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what questions should I ask job interviewers?

Name: Anonymous 2006-04-28 14:21

Well 4chan, I've just graduated university and when I move up North I'm going to be looking for a job.

I'm one of those slackers who never bothered getting a job while in college, so I'm going to try to emphasize what I learned rather than the fact I have no references or "real world" experience.  I think I pretty much know what to emphasize and tout.

What I don't know is what to ask the job interviewer.  What sort of things should I look for in a company?  Most of the questions I have are related to a company's morals (stop laughing) -- for example if I have a feeling they'll have me work on DRM or "Trusted" Computing, I'll scratch out that company as one to work for.  Other than that, what other sort of information is good to get out of a job interviewer when I'm a job-newbie/programmer-journeyman?

Name: Anonymous 2006-04-29 5:21

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"for example if I have a feeling they'll have me work on DRM or "Trusted" Computing, I'll scratch out that company as one to work for."
That is exactly it. If you want to be picky like that but have no experience, don't expect to be employed. You can decide to do it after you have enough relevant experience, not before. And for another, a lot of interviewers (if they have a clue anyway) will simply go "let's say that we are, etc" and test your response, even if they don't do any work in that field. When it's your turn to ask questions, they are still testing you.

What you definitely don't want is to work for a group of fuck ups. e.g. The kinds that required 3 years of Windows 2003 experience in the year 2003. Or wank off on Java. Steer clear, they make you stupid.

"experience" is pretty vague, this is one area where the interviewers will be seeing what you can leverage effectively if you're straight out of school. You should also note, most interviews are conducted differently between people with and without experience.

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