Questions that you could ask HR/interviewer to help you make decision before joining.
At the time of joining, the HR/interviewer portrays the company like it is match made in Heaven, but sometimes reality is far from it. I have had my experiences, atleast you should be aware of what you are getting into. Ask these questions to find potential red flags 🚩 before making a decision.
| S.No. | Question |
|---|---|
| 1 | What is the typical career path for someone in this role? How does the company measure success in this role ? |
| 2 | Do you have a dev, test and prod environment and how do you currently use them? Do you have run books and do you create documentation for your applications? If so, which documents and how are they kept current? |
| 3 | Describe some projects you’ve completed recently. How long did it take you to do them? What was your pace? How was stakeholder input handled? (Hint: Try to see if anyone has what it takes to push back on ridiculous stakeholder demands and slow the pace down) |
| 4 | What is Leave policy in organisation on monthly or yearly basis? How many leaves are credited in a month? How many are carryforward to next year if unused? |
| 5 | What are the extra benefits that I will get apart from mentioned in offer letter? Do you provide cab facility? |
| 6 | Do you provide professional development opportunities? Do you help half or whole financially for IT events and certifications? |
| 7 | Can you walk me through a typical day? Can you describe the culture of the company? |
| 8 | What's your favorite part of working here? What's your least favorite part of working here? |
| 9 | What percentage of your employees work more than a 40-hour week on average? |
| 10 | If I were to call an employee out for saying or doing something harmful or exclusionary, what would your response be and how would you participate in discussions? |
| 11 | What’s the average length of employment here? or What’s your department’s annual staff attrition rate? |
| 12 | What employee recognition programs do you have in place? What was the last big achievement(of an employee) that was celebrated? |
| 13 | How is appraisal process here and how it is evaluated (How frequent performance is evaluated)? |
| 14 | What is in-hand salary that will get from gross CTC? |
| 15 | How is the company doing financially and if they can provide some numbers regarding it? Were there any major setbacks that they face recently(tech or non-tech)? What is the biggest challenge the company has faced in the past year? |
| 16 | If start-up, then how company get the fund or sponsorship? |
| 17 | Do you have a higher turnover rate for minorities in the company as a whole, and in the department specifically? |
| 18 | What are the policies for relocation? Do you provide relocation allowance? |
| 19 | Is Work from home policy in place? if yes what are its norms |
| 20 | Is there any legal bonds regarding the job and if yes what are their norms and policies (Make sure to ask that)? |
| 21 | How often you go on vacations? Where was your last trip? When was it? |
| 22 | In which sectors is the company thinking to expand in the future? |
| 23 | What are some of the rapid innovation technologies that your company would adopt in case of some risky situations? |
| 24 | Before hiring someone new do you check if someone internal meets the job profile? (Are internal employees promoted?) |
| 25 | Do you hire by rubric, by gut feeling or a blend of these? |
| 26 | If there is downtime during work hours, what are the expectations? (aka: can I read and study for a cert during work hours if there's nothing to do?) |
| 27 | Who will I be working most closely with? |
| 28 | What do you see as the most challenging aspect of this job? |
| 29 | What is your company’s customer service philosophy? |
| 30 | While building a new product(if it's a product-based company), you may need many small integrations. Would you prefer looking into the market or build something of your own internally? |
| 31 | In which technology I will work if I get selected? |
| 32 | Name of the client I am gonna work with?(if you are joining a service based company) |
| 33 | Can you please tell about the medical insurance policy in place for the company |
| 34 | How easily the upper management is approachable for suggestion or queries? |
| 35 | Do you work agile or follow any other process framework? |
| 36 | Does your organisation provide on-site opportunity? If yes, What are the criteria to get the opportunity? |
| 37 | Describe the team dynamics and working relationships? How big are the teams? |
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