[twayt]

A lot of these questions don’t really matter and are a waste of time.

The only real questions to ask imo are:

1. How is performance/promos determined?

2. How are peoples interpersonal skills in other teams?

In the first question, look out for cues regarding inefficiencies or resentment about the performance process.

In the second one, the interviewer can discuss whether people are cooperative or assholes without being too specific about their own team dynamics.

That’s pretty much all you can expect a random employee in a company to be able to provide accurate information about.

The questions about wfh policy and org structure are best left to the recruiter.

The other questions about learning opportunities, flexibility of roles, working hours and how people get along are just going to be met with drivel about how the company is the best place to work at on all these categories.

[epolanski]

Your questions don't matter as well, I couldn't care less about those. The only real questions that matter are those that matter to you (the applicant).

E.g. I always ask about working hours, their flexibility and make sure the counterparty understands well I don't crunch or overtime unless on rarest occasions. Because those are the things that matter to me.

[twayt]

Like I said, ask your recruiter those questions, not the interviewer. I have interviewed 100s of candidates personally and you can only comment about your own working hours and the flexibility of your team, not the company.

The other questions I stated give you information about more than just the immediate environment of the interviewer.

If those aren’t questions you care about, that’s fine. Though I find it impossible to believe you don’t care about the way your performance is measured or whether you will be working in a hostile environment. If you care more about the flexibility of your working hours than that, more power to you.