After 6 months of searching, including being jobless after losing my job last month (senior/private) , I'm finally at my first final interview.

It's a client services firm (so PA). I've liked how they've answered the management style questions so far along with culture questions.

What are some final questions I should ask in my last interview? What are some important things to prep for, look for, and/or be careful of in my last chance to gage them and them, me?

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Yes. 3 years tenure and as a staff, 2 years ago. It was a horrible job at first, but I grew to love it and really enjoyed client work.

But I'm at a loss at how to vet a company. I just came out of the most traumatic job I've ever had. Abusive, narcissistic, a bully boss, 4 layoffs, mass exodus...but I'm STILL not sure how best to root out red flags.

I don't even need to remove ALL red flags (nobody's perfect, not me nor the companies), but I also tend to miss or am oblivious to very obvious red flags being waved in front of me too...

I’d just take it and keep looking if something feels off when you start.

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