How Do You Judge Intangible Things?

"How do you judge those intangible things? Because well, I mean, clearly you should ask about the four things you mentioned," he says. "No one, if someone is offended by you asking that, you don't want to work there." Developers are often pretty uncomfortable talking about these topics,. But usually the person you're asking is this is their bread and butter. They deal with these things every day.