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Assuming a multi-person interview process, where who you are interviewing with slowly goes up the ladder, one question I always ask (of each person) is: - If you could snap your fingers and change/improve one thing at the company, what would it be. The responses could be technical, cultural, about management, communication, etc. But this question has never let me down. If I a random distribution of different things, I know that - like any company - there's always going to be different things that people don't like (and that I won't like either). And I'm just asking myself if any of these are not a good fit for my personality. However, if I notice multiple people all identifying the same one or two items, then the higher I get in the food-chain of interviews, I might pivot the question, calling it out: - I've heard multiple times now $PROBLEM, what would it take to address it? The best answers come from mid-level management. They'll usually be very frank about any cultural issues that prevent the problem be solved, but are aware of it. Regardless, the higher up I get, this one question usually has me knowing whether or not this is a place (culturally) that I want to be at. |