https://www.startupcto.com/ 2026-04-29T04:46:16+00:00 https://www.startupcto.com/ https://www.startupcto.com/lib/tpl/scto/images/favicon.ico text/html 2023-06-27T04:52:16+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.startupcto.com/people/hr/good-technical-interview-questions/analytics-marketing-questions?rev=1687841536 Web Analytics, SEO & Marketing Interview Questions Web Analytics / Google Analytics * Explain the difference between a page view, visit, visitor & unique visitor. In GA, how long does a visitor have to be idle before they're counted as a second visit? text/html 2020-11-21T22:39:03+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.startupcto.com/people/hr/good-technical-interview-questions/brain-teasers?rev=1605998343 Brain Teaser Questions (the "Microsoft" Questions) Microsoft has a legendary reputation for asking questions that make candidates think, and you may want to ask the same sorts of questions. Good brain teasers include: * You are an airport manager. You need to fit a 1.5 mile runway onto a 1mi square plot of land (1 mi by 1 mi). How do you do it? text/html 2020-11-21T22:39:03+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.startupcto.com/people/hr/good-technical-interview-questions/computer-science-questions?rev=1605998343 General CS Questions CS Concepts * What is a function? * What's recursion? What's a recursive function? * What does it mean to pass something by reference? By value? What's a pointer? * What's a datatype? What are some common datatypes? What is static (or strong) typing vs. loose typing? Which one is better and why do you think so? text/html 2020-11-21T22:39:03+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.startupcto.com/people/hr/good-technical-interview-questions/home?rev=1605998343 Good Technical Interview Questions This is a list of interview questions for technical people that I've come across. I always appreciate contributions. You'll probably note that I don't provide answers, like most interview questions lists do. This is on purpose: I'm of the opinion that if you can't answer (most of) the questions yourself, you should probably draft a friend/colleague for the technical portion of the interview. good-technical-interview-questions index text/html 2023-06-27T04:52:58+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.startupcto.com/people/hr/good-technical-interview-questions/html-css-questions?rev=1687841578 HTML / CSS Interview Questions HTML * Explain the basic components of a typical webpage, e.g. XHTML, CSS, JavaScript, etc. From a high level perspective, what is each used for? * What do we use classes and ids for? What's the difference between them? Can you have more than one element with the same class in the DOM? How about more than one ID? text/html 2026-03-04T09:09:16+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.startupcto.com/people/hr/good-technical-interview-questions/javascript-questions?rev=1772615356 JavaScript Interview Questions Basic JavaScript * Give a high level overview of how JavaScript interacts with the DOM. * What are some different ways that JavaScript code can be embedded into or linked into an XHTML page? * Are objects passed by value or by reference? Does the type of object matter? text/html 2023-06-28T21:03:57+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.startupcto.com/people/hr/good-technical-interview-questions/mysql-questions?rev=1687986237 MySQL Interview Questions * Explain the basic CRUD operations (CREATE, UPDATE, DELETE) and how you'd use SQL to perform them. * Explain the WHERE clause on a SELECT statement, what it does and how it works. * Explain GROUP BY. What does it do, and when do you have to use it? text/html 2025-10-08T09:03:31+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.startupcto.com/people/hr/good-technical-interview-questions/php-questions?rev=1759914211 PHP Interview Questions Also see the PHP/MySQL Questions and General CS Questions. * What are some of the big differences between PHP4 and PHP5? * What is PEAR? * Is PHP a typed language? Why or why not? * Does PHP pass data by value or reference? What's the difference? * Outline the process for connecting to a MySQL database, walking through connecting, querying data, and getting the return value. What are some of the things that you need to watch out for? text/html 2020-11-21T22:39:03+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.startupcto.com/people/hr/good-technical-interview-questions/software-engineering-principles-questions?rev=1605998343 Web Software Engineering Principles Questions This is a list of topics/questions you might want to think about from a web software engineering standpoint. * Can you describe a typical web application stack? * Do you write code following any sort of coding standard? What do you use? text/html 2020-11-21T22:39:03+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.startupcto.com/people/hr/good-technical-interview-questions/sysadmin-questions?rev=1605998343 System / Network Admin (LAMP) Interview Questions Networking * Tell me what happens, from a technical standpoint, when a user types www.apple.com into their web browser and presses enter. * What do the tools ping, traceroute, and dig do? * Explain the text/html 2020-11-21T22:39:03+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.startupcto.com/people/hr/good-technical-interview-questions/traditional-questions?rev=1605998343 Traditional Interview Questions Some top traditional interview questions, from ResumeEdge. * Tell me about yourself * Tell me about X previous job * What did you most enjoy about your last job? * Why did you leave your last job? * How would your colleagues or supervisor describe you?