You don't have to be an expert to get an idea of whether the person in front of you is experienced on a topic ; as long as you remain in the realm of their expe

You don't have to be an expert to get an idea of whether the person in front of you is experienced on a topic ; as long as you remain in the realm of their experience rather than going philosophic/theoritical - Can you tell me about a time when you had an issue delivering things to production quickly? What did you do to optimize? How did you know there was an issue? What alternatives did you consider? - Can you tell me about what you have done in the past to optimize they lead time to production? What strategies did you employ? How did you While you won't be able to tell if what they did was optimal, that can at least tell you if the person in front of you has some concrete experience in the topic, and some depth in their understanding. While that's not perfect, it's certainly better than flying blind