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> then ask painfully, acutely relevant questions about the company's financials, their development process, their technical debt, and their competition. Is it
by aianus 10y ago
> then ask painfully, acutely relevant questions about the company's financials, their development process, their technical debt, and their competition.
Is it rude to do that in an interview? How am I supposed to decide if I want to work for a company without some insight into those things?
- odbol_ 10y agoExactly. If you're interviewing for a startup and you don't know what funding round they're on or how much runway they have, you're setting yourself up to get screwed.
- fma 10y agoIf those are rude questions then I don't want to work there - not in this economy. We need to be picky who we work for so that company culture is favorable for employees. If we start working for whoever just cuts a paycheck then we become just another cog in the machine.
- logfromblammo 10y agoYou can ask any question in a politer way and in a ruder way. Compare. A: What does your competition look like in this space? B: What's your plan for overcoming Company Y's huge lead in market share? A: Tell me about your development process. B: So what percentage of your process overhead is cargo cult edicts from upper management? A: How much runway do you have? How long before profitability? B: When the current owners look for their exit, how screwed will I be? A: How do you deal with technical debt? B: Show me the worst code in your repo.