From previous experiences or current interviews; what are red flags that had made you turned down a job offer? TC: 48k YOE: 2 years
I once asked if I could talk to a software engineer at the company I was interviewing at. After a long pause, the CTO said “ya we can get you on the phone with India.” I was going to be their first eng hire in the US, with 0 years of experience. I was out 3 months later when they decided outsourcing was much cheaper than hiring in the US.
An actual red flag in the interview room
The place looks like ghost town :)
This happened to me at Reddit.
Can you elaborate Oracle? Was interested in working at reddit.
Politely ask how many people have quit the team that trying to hire you in the last year. If it’s more than 1-2, there’s probably a good reason. Run away!
Sadly I feel like some managers would lie about this
Yeah too much expectation of honesty here. Same goes for “talking to an engineer on the team”, they will say mostly vaguely positive things (although absence of enthusiasm could I suppose in itself be a pinkish flag).
Company name is called Prudential
😂 yeah run from prudential
Really Uber? Coming out of you is ironic!
How people treat each other and you. Witnessed some fun moment when my interviewer got into a heated discussion with another person over the booking of the meeting room. Noped out
I had an interview where my potential boss asked me if I would "consider this position a step down from my current one." That coupled with their random discussion about my neighborhood made me really consider how I would be treated at the office, and I noped out.
I asked the interviewer what is his most difficult part of his day to day and he told me his team has a issue with fighting with each other. The vibes I got when I walked in the office, it looked like nobody liked working there and hearing him say that just validated my thoughts.
Watch how the interviewer talks about others in the company. Ask them “why do you like working here?” Or “can you tell me about the company culture?” Bad bosses/coworkers would sneak in an insult such as “well this company is nice to work for and collaborative, however you can’t trust people around here!” Or “People have zero common sense.”
As a recruiter I hate tell me about the culture. What do you think they’re going to say? “We work 60 hour weeks, at each others throats, it’s a hell hole...” Bigger companies survey candidates post interview and no one wants to end up named on a survey. Figure out culture by doing due diligence. Better to ask how long at the company, what’s your trajectory been like and what keeps you “here.”
They’re asking about interviewers not recruiters
How the interviewers treated you. Were they paying attention or looking at phone/laptop? Did they guide you in any direction or did they stay silent and let you hang yourself while doing a leetcode hard? If they give you an exploding offer.
Lol exploding offers. That thing is by far the hallmark of a shitty company.
Yep. Last company to give me an exploding offer was chariot. Lul.