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-====== LPT: Questions to consider asking during Interviews ======
+====== Job Interview - Questions and Preparation ======
-  * What's your favourite thing about working here and what's your least favourite or what's the one thing you would change?
+**Tags:** #job_interview #job
-  * What's your on-call schedule / staffing like?
-  * If you could have me come in and work on one thing, what thing would produce the most benefit / fix the most things?
+**Last Reviewed:** 15/04/2025
-  * Let's say things are going well and I get the Job. 3/6/9 months from now, what would you define as success in this role? What do you need me to come in and do short and long term?
-  * What's the oldest computer currently in production?
+----
-  * How does the Infrastructure / Architecture looks like?
-  * What recent initiatives are the result of an outage, process failure or other critical fault?
+===== Be Ready to Ask =====
+==== Technical ====
+  * How does the Infrastructure / Archtiecture looks like?
+  * If I could start today and immediately work on a specific topic, wht would produe the biggest benefits / fix the most issues?
+  * If you were to hire me now, where would you best utilize my skills?
+  * What do you think would be the biggest difficulty for me in this position?
+==== Work Life Balance ====
+  * How does the on-call schedulke / staffing looks like?
+  * How does the company deal with Remote Work or Flexible Working Hours? Related, are there cour hours when everyone has to be available?
+  * Are there Quite Periods when work slows down or is the volume of work contantly high?
+==== Company ====
+  * In the Team I will be partof, how long have the senior and junior members been there?
+  * Does the Position offer opportunities for advancement, training or mentoring?
+  * If you had a free pass to change one thing in the company, no questions asked, what would it be?
+  * Let's say everything goes well and I get the job. What would be "success" for you in this position in 6 / 12 months and 3 years?
+  * What do you like best about [company]? Related, what do you like the least?
+==== Career and Application ====
+  * How do you think I could be a better candidate for this position?
+  * Is there anything about my application that worries you?
+===== Be Ready to Answer =====
+  * Why are you applying / why are you looking now?
+  * What is / are your biggest weakness
+  * Why do you want to work at [company]?
+  * What's your expectations of salary / total compensation?
+  * What does a typical day look like at your current job?
+  * Do you work overtime?
+  * Have you visited our website?