How to interview your interviewers | Aline Lerner's Blog
I recently had the utterly terrifying experience of giving a guest lecture to an MIT computer science class on technical communication/public speaking. To my relief, things went quite well, and it was awesome to peel back the curtain a bit and give students a perspective on what actually happens inside companies when they're hiring.
Before my talk, I sent out a survey to see which job-hunt related topics were most interesting, and in addition to the usual stuff about technical interviewing and negotiation, one of the more sought-after topics was how to vet companies during the interview process.
Doing this well is really hard. There's not much time, you don't feel like you have much power, and people tend to respond to your questions with rehearsed platitudes. To make things easier, I've compiled a list of very specific questions you can ask, verbatim. The purpose of these questions is to be really specific/situational so you can quickly get past the platitudes and make shit get real.
Note that:
- It's a good idea to ask some subset of your interviewers the same questions to see how their answers differ… because the devil is in the deltas.
- Don't waste precious time talking about benefits/salary/vacations/process during interviews – you can get those answers later from HR or whatever.
- Bolded questions are ones I particularly enjoy or find non-obvious.
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