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Oh boy. I just left a position not too long ago where I got caught up in the hype and didn't ask these questions, and I wish I had. I ended up leaving before my first 90 days was up because I could tell my boss and I were just not going to get along.
How does your office celebrate success?
Follow up immediately with, And how does it recover from failure? And pay careful attention to how they transition. Everyone wants to talk about the good parts, but learning from failure is just as important.
How do you motivate your team?
How do you deal with interoffice conflict?
And if you feel like you're making a connection with them, I like to ask, What kind of behavior annoys you in a professional setting?
Thank you, these are great ideas
Oh guuuuurl me too. Let me know if you figure it out 😭 I just want to work with nice people and do good work
1. Can you tell me about a time an employee or team member had a personal crisis and walk me through how the company handled that unexpected emergency and dispersed workload?
2. What is your turnover and retention rates for employees? Average tenure of an employee and specifically for this department?
3. What does the career growth look like for this role and how do you prevent career growth from creating a political or competitive environment?
4. Can you tell me about how the company handled covid, including layoffs and pauses? Was anyone who was dismissed rehired?
5. How immediately are pre planned vacation requests approved? Has there ever been occasions where business needs and approved vacations come into conflict and what has been the process for managing that?
6. What is the process of notification if there is disputes on work quality or perceived performance? Is it a dialogue, documented notifications or another methodology?
7. How do you ensure that employees maintain a healthy worklife balance? Are there any other measures to ensure people stay healthy (mental health days, check in, leadership or group events, HSA benefits and family leave etc)?
8. Can you describe the workplace culture and the traits of ideal individual that would fit into the culture?
9. Has HR ever handled a dispute between management and employees and could you elaborate on how that was dealt with?
10. Is there a continuous process for feedback and improvement of company culture and communications? If so, can you tell me how feedback has translated into action and results?
11. Are their opportunities for continuous growth and learning? How are trainings, continued education and certifications supported (i.e. financially and time off)?
Glassdoor glassdoor glassdoor read every detailed review, not just the score which gets skewed by management reporting themselves.
Cold network with people on LinkedIn to ask about their transparent experience working there in the most genuine way possible explaining what youre trying to avoid and previous experiences.
Best of luck!
Also, the above being said, you never know until you're in it and have worked with these people. The glassdoor cold calling helps a lot, and you can use AI tools like crystal knows to get an insight into their personalities via linkedin.
Just because you ask the questions doesn’t mean you’ll get an honest response.
Don’t use questions, read cons in Glassdoor reviews, and talk to current/former employees via networking.
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Watch out for the word “family”. I think a question about what corporate does outside of work can be telling as well. How much time leadership truly works and plays.
Another might be - what was the general consensus of the last company town hall.
I have been working here in India and trust me, Indian co workers are just so damn toxic, especially the seniors. These things sound like a dream to me 😞 I left 3 jobs already due to terrible co workers and also in my current one, the senior (again a female) is one of the worst co workers I have worked with so far