Evidence vs "philosophy" is sooo key. Everyone knows the proper or 'right' thing to say in standard interview interactions. Love the idea of behavioral interviewing the employer.
Some other good questions is grill them like you are being grilled! “When was the last time you took over a week of PTO? How do you sustain yourself and your team with conflicting internal and external priorities?” This tells you their demonstrated boundaries and work life balance. Even if they want their team to take time, if they don’t, it says a lot. “What is your ideal tracking and reporting preferences?” Do they prefer vocally in 1:1, do they want a excel sheet they can track anytime, etc.Like you said, make sure you ask for details and examples like you mentioned. Take account of what your values are in a boss and ask questions around that.
Great points, my last job I worked for someone who sang songs about having an open door policy, and then that person fired me for pointing out their contradictions, inefficiencies, problems (and my recommendations on how to resolve them), etc... I said it in the most respectful manner, but they decided they would rather break the local employment regulations (in more ways than one), and fire me. This kind of information would have saved me a good deal of pain had I known about it before joining the company.
Hi Andy, #bootcamper here! this is truly gold and I will use this on my next interviews - both are with the hiring managers. thank you so much for all the guidance that you have been sharing! I really, really appreciate all your content and I am so confident that I am going to get the job that I want.
This is gold! I wish I knew these questions when I had my last interview. Do you have questions like these to also learn about the state of private companies? Or would that be trickier? Seeing so many companies have been doing RIFs, it would be nice to know what to look for in the future.
Hi Andy, thank you for your guidance and this is a very good question. I believe world would be different if we will have better bosses, in any case we never stop to learn from good and not good ones. Thanks!
Hi Andy - your Thursday live office hours show last week was motivating on many levels - thank you. I wanted to ask about how to follow up on boss-hunting messages. Is it useful or counter-productive? And how to go about it?
Another good one is sus into their communications style. Do they make decks or send out follow ups when the team had a lot of downloads or do they only verbally communicate and it’s on you to remember?
Wait, wait, wait so to clarify your in the boss interview, rapport and alignment is great, you move through this progression to elicit evidence-based facts, and the boss DOES proof out collaborative traits, they do take ownership of employee mis-takes, responsibly, what might formula for an evidence based question that let's you know how long they will stay or what would cause them to go etc, does the big boss agree with them in that way of taking that approach and what evidence based examples of their boss's approvals?
Is this a make believe Tarantino movie scenario? no one gets hired if asked who was the last person you fired, why did fire them and did you hire them?
Hello sir, here is my perspective: If an interviewer rejects you as a candidate because you politely ask sincere interest questions, don't get too upset about it. He doesn't appreciate you, is self-insecure, and most likely doesn't have what you're looking for in a boss.
I didn't interpret their questions that way and I know both of them (as I have coached them personally). I think they were just trying to know how to better understand the boss's future behavior. Everyone should want to know this as it's in the top 3 reasons people quit their jobs.
Dear Community!! This is a tricky one but you got this. Make sure you dig when it comes to your potential new boss! 👊👊👊
Evidence vs "philosophy" is sooo key. Everyone knows the proper or 'right' thing to say in standard interview interactions. Love the idea of behavioral interviewing the employer.
Some other good questions is grill them like you are being grilled! “When was the last time you took over a week of PTO? How do you sustain yourself and your team with conflicting internal and external priorities?” This tells you their demonstrated boundaries and work life balance. Even if they want their team to take time, if they don’t, it says a lot. “What is your ideal tracking and reporting preferences?” Do they prefer vocally in 1:1, do they want a excel sheet they can track anytime, etc.Like you said, make sure you ask for details and examples like you mentioned. Take account of what your values are in a boss and ask questions around that.
Great points, my last job I worked for someone who sang songs about having an open door policy, and then that person fired me for pointing out their contradictions, inefficiencies, problems (and my recommendations on how to resolve them), etc... I said it in the most respectful manner, but they decided they would rather break the local employment regulations (in more ways than one), and fire me. This kind of information would have saved me a good deal of pain had I known about it before joining the company.
Hi Andy, #bootcamper here! this is truly gold and I will use this on my next interviews - both are with the hiring managers. thank you so much for all the guidance that you have been sharing! I really, really appreciate all your content and I am so confident that I am going to get the job that I want.
This is gold! I wish I knew these questions when I had my last interview. Do you have questions like these to also learn about the state of private companies? Or would that be trickier? Seeing so many companies have been doing RIFs, it would be nice to know what to look for in the future.
Yes, privately owned companies are where I live.
Ask them for any company, municipality, govt, etc. etc
Amen. I have been criminally assaulted by supervisors / owners in three different industries.
OUCH! Hang in there!
Hi Andy, thank you for your guidance and this is a very good question. I believe world would be different if we will have better bosses, in any case we never stop to learn from good and not good ones. Thanks!
You're welcome and I do too Pablo!!
Great, great. Watched this 4 times.
good stuff!
Glad you liked it!
Hi Andy - your Thursday live office hours show last week was motivating on many levels - thank you. I wanted to ask about how to follow up on boss-hunting messages. Is it useful or counter-productive? And how to go about it?
Another good one is sus into their communications style. Do they make decks or send out follow ups when the team had a lot of downloads or do they only verbally communicate and it’s on you to remember?
Good one!
Wait, wait, wait so to clarify your in the boss interview, rapport and alignment is great, you move through this progression to elicit evidence-based facts, and the boss DOES proof out collaborative traits, they do take ownership of employee mis-takes, responsibly, what might formula for an evidence based question that let's you know how long they will stay or what would cause them to go etc, does the big boss agree with them in that way of taking that approach and what evidence based examples of their boss's approvals?
Is this a make believe Tarantino movie scenario? no one gets hired if asked who was the last person you fired, why did fire them and did you hire them?
Hi Andy - These are great questions to ask interviewers/boss, however, would that make them sweat and potentially decide to reject the candidate?
Hello sir, here is my perspective: If an interviewer rejects you as a candidate because you politely ask sincere interest questions, don't get too upset about it. He doesn't appreciate you, is self-insecure, and most likely doesn't have what you're looking for in a boss.
These ladies need to work for themselves. No boss will meet their expectations. Bosses are only human and will never fail to disappoint.
I didn't interpret their questions that way and I know both of them (as I have coached them personally). I think they were just trying to know how to better understand the boss's future behavior. Everyone should want to know this as it's in the top 3 reasons people quit their jobs.
Just when they think they have all the answers, you change the question.
This is definitely great stuff, but don’t be surprised when you don’t get the job after doing this 😂
😂 how you say what you say is just as important as what you say. Ask nicely!