To be honest, I'd be shocked if someone told me that they didn't ask every person they meet with during an interview how they felt about working there. It's a bread and butter question. Plus, if you're good at reading non-verbal responses, you know that it doesn't matter what the person says, it's how they say it.
These are my standard interview questions: 1. What are the policies for employee motivation? 2. Do you enjoy working for this company? 3. What's the best/worst thing about this company? 4. How do you improve employee skills via training? 5. When was the last time you took a 5, or more, day vacation? 6. What can your company offer me that another one can't? Any response to one of these questions that starts with a blank stare, a 5-second "Ummmm..." or a long, uncomfortable pause is a red flag. One thing that amazes me is how people go into an interview as if the interviewer is doing them a favor by speaking to them. In most cases, it's the other way around. It's your job to determine if that company is best for you - it's their job to ensure you're best for them. I'll also reinforce the avoidance of publicly speaking against a company. Nothing good can come of it. Private message to interested parties is the way to go. Steve Brownlee http://www.fusioncube.net > -----Original Message----- > From: Jeffry Houser [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, February 16, 2007 8:20 PM > To: CF-Jobs-Talk > Subject: Re: Posting Bad Employment or Potential Employment > Experiences > > At my first real job, I 'overheard' portions of the > interview for my replacement. The manager-folk motioned to > the new software on his desk and said "We get the tools you > need." This was of course, the same development tool I had > been trying to get for over 2 years. They bought it a few > days after I gave my two weeks. > > I was fuming at the time and wanted to follow the candidate > out to the parking lot and let him know the real deal. > Obviously that wouldn't have been a good idea. A good friend > and co-worker pulled me aside and told me this. > > Any job situation is 'buyer beware'. It's up to the > interviewee and interviewer to sort out facts from fiction. > They are both going to be putting their best foot forward on > an interview while trying to hide the wrinkles. I think her > words still ring true today. > > As far as commenting on companies that do job postings, I'd > keep my mouth shut, especially publicly. I wouldn't offer > any opinion good nor bad. If a friend or associate asks you > personally about the company, knock yourself out. Be as > candid as your comfortable being. > > I love that interview question, BTW. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Upgrade to Adobe ColdFusion MX7 Experience Flex 2 & MX7 integration & create powerful cross-platform RIAs http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/ Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Jobs-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:3261 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Jobs-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.11
