Hygiene check:
- Check hair-bread length
- Dress appropriately
- Check the internet connection, AC if possible, no cats
- Prepare a PPT
Homework: Audit the company like a vendor, because:
Because:
Employer: vendor of income
Employee: client, whether the company is worth the time and skills
- Step 1: LinkedIn: employee tenure, recruitment pattern, job posting
- Step 2: Glassdoor review, SoMe reviews
- Step 3: SEC file, financial report, anything in the public domain
Questions:
Meeting 2:
- Question 1: New headcount or backfill?
- Question 2: How many people have held these positions in the last 3 years?
- Was the role scoped properly?
- How are the management practices?
- Expectation parallels the compensation?
Reply: Need to know before committing to the next lead in this role. - Question 3: Where do I see myself in the next 5years?
Reply: Depends on the proportion of velocity.
- Lateral move is not a promotion.
- Can you walk me through the last 3 headcounts that promoted in the team
- Can you walk me through the Compensation, Scope, and Level - Question 4:
- On-call rotation frequency
- Deploy ownership - Question 5: Reporting line manager
- Question 6: Leadership-communication culture
- Question 7: Project incidents and how they were handled.
- Question 8: Growth, monthly sales, financial plans.