What are some questions that you wished you asked in the interview process for going in-house?

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What is the formula used to calculate bonuses / raises? Potential for growth? How would you describe the culture of the company? Who decides whether you get a bonus / promotion? If the person you directly report to is not deciding your bonus / salary how do they evaluate your performance? How can you distinguish yourself in the company?
What are the companies plans for expansion in the next year ? 5 years?

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If the role is a backfill, really understanding why the previous person left.

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What’s your turn over like? Are your profitable ? If so how much? Do you give bonuses?

Current firm 5 year start up, not profitable So no bonuses and no equity.

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Equity is what they should be giving away when they don’t have money.

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If we have a once in a century global pandemic, will you lay me off? (Answer was yes 😅😭😂)

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Gotta appreciate the honesty… I guess?

What was the last team activity you did and frequency

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I know this post is older, but why run for the hills if more than annual?

Professional version of “what happened to the last guy with this job?” 😂

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What’s an ex of this??

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Ask how performance evaluations are given. Is there a required bell curve regardless of performance? My company recently started this and to say we’re all angry about this is an understatement. Attorneys are high performers yet the company requires a certain amount of exceeds, meets, and partially performs, which is just complete bullshit for any department, let alone the legal team.

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Forced ranking. It sucks and most large companies require it.

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What is the reputation of the legal department within the company? What is your perspective on use of outside counsel and how much freedom will I have to select/retain/utilize outside counsel? I’m a litigator and employment attorney, so I always ask about settlement authority, settlement philosophy, and whose budget or who has skin in the game. But I’m a control freak so 🤷🏼‍♀️

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