This is interesting to me because at some point this year, I will need to start doing straight hiring for my own early stage startup. And I can tell you right n

This is interesting to me because at some point this year, I will need to start doing straight hiring for my own early stage startup. And I can tell you right now that if you ask questions that express an understanding of how startups actually work and legitimate concern about the health of the business, I'm going to be far more inclined to hire you. I'm looking for people who are not only technically sound, but are culturally prepared for working at an early stage startup. I find myself doing informal, unannounced "technical interview" with just about every interesting techie I meet these days. Most simply aren't good enough to be interesting very long. :(