{"id":2901,"date":"2018-03-24T08:36:13","date_gmt":"2018-03-24T14:36:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mooreds.com\/wordpress\/?p=2901"},"modified":"2018-03-24T08:37:06","modified_gmt":"2018-03-24T14:37:06","slug":"2901","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mooreds.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2901","title":{"rendered":"Questions to ask interviewers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2902\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mooreds.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/people-3230022_640-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"Person in suit\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/edit.mooreds.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/people-3230022_640-200x300.jpg 200w, http:\/\/edit.mooreds.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/people-3230022_640.jpg 426w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/>I&#8217;ve been doing a fair amount of interviewing lately (looking for work, not hiring) and there&#8217;s always that moment when the interviewer asks &#8220;so, do you have any questions for me&#8221;. Here are some of my favorite questions:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>How long have you been working at company YYY? This helps me understand their perspective on the company. If they are new, they&#8217;ll have fresh eyes. If they have been at the company for years, it&#8217;s interesting to understand why they&#8217;ve stayed. This can also lead to a discussion of turnover.<\/li>\n<li>What is a typical day like for this position? This helps me understand what the company emphasizes. This can also lead to a discussion of the development cycle (weekly releases, etc).<\/li>\n<li>Who are your typical customers? When talking to a company, I always want to know who they sell to. This shows I have an interest in the company beyond just the tech work I&#8217;ll be doing. I want to hear words like &#8220;wide variety of clients&#8221;, &#8220;we find most of our customers by referral&#8221; or &#8220;we&#8217;re focused on niche YYY&#8221;. Of course I can always do research and see how the company markets itself and see if what I am hearing from the interviewer is consistent with how the company presents itself.<\/li>\n<li>What do you do when folks are on the bench (if it is a consulting company)? &#8220;The bench&#8221; is where consultants who aren&#8217;t making money for the company are. What kind of projects are they working on? How often are folks on the bench?<\/li>\n<li>Finally, what is the worst part about working at company YYY? This is the inverse of the &#8220;what is your biggest weakness&#8221; question that is sometimes asked. But every company has its warts. I&#8217;m probably going to find out anyway, but it&#8217;s good to ask and get the interviewer&#8217;s perspective.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>What are your favorite questions to ask interviewers?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve been doing a fair amount of interviewing lately (looking for work, not hiring) and there&#8217;s always that moment when the interviewer asks &#8220;so, do you have any questions for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26,59],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2901","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-jobs","category-lifehack"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mooreds.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2901","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mooreds.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mooreds.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mooreds.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mooreds.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2901"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.mooreds.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2901\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2905,"href":"https:\/\/www.mooreds.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2901\/revisions\/2905"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mooreds.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2901"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mooreds.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2901"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mooreds.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2901"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}