I really like this article. I've been learning to interviewing potential hires. One of the questions I ask is, "Do you have any questions for us?" The question

I really like this article. I've been learning to interviewing potential hires. One of the questions I ask is, "Do you have any questions for us?" The questions can tell a lot about the prospective hire. Turn this around: "What is your onboarding process?" is a great question from prospective hires. This past year, having taken a number of short-term contracts at small teams, I've learned the hard way how to survive getting thrown into the deep end. You have to get really aggressive about communication, especially on a remote team. A lot of expectations can get lost. It's possible to survive and thrive without a good on-boarding process, but you have to step up and assume that responsibility yourself. This isn't everyone's thing, and often feels like straying into rude, invasive behavior -- and from the startup's perspective, you lose a lot of great people too -- so asking this question will give the prospective hire an idea of whether they are getting set up for failure. Even an honest answer from the potential employer, "We don't have one, we are very busy and everything is really chaotic here" will tell you a lot about expectations (for both parties) within the first couple weeks of starting work. And obviously, if the potential employer gives some BS in lieu of a straight answer, why waste time joining?