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Cicero posted:What sort of questions do you feel are good for figuring this out? I mean if you ask them, "How do you like working here?", the response basically always amounts to, "Oh it's awesome in seven different ways". How do you get a real feel for what the company is like? tef has some good ones I start basic and make sure they know what they're doing to some degree: 1. What type of source control do you use. If they have none that's a major red flag. If they have something that's remarkably outdated like Visual Source Safe that's a red flag as well. 2. How big is the team I'll be working in? Who will I be reporting to? 3. What's the general process you guys go through to go from conception to something that a customer is using? Really depends on the shop but it can give a pretty good perspective on whether they are messed up or not. 4. What's your turnover like? 5. Do you guys do any outsourcing? How does that fit into your development process? 6. Depending on the gig I usually ask questions regarding their server architecture. 7. What would my role be a year from now? 8. What's a typical work day like for you? What would my typical work day be like? Really I just need enough information to gauge what it's like there and whether they're spending a lot of their time putting out fires or whether the culture is soul crushing. And yeah, if they use the term "Rockstar" developer, run. Things are probably terrible there and they need a messiah to pull their poo poo together. You probably don't want to be the underpaid bastard that has to do that.
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HondaCivet posted:I guess this is more of a general question but is it generally a waste of time to put your resume in with companies that don't currently have any positions open that you fit into? I'm starting a new job in a week and the only reason it happened is because I applied for a gig I was mildly unqualified for. They ended up basically building out a position that fit me pretty well because they liked me during the phone interviews I had.
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