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Ask HN: How to pick team at my new job?
I just accepted a senior / staff level IC role at one of the smaller public tech companies. There are two teams that are interested in me and I can pick between them. I'm meeting with the hiring managers for both and I'm not even entirely sure what to ask them. Any advice?
- bingotips 7y agoAsk if you can sit in (stand in?) on the daily standups (if they have those) for each team before you pick.
- senordevnyc 7y agoI like this idea! I think they do them on slack though...but maybe I could read a few days worth to get a feel?
- gtirloni 7y agoDefinitely. Look for signs of the standup being a pure status update. That might give you some hints about the type of management.
- deepaksurti 7y agoYou could try a few relevant questions from reverse interview [1] even though you are past interview stage. [1] https://github.com/viraptor/reverse-interview https://github.com/viraptor/reverse-interview
- senordevnyc 7y agoAwesome, thanks!
- JSeymourATL 7y ago> I'm meeting with the hiring managers... 1) What are the top 2-3 things we should discuss or that you would most like to learn about me? 2) Challenges: Where is your team struggling? 3) GOALS/VISION: What does success look like? Any and all info at this stage is relevant. Broadly, you're looking for clarity/openness/tonality. Can you live with this guy? Importantly, can you help this guy?
- FruityFarm 7y agoMeet the engineering managers as well to see if you like them.