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> Does the company have product-market fit? Interviewee: "Does the company have product-market fit?" Interviewer: "Yes, we own Wholefoods, Ring, the entire in
by itsmemattchung 4y ago
> Does the company have product-market fit?
Interviewee: "Does the company have product-market fit?"
Interviewer: "Yes, we own Wholefoods, Ring, the entire internet cloud ecosystem"
Interviewee: "How much runway does the company have?"
Interviewer: "We have 86.2 billion. Should last us a while"
Interviewee: "What's in store in the future?"
Interviewer: "Take over every market segment"
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Interviewee: "Great, where do I sign?"
- dagw 4y agoInterviewee: "How much runway does the company have?" Interviewer: "We have 86.2 billion. Should last us a while" In these situations you should be focusing on how much support and "runway" the product or department you'll be working on has. The company at large might not go bankrupt, but I've both seen and been involved in situations where a product/project/department went 'bankrupt' and most people involved got fired.
- alistairSH 4y agoWould an interviewing manager even know the answer to that? A VP+ might, but I'm guessing they would be unable/unwilling to share. You could ask questions about how the position and product are related to the core business - should get the same result (it's mission critical vs it's VP's folly) without asking about financial info that nobody can/will share.
- nottorp 4y ago"When will the product I'll be working on be canceled?" is the question then...
- itsmemattchung 4y agoSurely this was meant for Google right? :)
- nottorp 4y agoOh... Amazon owns Ring, not Google. Then it's "how long till stack ranking fires me?" :)
- paywallasinbeer 4y agoNow do Netflix!
- Underphil 4y agoDamn these infernal riddles.