Ask HN: How to pick team at my new job?

Posted by senordevnyc on Monday December 16, 2019 @07:35PM
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I just accepted a senior / staff level IC role at one of the smaller public tech companies. There are two teams that are interested in me and I can pick between them. I'm meeting with the hiring managers for both and I'm not even entirely sure what to ask them. Any advice?

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Re:Ask HN: How to pick team at my new job? by deepaksurti on Monday December 16, 2019 @08:42PM (#21809678)

You could try a few relevant questions from reverse interview [1] even though you are past interview stage.

[1] https://github.com/viraptor/reverse-interview

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Re:Ask HN: How to pick team at my new job? by senordevnyc on Monday December 16, 2019 @08:44PM (#21809691)

Awesome, thanks!

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Re:Ask HN: How to pick team at my new job? by JSeymourATL on Tuesday December 17, 2019 @01:36PM (#21816938)

> I'm meeting with the hiring managers...

1) What are the top 2-3 things we should discuss or that you would most like to learn about me?

2) Challenges: Where is your team struggling?

3) GOALS/VISION: What does success look like?

Any and all info at this stage is relevant.

Broadly, you're looking for clarity/openness/tonality.

Can you live with this guy? Importantly, can you help this guy?

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Re:Ask HN: How to pick team at my new job? by bingotips on Monday December 16, 2019 @07:43PM (#21809319)

Ask if you can sit in (stand in?) on the daily standups (if they have those) for each team before you pick.

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Re:Ask HN: How to pick team at my new job? by senordevnyc on Monday December 16, 2019 @07:45PM (#21809340)

I like this idea! I think they do them on slack though...but maybe I could read a few days worth to get a feel?

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Re:Ask HN: How to pick team at my new job? by gtirloni on Tuesday December 17, 2019 @08:18AM (#21813128)

Definitely. Look for signs of the standup being a pure status update. That might give you some hints about the type of management.

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