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