You can ask any question in a politer way and in a ruder way. Compare. A: What does your competition look like in this space? B: What's your plan for over

You can ask any question in a politer way and in a ruder way. Compare. A: What does your competition look like in this space? B: What's your plan for overcoming Company Y's huge lead in market share? A: Tell me about your development process. B: So what percentage of your process overhead is cargo cult edicts from upper management? A: How much runway do you have? How long before profitability? B: When the current owners look for their exit, how screwed will I be? A: How do you deal with technical debt? B: Show me the worst code in your repo.