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What happened to the person that had this job before me? It doesn't apply to all positions, but I've asked that a couple of times. When I've asked, it usually
by ja27 16y ago
What happened to the person that had this job before me?
It doesn't apply to all positions, but I've asked that a couple of times. When I've asked, it usually flusters the interviewer and they can't give a good answer. That's a bad sign. If it's a quick "his wife took a new job in <city> and he needed to move," that's batter. Today with LinkedIn, there's a good chance that you can find that person and ask them directly.
- schwonder 16y agoWhen I interviewed in Microsoft I asked this question. The person who interviewed me honestly said that he was interviewing a replacement for himself: he was leaving because he hated it there. So yeah, go ahead and ask! You may get surprisingly honest answer :)