I'm figuring out if we're both right for each other. For example, if they voice some problems with their current/previous employment conditions or workplace and

I'm figuring out if we're both right for each other. For example, if they voice some problems with their current/previous employment conditions or workplace and we have the same problems, asking this question helps me tell them right there and then that we also do have these problems and shortcomings and what we specifically are doing to address them, or not, and why. I also want to know what they're looking forward to, what they like, what they want to do to tell them if they will find it with us, or not, or not right now but it's on the roadmap, or not at all, and why. It enables me to give them a better picture of what the work and environment are, to be completely transparent about our shortcomings so they don't feel tricked because something was important to them but I didn't consider it that important or have even thought of it. It also enables me to learn: maybe we're doing something that irks people, maybe we're doing something good; they're not working at the company yet and they can go on about things that drove them nuts or hindered their work or well-being. It is a scenario where I will be responsible for these people, their growth, their livelihoods, their well-being, and I don't want to fuck it up because I didn't get or give enough information. As of today, someone we're hiring and I had an interview. They'll be relocating to another country and I wanted to make sure that the payment situation is figured-out before they go abroad, so they don't get stranded without means just because we overlooked some detail (someone from the company talked with the bank, and our accounting firm while the person was interviewing with us, and we had a call with the accounting firm to know what the options were. We want things to go smoothly, and want our people to have the best work environment we can provide). They asked if we're willing to pay for coworking space, we had never done it, I asked how much, then agreed to it. We're a tiny, learning organization, and one of the things we did in 2019 was push for remote work because our colleagues were spending up to 6 hours per day in commute, which is just insane. One of the main reasons we built our platform is precisely to enable people to work on ML products from anywhere, and we experimented systematically because "some day, we'll be forced to do that and we'll have to hire someone working in another country so we might as well learn the lessons when the stakes are low, right now". I push them to ask all kinds of questions about everything: compensation, equity, product, strategy, what everyone's role is, risk, revenue, customers, clients, stack, how we conduct meetings, how we build product, what the work will be, what parts of the things they didn't like in their previous employer are present in our company, anything goes. I want them to have as faithful a picture as possible giving them all the information so they make better decisions.