Audit the company like a vendor, because:
Employer: vendor of income
Employee: client, whether 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 public domain
Question 1: New headcount or backfill?
Question 2: How many people have held this positions in last 3 years?
- Was the role scoped properly?
- How is a 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 velocity.
- Lateral move is not 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.
