Any advice on questions to ask the interviewer at the end of the interview?

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I usually ask how the firm is responding to some recent trend. As someone who does the interviews at my own firm, I get pretty sick of talking about what I like about the firm, my background, etc.

I don't blame the people I interview for asking these questions, it's totally normal and I know a lot of people have been fed the idea that people love to talk about themselves and so that's what they should ask about. But I would really enjoy actually getting to talk about the cool stuff going on in my space and how we're thinking about addressing it. It doesn't have to be something super specific either-- something as simple as, "how are you thinking about automation in your projects?" would go a long way. Just my two cents though.

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@bain1 That's totally reasonable. I know when I'm the last interview in someone's day. I've had a few people before tell me that their prior interviews had answered all their questions. Never had a problem with it, I get that you're tired and frankly saving time is good for me as well

What does success look like in this role? What are my benchmarks?

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