Comments on: Important questions for your prospective employer http://www.ytechie.com/2008/09/important-questions-for-your-prospective-employer.html Productive software development using ASP.NET, C#, Adobe Flex, and other technologies and tools. Fri, 03 Feb 2012 08:52:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Rincon http://www.ytechie.com/2008/09/important-questions-for-your-prospective-employer.html/comment-page-1#comment-1923 Rincon Tue, 10 Jan 2012 14:40:21 +0000 http://www.ytechie.com/2008/09/important-questions-for-your-prospective-employer.html#comment-1923 @Mark: If the interviewer refuses to answer the questions or provides evasive answers, especially to the objective questions regarding tool, process and environment, then that tells you right there that they most probably have something to hide. *Good* employers will have no qualms in giving you an honest answer to any of these questions. @Mark:

If the interviewer refuses to answer the questions or provides evasive answers, especially to the objective questions regarding tool, process and environment, then that tells you right there that they most probably have something to hide.

*Good* employers will have no qualms in giving you an honest answer to any of these questions.

]]> By: borah bby http://www.ytechie.com/2008/09/important-questions-for-your-prospective-employer.html/comment-page-1#comment-1701 borah bby Fri, 05 Mar 2010 19:03:02 +0000 http://www.ytechie.com/2008/09/important-questions-for-your-prospective-employer.html#comment-1701 do you guys really ask theese questionns i mean i just would like to know do you guys really ask theese questionns i mean i just would like to know

]]> By: Tagz | "Important questions for your prospective employer" | Comments http://www.ytechie.com/2008/09/important-questions-for-your-prospective-employer.html/comment-page-1#comment-1450 Tagz | "Important questions for your prospective employer" | Comments Sat, 16 May 2009 16:58:55 +0000 http://www.ytechie.com/2008/09/important-questions-for-your-prospective-employer.html#comment-1450 [...] [upmod] [downmod] Important questions for your prospective employer (www.ytechie.com) 1 points posted 7 months, 3 weeks ago by SixSixSix tags development imported [...] [...] [upmod] [downmod] Important questions for your prospective employer (www.ytechie.com) 1 points posted 7 months, 3 weeks ago by SixSixSix tags development imported [...]

]]> By: Test de Joel, autoevaluación | Climens Codelog http://www.ytechie.com/2008/09/important-questions-for-your-prospective-employer.html/comment-page-1#comment-698 Test de Joel, autoevaluación | Climens Codelog Thu, 25 Sep 2008 11:50:12 +0000 http://www.ytechie.com/2008/09/important-questions-for-your-prospective-employer.html#comment-698 [...] otro día llegué a un interesante post sobre qué preguntarle a nuestro futuro empleador en una entrevista. Después de leerlo me di cuenta de que si en una entrevista llego a preguntar todo eso y encima [...] [...] otro día llegué a un interesante post sobre qué preguntarle a nuestro futuro empleador en una entrevista. Después de leerlo me di cuenta de que si en una entrevista llego a preguntar todo eso y encima [...]

]]> By: Mark http://www.ytechie.com/2008/09/important-questions-for-your-prospective-employer.html/comment-page-1#comment-697 Mark Thu, 25 Sep 2008 09:32:12 +0000 http://www.ytechie.com/2008/09/important-questions-for-your-prospective-employer.html#comment-697 What if the interviwer doesnt answer all the questions or most of the questions and tries to escape either because of busy schedule or because we have messed-up the interview and he doesnt want to waste his time by answering all these questions? What if the interviwer doesnt answer all the questions or most of the questions and tries to escape either because of busy schedule or because we have messed-up the interview and he doesnt want to waste his time by answering all these questions?

]]> By: Aaron http://www.ytechie.com/2008/09/important-questions-for-your-prospective-employer.html/comment-page-1#comment-694 Aaron Tue, 23 Sep 2008 15:57:33 +0000 http://www.ytechie.com/2008/09/important-questions-for-your-prospective-employer.html#comment-694 I always ask the same two part question: "What is the best and worst thing about working here." Sometimes the answer is revealing, but sometimes it's a good point to fall back on when the environment turns out to be a nightmare. "Frankly if I had known the worst thing about the job was just trying to get a compilable codebase from source control I would not have wasted your time." I always ask the same two part question:

“What is the best and worst thing about working here.”

Sometimes the answer is revealing, but sometimes it’s a good point to fall back on when the environment turns out to be a nightmare.

“Frankly if I had known the worst thing about the job was just trying to get a compilable codebase from source control I would not have wasted your time.”

]]> By: Eric Wendelin http://www.ytechie.com/2008/09/important-questions-for-your-prospective-employer.html/comment-page-1#comment-689 Eric Wendelin Fri, 19 Sep 2008 16:13:06 +0000 http://www.ytechie.com/2008/09/important-questions-for-your-prospective-employer.html#comment-689 Seconding @anons suggestion asking about training. If they have no training budget they obviously don't care about their coders. Seconding @anons suggestion asking about training. If they have no training budget they obviously don’t care about their coders.

]]> By: anon http://www.ytechie.com/2008/09/important-questions-for-your-prospective-employer.html/comment-page-1#comment-688 anon Fri, 19 Sep 2008 14:42:54 +0000 http://www.ytechie.com/2008/09/important-questions-for-your-prospective-employer.html#comment-688 Hi, nice list. I also always ask, how they keep their team up-to-date (e.g. visiting conferences, external trainings, company library, ..) Cheers Hi,

nice list. I also always ask, how they keep their team up-to-date (e.g. visiting conferences, external trainings, company library, ..)

Cheers

]]> By: Adam Tibi http://www.ytechie.com/2008/09/important-questions-for-your-prospective-employer.html/comment-page-1#comment-686 Adam Tibi Thu, 18 Sep 2008 08:02:53 +0000 http://www.ytechie.com/2008/09/important-questions-for-your-prospective-employer.html#comment-686 "Do programmers have quiet working conditions" I was in the middle of an interview in a company in Central London and the interviewer was telling me that they have music in the developers hall. When he walked me to that room, I figured out what he means by music, HARD ROCK!!! Obviously, I didn't go forward with the job. “Do programmers have quiet working conditions”

I was in the middle of an interview in a company in Central London and the interviewer was telling me that they have music in the developers hall.

When he walked me to that room, I figured out what he means by music, HARD ROCK!!!

Obviously, I didn’t go forward with the job.

]]> By: Arjan`s World » LINKBLOG for September 17, 2008 http://www.ytechie.com/2008/09/important-questions-for-your-prospective-employer.html/comment-page-1#comment-681 Arjan`s World » LINKBLOG for September 17, 2008 Wed, 17 Sep 2008 20:10:22 +0000 http://www.ytechie.com/2008/09/important-questions-for-your-prospective-employer.html#comment-681 [...] Important questions for your prospective employer - Jason Young You know, asking questions like these to a possible employer is just as important as questions the other way around: you *have* to know your possible new environment, otherwise you (and them) might end up disillusioned. And doing the Joel test the other way around in this regard is a nice idea [...] [...] Important questions for your prospective employer – Jason Young You know, asking questions like these to a possible employer is just as important as questions the other way around: you *have* to know your possible new environment, otherwise you (and them) might end up disillusioned. And doing the Joel test the other way around in this regard is a nice idea [...]

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