[karaterobot]

For this job, I asked all my interviewers (from my immediate manager to the CEO) what direction the company would be taking in the next few years: what are they focusing on at a high level, and what's the roadmap?

Very informative. A lot of people did not have pat answers, and had to search their souls a little bit. I got different answers from everybody, but the same broad themes, and I interpreted that as meaning everybody was on board for the vision, but that there wasn't much top-down direction on how to get there. To me that was a plus, and it turned out to be the case.

It also gave me an idea of what I'd be hired to work on, and what I'd be working on after that. I recommend this question!