A big collection of useful questions to ask potential employers

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20 points·kiyanwang··5 comments

Asking some of these would be an immediate red flag for the employer, depending on the role.

If you’re applying for a management role then asking about how dealing with employees who are problematic in a conversation about a team that’s had some painful experiences might be OK, but if you were asking that as an IC then it would come across very strangely because the obvious implication is “I am going to be a problem”

Yeah. There are plenty there that would convert a yes to a no. Many of them give the impression of lawyering and make me think the person knows they will routinely act on the margins of acceptable.

Perhaps some are better asked of existing employees or, for some of these questions, researched online.

I’ve worked in companies where problematic behavior was rarely addressed. Surprise surprise — they turned toxic.

It is undeniably an awkward question to ask, but valuable. How to weasel this question into the interview is another matter…

No section about benefits at all? I'm surprised honestly.

I'd want to ask: What are they, if any? Could I instead pocket the money you would have put to health benefits and then make my decisions post-tax? Do you offer Direct Primary Care? What does parental leave look like?

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