1. Efforts to conceal in an interview reveal potential toxic areas. NDA issues aside, this is more about concealing and making things look better than they actually are.
2. Ask "What do you like about working here?". If there's pushback or defensiveness, red flag.
3. Ask "If you were in my position, would you take this job?". Would they gladly take this job, or is there hesitation/defiance/pushback?
4. Ask "What does your organization know and believe about psychological safety?" - This is an institutional question about https://hbr.org/2023/02/what-is-psychological-safety
5. Ask "What are your values and how do you hold people accountable to live them?" (Does the org follow their own guidance, or is it just for show?)
6. Ask "What happens to employees who make mistakes?" - is this a 1 and done? This also pairs with psychological safety.
7. Ask "What happens to employees when they challenge the status quo?" (As an engineer or similar lead technological role, you will be continually pushing tech. How does the company respond to that?)
8. And for you to ask yourself: "Is the interview conversational or scripted?"
9. Was the interview genuine happiness, or faked? Would the people you would work with actually happy what they're doing?
10. How do you feel after the interview? Is there something that felt off? Can you identify it?
2. Ask "What do you like about working here?". If there's pushback or defensiveness, red flag.
3. Ask "If you were in my position, would you take this job?". Would they gladly take this job, or is there hesitation/defiance/pushback?
4. Ask "What does your organization know and believe about psychological safety?" - This is an institutional question about https://hbr.org/2023/02/what-is-psychological-safety
5. Ask "What are your values and how do you hold people accountable to live them?" (Does the org follow their own guidance, or is it just for show?)
6. Ask "What happens to employees who make mistakes?" - is this a 1 and done? This also pairs with psychological safety.
7. Ask "What happens to employees when they challenge the status quo?" (As an engineer or similar lead technological role, you will be continually pushing tech. How does the company respond to that?)
8. And for you to ask yourself: "Is the interview conversational or scripted?"
9. Was the interview genuine happiness, or faked? Would the people you would work with actually happy what they're doing?
10. How do you feel after the interview? Is there something that felt off? Can you identify it?