What are some great “hard” questions to ask in the final stages of an interview? Interviewed with a CEO in charge of 10000+ employees and $250B in spend. Kept asking me “any hard questions for me?”

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Damn that’s a red flag.

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What is the firms strategic vision for the next five years?

What firm wide issues you are struggling to fix today?

Tell me about the worst day you have had as CEO of this firm

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A1 sounds fairly inorganic and weird to me

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This was over the phone. Meeting him for coffee tomorrow.

One thing that has me worried was his comment “working for me is a bit like selling your soul to the devil. I’ll make you very rich if you exceed my expectations."

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Wall Street (1987), Michael Douglas?

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How do you approach culture building?

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Don’t work for the “devil”! If someone describes themselves like that, take them at face value. Always good to make more money, but you deserve to be valued as an employee and as a person.

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“$250B in spend”. Who has $250B? Million sure, but billion?

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OP - there are, what, only 10 companies in the world with that much spend. Your CEO, if he said that, is full of it. Unless one of those

- What is one thing that keeps you awake at night ? (Could be operational or could be something extremely strategic like a merger (which he might not share, but you get the point)

- Why did you choose this role? (Will show his purpose, his vision, his steer)

- If there is one thing you would want changed in 5-5-5 what would that be (5 days-5 months-5 years)?

- Do you feel your industry can be completely obsolete or a complete 180 of what it is today, say in 10 years?

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Where are others who have held my position in the past? What made them successful vs not?

Hopefully helps tease out what “working for the devil” actually means..

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I asked this question and went on a 20 min rant about the 3 folks are now ceo or cfo of subsidiaries. But didn’t go into detail about working for the Devil

Hard question: what do you want said at your funeral, and who will say it?

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What’s the next exiting thing happening in this industry that an outsider doesn’t know about

If you’re interviewing with the CEO, I presume you’ll be under an nda

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Exiting is exciting.

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What, in your opinion, is one factor that can severely impact your company ?

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Ask to talk to someone who reports to them (to get a feel for their management style)

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“How is your relationship to the board? How are you leveraging them?"

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“Where is Malaysia airlines flight 370"

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$250B - lol. I don’t think so.

What are things beyond his control running the firm and how does he envision to handle?

“Whats the hardest substance on earth?”

What metrics do you utilize to understand the health of your business?

OP if he said $250 B to you and was still talking to you, that is reason enough for him to hire you. If not who in the right mind would spend all that valuable time on a nobody.

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