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Thanks for the insight. Since they're post-pivot and hunting for PMF, I’m trying to gauge the panic vs focus ratio. Does this stage inevitably turn engineering

• codingdave 9mo ago
  You'd need to dig into who is running their product decisions, and try to determine how they are making decisions. But to be honest, that line of questioning would probably make most interviewers defensive to the point that you'll be ending your chances of getting the job. It might be better to dance around such questions. Don't directly challenge their product strategy. Instead, be a little sycophantic, encourage them to talk more, tell you more. Get excited by the features they tell you about, ask questions about how they landed on that feature set, etc. But then pay attention to what they don't say. Pay attention to if they say "we had an idea" vs. "our customers helped us refine" vs. "our founder has a vision". Listen for gaps in their stories, hesitations, anywhere that they get a little nervous. Pauses and rephrasings as they tell their story will also tell you their problem areas. Basically, just keep them talking. Read between the lines. Teams at this stage tend to be really bad at hiding the warts in their organization, if you just give them enough space to let it all out.