This is one of the more straightforward .NET interview questions you can ask. Most web developers will at least be familiar with alternative frameworks such as Laravel and should be able to discuss some of the differences between those platforms and .NET. This conversation will allow you to dig down and discover where candidates’ interests lie and how they view the role of .NET developer. For example, they may focus on:

☛ Languages (e.g. C# support in .NET versus Laravel’s support for PHP)

☛ Security

☛ Processing overheads

☛ .NET’s integration with Visual Studio

☛ Third-party libraries

☛ Open-source community support