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@ninsy ninsy commented Sep 9, 2019

Feel free to modify / correct my poor english 😸

- 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?
- Are all developers allowed to have local admin access of their computers?
- Do you follow ["12-factor app"](https://12factor.net/) methodology?
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- What is your approach to working overtime? How often it is required to work overtime and what are the compensation rules for it?
- Is there possibility to change projects / roles?
- Do you organise internal/public meetups / attend conferences?
- Is it allowed to allocate N hours per week for career development purposes?
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I would say this one is a bit too vague. What do you mean?

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It is meant to be open-ended question. I'll give you example from my current company: during each week, we can allocate 2 hours for non-sprint related stuff - reading blogs, contributing to open source, doing some courses etc...

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And may I ask if you're able to do those things? I know some times is hard to make a case for things which don't have a direct impact on the business

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- What are the usual stacks used at the company?
- How do you use source control?
- Is there default operating system used or is it up to employees to choose one?
- How do you use source control? Is it git/svn?
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Thoughts about re-phrasing this to be more general?

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- How do you use source control? Is it git/svn?
- What do you use for source control and how do you use it?

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Maybe instead of how do you use it? ask if they use any branching strategies or practices.

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Good point, I've added proposed change + reference to example of branching strategy 😸

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