1.

If you had to start your own business right now, what type of business would you
start? Why?

2. What was the best piece of professional advice you’ve ever received? How did it help
you?

3. Is your career the career you thought you’d have when you were in secondary school? What
other careers did you consider?

4. What’s the biggest challenge you’re facing right now? How are you responding to this
challenge?

5. Are people in your industry accurately portrayed in movies and TV shows? Explain.

6. Do you think it’s important for secondary school students to work part-time jobs or do you
think students should concentrate 100% on their studies? Explain. Not allowed in Germany.

7. What’s the best decision you’ve ever made in your professional life? The worst?

8. Do you have a rubber duck?

9. How do you find and fix mistakes in your code?

10. If you could create a robot to do any task for you, what would it be and why?

11. Imagine you could swap jobs for a day with someone in a completely different field. Who
would it be and what do you think you'd learn? And you would have all the necessary skills
and knowledge for that job too!

12. Can you see yourself working here in the next 10 or 20 years? Would you want to or would
you want to change?

13. What’s a typical day at Erdmaan for you? Walk me through what you do from the moment
you get here and until when you leave?

14. What is the greatest thing about being a software engineer?