Ask Interviewers

npm install --location=global ask-interviewers
aski | less
# OR 
ask_interviewers | less
# OR
ask_questions | less

Goal: To help you understand the work environment, culture, and ethics of a potential employer.

Components:

• A structured questions file
• A library to integrate these questions into your application
• A CLI tool
• A self-hostable client/server application

• tsconfig README
• articles mentioned in questions.ts

cd src
# chmod u+x ./generate-certs.sh
./generate-certs.sh

# for building source code
npm run build
# link for cli app
npm link

A CLI tool for interview questions that helps you prepare for technical interviews by providing a curated list of questions to ask interviewers.

• Node.js version 24+
  • --experimental-transform-types needs to be supported.

npm install
npm run build
npm run dev

# Install globally
npm link

# OR single liner
## colored output
npm run build && npm unlink --location=global && npm link --force && aski --priority High --tags people
## no_color
npm run build && npm unlink --location=global && npm link --force && aski --priority High --tags people --no_color

# Show all questions
ask_questions

# Filter by priority (Top, High, Mid, Low, No, unassigned)
ask_questions --priority High

# Filter by tags
ask_questions --tags culture process

# Filter by who (engineer, manager, executive, hr)
ask_questions --who engineer

# Combine filters
ask_questions --priority High --tags culture --who engineer

# Disable colored output
ask_questions --no_color

• Questions are automatically sorted by priority (Top > High > Mid > Low > No > unassigned)
• Color-coded output for better readability
• Filter questions by:
  • Priority
  • Tags (#process, #culture, #people, #technical, #management, #hiring, #issues, #feedback)
  • Who (#engineer, #manager, #executive, #hr)

npm run build
# Output files will be in `/src/cli/dist`

• doctorj/interview-questions
  • A nine year old project on GitLab. CC SA 4.0
• Panick when interviewers ask "Do you have any questions for me?" and then I scramble to make stuff up.
• Past experiences.
• Medium article: Questions To Ask Your Interviewers
  • How do you answer “Do you have questions for me?”

MIT License | LICENSE

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