Tuesday, 24 February 2026

How to Prepare for Any Interviews

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. 

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