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Very carefully...;) Personally, I find interviewing a candidate more stressful than being interviewed. Stress doesn't do anything good for me and when I'm unde
by hluska 11y ago
Very carefully...;)
Personally, I find interviewing a candidate more stressful than being interviewed. Stress doesn't do anything good for me and when I'm under stress, I don't always show off who I truly am. Rather, I tend to show off a much more uptight version of myself.
That said, here are some of the strategies that I use to evaluate potential employers.
- When they describe the job, is it full of wishy-washy corporate speak or can they give me an actual sense of what the average Wednesday morning will look like?
- When I email them after the interview, do they reply? How long does it take? How is their written grammar?
- Is it a new position? If yes, how did the position come about? If no, what happened to the last person?
- What happens when I ask questions like, "let's say that I need a $25/month software product to do my job. What will the process of getting that approved look like?" Are they evasive? Does the answer involve getting 74 signatures and an animal sacrifice? What happens if I change the value to $150 a month?
I hope that this helps!
- jschwartzi 11y agoThat last part is a very important question to ask. If 25/month is so much that there's a tightly controlled process around spending it, that's like a code smell for excessive bureaucracy.
- PancakeAH 11y agoI think that last question is really good, sniffing out bureaucracy is something I would focus highly on. As a developer it would be important to me to know what their environment provisioning is like. Maybe something like: - I'm running a proof of concept for something that will exceed the limitations of my local machine. How would I get/walk me through the process of getting virtual space.
- cakes 11y agoThe day-to-day questions (like you suggest about needing a software product) or really some of the better indicators I've gotten because it will tell you a lot AND the interviewer is generally not at all prepared for that.