When I’ve been in a position to consider senior candidates, what I look for most: 1. Do they either have a diverse breadth of experience, or a depth that sugge

When I’ve been in a position to consider senior candidates, what I look for most: 1. Do they either have a diverse breadth of experience, or a depth that suggests similar ability to expand their knowledge? 2. Do they communicate effectively about how they think about problems, and how they approach solving them? 3. Do they show sincere interest in the problem space? (This becomes top priority if the problem space is a social good.) 4. Can they reasonably demonstrate that they’re competent? 5. Are they motivated to balance team priorities and quality improvements in a way that benefits both? Specific technologies almost never enter into it for me. I’ve never seen a competent senior engineer both want the job and fail to adapt to its technical details.