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Maybe we should all ask this question in our interviews so we can avoid these shitty teams that way!

TheCoelacanth 5y ago
Unfortunately, there are too many different ways to be shitty, so while it would filter out a few, a lot of shitty teams wouldn't be detected by that particular question.
- colecut 5y ago
  So you're saying we need more questions
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suzzer99 5y ago
I like to ask if their health insurance covers drug rehab. That goes over well.
France_is_bacon 5y ago
I think that people should ask whatever they want to ask. If the interviewer doesn't like it, then it's not a good fit. For example, I would never agree to an interview if I don't know the pay range. I'm not going to sit through 5 interviews to make $30,000-ish when I am expecting $90,000-ish. I don't want to go to an interview if the company has less than gold level insurance. No way am I going to wait until the last interview to broach the topic, I don't care what is standard. If I apply to a job, I call up the department and say that I am considering applying for the job, but I want to know about x,y, and z first, because I don't want to waste either of our time. If they push back and say that we don't give out that information, then I just say, "I understand. I also don't give away my time, in order to find out after 15 hours of interviewing for your company that you want to pay $40K and I expect $80K. All the travel time, parking, preparation - why do it if there is a complete mismatch of the most basic things? Maybe you can bring this up to management, that your policies are not realistic. Good luck, hope you find a candidate." And then just hang up. Now, I know this wouldn't work in a huge Fortune 1000 company. I work in small- and mid-sized companies where pretty much I can reach decision makers. I don't know what I'd do in a large enterprise company. I guess that is why I would never apply to one in the first place.

Unfortunately, there are too many different ways to be shitty, so while it would filter out a few, a lot of shitty teams wouldn't be detected by that particular question.

colecut 5y ago
So you're saying we need more questions
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suzzer99 5y ago

I like to ask if their health insurance covers drug rehab. That goes over well.

France_is_bacon 5y ago

I think that people should ask whatever they want to ask. If the interviewer doesn't like it, then it's not a good fit. For example, I would never agree to an interview if I don't know the pay range. I'm not going to sit through 5 interviews to make $30,000-ish when I am expecting $90,000-ish. I don't want to go to an interview if the company has less than gold level insurance. No way am I going to wait until the last interview to broach the topic, I don't care what is standard. If I apply to a job, I call up the department and say that I am considering applying for the job, but I want to know about x,y, and z first, because I don't want to waste either of our time. If they push back and say that we don't give out that information, then I just say, "I understand. I also don't give away my time, in order to find out after 15 hours of interviewing for your company that you want to pay $40K and I expect $80K. All the travel time, parking, preparation - why do it if there is a complete mismatch of the most basic things? Maybe you can bring this up to management, that your policies are not realistic. Good luck, hope you find a candidate." And then just hang up. Now, I know this wouldn't work in a huge Fortune 1000 company. I work in small- and mid-sized companies where pretty much I can reach decision makers. I don't know what I'd do in a large enterprise company. I guess that is why I would never apply to one in the first place.