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by drhayes9 3720 days ago
One of my faves to ask my interviewers is, "Given a month of time to work on it, what would you work on in your current product?"

The question is worded such that it's not offensive and doesn't sound like a "trying to find out the bad stuff" kind of question, so it puts people at ease. But it still gives people a chance to talk about the "bad stuff", to air out the things that frustrate them about the job. Those aren't necessarily red flags that prevent people from working at the company, but it's given me a pretty good picture over the years of what the day-to-day is like working on that product.

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I really like this question and I'll be reserving it for future use.