Job interview questions engineers should ask, but don't

Re:Job interview questions engineers should ask, but don't by itsmemattchung on Tuesday June 28, 2022 @10:02AM (#31907786)

> Does the company have product-market fit?

Interviewee: "Does the company have product-market fit?"

Interviewer: "Yes, we own Wholefoods, Ring, the entire internet cloud ecosystem"

Interviewee: "How much runway does the company have?"

Interviewer: "We have 86.2 billion. Should last us a while"

Interviewee: "What's in store in the future?"

Interviewer: "Take over every market segment" ... Interviewee: "Great, where do I sign?"

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Re:Job interview questions engineers should ask, but don't by dagw on Tuesday June 28, 2022 @10:13AM (#31907933)

Interviewee: "How much runway does the company have?"

Interviewer: "We have 86.2 billion. Should last us a while"

In these situations you should be focusing on how much support and "runway" the product or department you'll be working on has. The company at large might not go bankrupt, but I've both seen and been involved in situations where a product/project/department went 'bankrupt' and most people involved got fired.

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Re:Job interview questions engineers should ask, but don't by alistairSH on Tuesday June 28, 2022 @02:19PM (#31911130)

Would an interviewing manager even know the answer to that? A VP+ might, but I'm guessing they would be unable/unwilling to share.

You could ask questions about how the position and product are related to the core business - should get the same result (it's mission critical vs it's VP's folly) without asking about financial info that nobody can/will share.

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Re:Job interview questions engineers should ask, but don't by nottorp on Tuesday June 28, 2022 @11:46AM (#31909229)

"When will the product I'll be working on be canceled?" is the question then...

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Re:Job interview questions engineers should ask, but don't by itsmemattchung on Tuesday June 28, 2022 @12:24PM (#31909743)

Surely this was meant for Google right? :)

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Re:Job interview questions engineers should ask, but don't by nottorp on Tuesday June 28, 2022 @12:26PM (#31909763)

Oh... Amazon owns Ring, not Google. Then it's "how long till stack ranking fires me?" :)

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Re:Job interview questions engineers should ask, but don't by Underphil on Tuesday June 28, 2022 @08:41PM (#31915055)

Damn these infernal riddles.

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Re:Job interview questions engineers should ask, but don't by paywallasinbeer on Tuesday June 28, 2022 @11:49AM (#31909254)

Now do Netflix!

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