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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 6:48

>>6
You say not to be picky then steer clear off Java (which I agree with)? There are far more jobs about Java than there are about digital restrictions management and treacherous computing, because the people working on the last two are just a band of thugs working for a few fat short media kingpins.

I wouldn't recommend being absolutely picky like "Hi, I want to make games. Platform games in particular, no simulators please. Ah, the character needs to be blue.". But I do recommend taking your time to choose a good job. You will be doing it for half of your life (the time you're awake anyways), so you better like it, and it's usually hard to move from one sector to another once you have experience, because even if you're willing to get paid less, if you apply for a DBA after having worked on embedded applications, for example, some managers will be like "Ah, you are a developer...". Moreover, you have less shit going on at this point of your life than later (i.e. paying a house, feeding your kids, etc.), so you can afford to wait now better than you will later.

This is why I recommend you're not ridiculously picky and you keep open to everything, but only go for something you're sure to like.

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