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Smaller companies are more culturally homogeneous. With smaller companies, managers are usually a reflection of the company's cultural values. If you accept th

by Msw242 5y ago

Smaller companies are more culturally homogeneous. With smaller companies, managers are usually a reflection of the company's cultural values. If you accept the above as true, then you can start to reach out to team members at the company and ask them what the work environment is like. If the work environment lines up with your values, then you'll probably be fine, even when the hiring manager moves on to greener pastures.

dominotw 5y ago
> ask them what the work environment is like. I've been asked this when i interviewed ppl but i never gave them the truth and I've never gotten any honest truth when i was on the other side also.
- giantg2 5y ago
  I find there's generally a hidden truth in how they answer it, but not in the answer itself. Stuff like hesitation, over the top praise, indirect answers, etc. If it sounds like they're telling me what I want to hear (or sounds like a sales pitch), then the BS meter starts clicking.
- Msw242 5y ago
  Reach out to people who aren't interviewing you People in the interview are under scrutiny and don't want to be responsible for driving away candidates
  - wildmanx 5y ago
    Anybody you reach out to, no matter hiring responsibility or not, has the interest of getting good people into the company, irrespective of how happy they themselves are at the workplace. Really good people are hard to come by in this market (need to be not just smart but also easy to work with, communicate etc), so you better don't express dissatisfaction, otherwise they go to a competitor. It's really hard to get honest opinions before accepting an offer. You have mostly gut feeling to go by, maybe join a team for a coffee break, this kind of thing. A direct question "what do you like least about your job?" could work too (it's kinda "what's your biggest weakness?" in reverse), but often times that's also just used to upsell or BS you, e.g. "the food here is too good, I'm getting fat". But you can try to read between the lines of course.
    - Msw242 5y ago
      This doesn't match my experience, but your mileage might vary

by Msw242 5y ago

dominotw 5y ago

> ask them what the work environment is like. I've been asked this when i interviewed ppl but i never gave them the truth and I've never gotten any honest truth when i was on the other side also.

giantg2 5y ago
I find there's generally a hidden truth in how they answer it, but not in the answer itself. Stuff like hesitation, over the top praise, indirect answers, etc. If it sounds like they're telling me what I want to hear (or sounds like a sales pitch), then the BS meter starts clicking.
Msw242 5y ago
Reach out to people who aren't interviewing you People in the interview are under scrutiny and don't want to be responsible for driving away candidates
- wildmanx 5y ago
  Anybody you reach out to, no matter hiring responsibility or not, has the interest of getting good people into the company, irrespective of how happy they themselves are at the workplace. Really good people are hard to come by in this market (need to be not just smart but also easy to work with, communicate etc), so you better don't express dissatisfaction, otherwise they go to a competitor. It's really hard to get honest opinions before accepting an offer. You have mostly gut feeling to go by, maybe join a team for a coffee break, this kind of thing. A direct question "what do you like least about your job?" could work too (it's kinda "what's your biggest weakness?" in reverse), but often times that's also just used to upsell or BS you, e.g. "the food here is too good, I'm getting fat". But you can try to read between the lines of course.
  - Msw242 5y ago
    This doesn't match my experience, but your mileage might vary