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The most important point in this post is this: "an interview is a two-way process".

I am constantly surprised how many people come out of interviews without asking detailed questions about the company, job, culture and work atmosphere.

You have to be more sure that that they will be a good fit for you than you have to be for them. You will be one of many: they will be everything to you, probably for years.

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This is so completely true. The company is being assessed as much as the candidate. Probably anyone who has interviewed candidates has lost one that they really wanted to hire simply because the company 'failed the interview'. I know I have.

Worthwhile candidates tend to have criteria and the self esteem required to ask questions right back at you.

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