Ask HN: How to pick team at my new job?
I just accepted a senior / staff level IC role at one of the smaller public tech companies. There are two teams that are interested in me and I can pick between them. I'm meeting with the hiring managers for both and I'm not even entirely sure what to ask them. Any advice?
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You could try a few relevant questions from reverse interview [1] even though you are past interview stage.
[1] https://github.com/viraptor/reverse-interview
[1] https://github.com/viraptor/reverse-interview
Awesome, thanks!
> I'm meeting with the hiring managers...
1) What are the top 2-3 things we should discuss or that you would most like to learn about me?
2) Challenges: Where is your team struggling?
3) GOALS/VISION: What does success look like?
Any and all info at this stage is relevant.
Broadly, you're looking for clarity/openness/tonality.
Can you live with this guy? Importantly, can you help this guy?
1) What are the top 2-3 things we should discuss or that you would most like to learn about me?
2) Challenges: Where is your team struggling?
3) GOALS/VISION: What does success look like?
Any and all info at this stage is relevant.
Broadly, you're looking for clarity/openness/tonality.
Can you live with this guy? Importantly, can you help this guy?
Ask if you can sit in (stand in?) on the daily standups (if they have those) for each team before you pick.
I like this idea! I think they do them on slack though...but maybe I could read a few days worth to get a feel?
Definitely. Look for signs of the standup being a pure status update. That might give you some hints about the type of management.