The Big Three Interview Questions, AI Code Quality Reality Check, and When Standardization Actually Matters

Published on 09.03.2026

AI & AGENTS

The Big Three Behavioral Interview Questions, AI Code Quality, and the Standardization Trap

TLDR: This edition of Refactoring covers three topics: the three behavioral interview questions you will almost certainly face, why AI might actually raise code quality rather than destroy it, and a former CTO's hard-won lessons about when to standardize and when to stay flexible.

The big three questions, AI code quality, and standardization