Top 10 Interview Questions for Software Developers

Questions and approach

1. Tell me about yourself (2–3 mins, highlight relevant wins)
2. Strengths/weaknesses (tie to job, show growth)
3. Explain a project (problem, approach, result, metrics)
4. Debugging story (root cause, fix, prevention)
5. Data structures and algorithms (big-O, tradeoffs)
6. System design basics (scalability, caching, consistency)
7. Team conflict (communication, collaboration)
8. Testing and quality (unit/integration/CI)
9. Security awareness (OWASP basics)
10. Why this company? (research, alignment)