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The #1 question I wish I could get answered for any prospective company (as an interviewee):

"Do you have your shit together?"

Seriously. This could avoid so much heartache.



I think at a certain point in your career you often get hired because things are messed up. That isn't bad, that is why they are ready to pay for experience and skill.


It’s actually fairly easy to ask, and many candidates ask me that: “how do you organize yourselves?”

It’s a very reasonable question to ask during an interview.


I asked this, almost verbatim, in an interview recently. They appreciated the question and ended up hiring me.


Since most companies employ humans, i'd say most of them don't.




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