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NickLarsen | 10 years ago

The last 10 minutes where you ask questions is a bad time to waste asking someone to judge your 3 year plan when they just met you. Most of these questions are better asked when you fail an interview and request feedback as to why.

I specifically state when I perform interviews that I will not answer the question "How well would you say I did in this interview?" The interview isn't over yet, and that's impossible to answer.

You should really spend this time to see how much you would want to work at the company. Ask about their processes, the things that would absolutely turn you off to a company or the things that would absolutely turn you on to a company and make you forget about all their other bullshit. Ask about the problems they are trying to solve. Ask about how smart the other people are who you'll be working with.

Don't waste time in the interview checking if you passed. You'll know very soon anyway and there is always the chance to get this feedback afterward.

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scott_karana|10 years ago

> Don't waste time in the interview checking if you passed. You'll know very soon anyway and there is always the chance to get this feedback afterward.

I think that would be a mistake. If the interviewer isn't able to answer those questions satisfactorily, it might be a sign that the hiree isn't a good fit. Nobody wants to change jobs to something that doesn't work out.