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Re:Questions to ask a company during a job interview by grogenaut on Monday September 09, 2019 @12:31PM (#20919661)
Asking these questions a lot in interviews to candidates most people lie by either talking in generalities, or back off and are honest like "were going through that now" both give you an answer. I have not asked this directly in an interview but my normal tactic is to have lunch with the engineers and no manager which gets you lots of examples.
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Re:Questions to ask a company during a job interview by ChuckNorris89 on Monday September 09, 2019 @03:59PM (#20921818)
How do you get to have lunch with the engineers before joining the company?
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Re:Questions to ask a company during a job interview by ticmasta on Monday September 09, 2019 @04:37PM (#20922198)
We often (twice in the past 3-4 months) sent desirable prospective hires for coffee with a current employee to allay some of their fears. Both accepted jobs shortly after this, and likey would not have if we didn't give them relatively "unfettered" access to the real deal.
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Re:Questions to ask a company during a job interview by astura on Monday September 09, 2019 @11:20PM (#20924778)
Sometimes sending the interviewee to lunch with potential co-workers is an optional part of the interview. I've been on many such lunches (mostly as a potential co-worker, only once as an interviewee)

Obviously, it's up to management if they want this to be a part of the interview.

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Re:Questions to ask a company during a job interview by grogenaut on Tuesday September 10, 2019 @04:08PM (#20933071)
definitely is but I've found that if the manager wants the hire (esp post the company deciding to move forward with an offer), then you have leverage and this is a very sane ask.
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Re:Questions to ask a company during a job interview by grogenaut on Tuesday September 10, 2019 @04:07PM (#20933060)
you tell the hiring manager that you want to do that and make it part of the hire. If you're in town you do it a separate day.
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