I saw a great LinkedIn post yesterday about choosing a boss instead of choosing a job. How do you vet potential bosses during the interview phase, especially now that everything is remote?

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I don’t think it’s a bad take. I’ve done this before. Took a job on a tough client purely because I loved the CD and wanted to learn from him. He’s probably my favorite writer I’ve ever worked with. If you luck out and choose wisely, you could end up with a great mentor. But the truth is, it’s hard to get an accurate sense of bosses until you’re working for them and I think the same can be said about jobs in general to an extent. So just think about the qualities that are important to you in a boss and ask questions that help you get a feel for who they are and how they work. Stalk their portfolios/credits/etc. Ask people who’ve worked for/with them. That’s about all you can do I think.

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What happens if the boss leaves shortly after you start? Can’t choose a job just based on the boss.

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This just happened to me. Sucks. Lost 2 in a month

LinkedIn platitudes, pure fantasy

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pro tip: bosses don’t like feeling they’re being vetted during the interview process.

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I ask about management style, absolutely. I also try to see if we have mutual LinkedIn connections and feel them out.

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Ask who you will be working with, ask them. Before you work here- everyone interviews you. You interview them back. All of us look at the creative output to judge a new place to work- judge the human throughput as well. How long people stay is a good indication.

I posted last week about my new boss who is super toxic and everyone threw a similar quote at me about choosing to stay somewhere (or not) for the boss and not for the company. That makes more sense than choosing a whole new job for the boss and not the company

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