* Additional questions for Senior candidates
        * Third party integrations (servers, containers)
        * Development pipeline (CI/CD, jenkins etc.)
        * Using DataDog, New Relic, Metabase, Sentry
* If asked, are you comfortable learning new frameworks?
### Tests
* Would you consider test writing an important aspect of development (if so why)?
* Tell me about your experience with test writing
    * RSpec
    * Jest
    * TDD
    * Unit
    * Integration
    * Functional
    * End-to-end testing
### Agile
* Tell me about your experience developing in an agile environment
    * What do you like/not like about it? 
## Professional Experience
* Tell me about the most recent project you've worked on
    * What did you like about it?
    * What didn't you like about it?
    * What was the most challenging aspect?
    * What was the development lifecycle that was used (ticket breakdown/estimation, code reviews, integration software etc.)?
* What types of things do you look for when reviewing others code?
* Tell me about a specific software problem you've encountered and how you dealt with it (new feature, production incident etc.)?
## Culture Fit Questions
* As an engineer, what would you say you bring to a team?
* Describe your ideal team environment?
* How do you deal with taking criticism?
* We're remote working so communication is very important to our team.  Do you find that you have a good ability to communicate with your peers in an open and productive way?
## Interviewee questions
* What questions do you have about the project?