Questions to ask a company during a job interview

Re:Questions to ask a company during a job interview by Beldur on Monday September 09, 2019 @10:45AM (#20918655)

In my experience it's important to not ask "easy" questions that can be answered by a simple yes/no.

Instead of: Are you friendly to remote work? Ask: Will I be working with anyone who is remote, or who works from home on a regular basis?

Instead of: Is the work life balance good? Ask: How responsive are people to emails/Slack over the weekends and after 6pm?

Instead of: Can I have a good career path? Ask: Did any of your senior engineers start out as junior engineers here?

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Re:Questions to ask a company during a job interview by rhizome on Monday September 09, 2019 @01:27PM (#20920228)

I've never asked it yet, but I've been thinking along these lines, and for the last one I think a good construction is "Do you work with anybody who was hired under a different title than they have now?"

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Re:Questions to ask a company during a job interview by kempbellt on Monday September 09, 2019 @03:12PM (#20921285)

I like this method of inquiry. You would probably make a good investigator.

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Re:Questions to ask a company during a job interview by ram_rar on Monday September 09, 2019 @03:34PM (#20921549)

I love this method of inquiry. Feels like you're genuinely probing into the company at the same time getting answers to your questions.

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Re:Questions to ask a company during a job interview by nsilvestri on Monday September 09, 2019 @04:27PM (#20922082)

I disagree with the career path question. Rising within the company does not necessarily mean that the same skills are effective at other companies.

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