Wednesday, September 26, 2012

CTO Interview Question Set



Have candidate describe his current role and skills
Describe our position.

Ask candidate these questions:
How do you communicate financial justifications for staffing, hardware, and software?
How do you amortize time spent developing software?
Where is the line of responsibility drawn between technical and business planning?
How do you stay current with technology innovations?
How are the acronyms API and SSO relevant to a web architecture?
What excites you about technology ?
What means do you use to measure the effectiveness of your technology department? How do you communicate that to non-technical cohorts in the c-suite or on a board of directors?
What role does a CTO play in ensuring retention of key engineering assets?
What do you communicate in a technology roadmap and who is the audience?
What is a product roadmap and how does it vary from a technology roadmap? Who is the author of each?