PLACEMENT INTERVIEW · 12 QUESTIONS · ABOUT TWO MINUTES
Which one are you?
12 situations. Pick what you would actually do, not what you would say in the interview. HR will place you on the org chart.
ALL ELEVEN PLACEMENTS
Possible results
Everyone ends up somewhere. Nobody ends up only one person.
Mostly AlexThe ArchitectYou have already drawn the diagram for the problem the team will have in 2028.
Mostly JoThe CowboyYou believe production is the only staging environment that tells the truth.
Mostly SamThe Platform BuilderYou want a paved road, and you have already ordered asphalt for teams that don't exist yet.
Mostly RileyThe MinimalistYou believe every architecture diagram should first survive contact with systemd.
Mostly TaylorThe AI NativeYou believe the fastest way to write code is to stop writing code.
Mostly MorganThe Threat ModelYou read audit logs for fun, and you are usually right to.
Mostly ChrisThe SovereignYou believe a dependency you can't fork is just a landlord.
Mostly PatThe Enterprise AdultYou know that eventually, someone has to answer the phone.
Mostly MayaThe Explorer CEOYou treat the roadmap as a hypothesis and the quarter as a lab.
Mostly NoraThe User AdvocateYou trust five confused users over fifty confident stakeholders.
Mostly LéoThe Creative MaximalistYou believe software is allowed to make people feel something, ideally on purpose.