What to ask the hiring manager during the interview

Who have you recently promoted (and Why)?

What I'm looking for:

Are promotions merit-based?
Can they get people promoted?

Have you had to fire anyone from the team (and Why)?

What I'm looking for:

Do they protect the team culture?
Are they willing to make hard decisions?

When do you know it's time to help people rotate off your team?

What I'm looking for:

How supportive are they of great people?
Are they well connected inside & outside the company?

If someone is struggling, how do you support them?

What I'm looking for:

Are they close enough to know? Do they care enough to coach?
How many arrows are in their management development quiver?

How do you keep your stars challenged?

What I'm looking for:

Are stars taken for granted b/c they aren't needy?
Can they source meaningful opportunities or just "make work"?

Tell me about how accountability works on your team?

What I'm looking for:

Do people know what's expected of them?
Is there enough trust to have hard conversations directly?

Who are you grooming to take your spot?

What I'm looking for:

Are they freeing themselves up to leave? How soon?
Do they have the ambition to generate opportunities for the team?

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Dude. This is a layoffs page.

How would your most challenging employee describe you?

I would not ask these questions. They might annoy the hiring manager. Also, any responses might not be genuine. I would obtain the answers to these questions empirically, after accepting the potential offer and observing the working environment for some time. And only then, I would assess whether I would like to continue in this role.

People join companies, and they leave managers.

Start a business instead.

These recommendations apply to proactive employers and not to reactive, crisis-driven, employers. After being laid off from Wells, I found I had to adjust my attitude to get a proactive job. If you think every employer is going to be a reactive base, facilitator-driven job you will work yourself into thinking that "everyone" practices Well's approach. Indeed the job market will be horrible for you.

OP, that’s a sure way to let the hiring manager know you are a jerk. Have at it.

The current, horrible corporate job market doesn't support such an approach.

Even in a booming economy, you'll never get hired asking those questions.

The idea that managers ironically respond positively to someone challenging them is silly.

Questions from someone who has never been a manager.

Did you copy and paste this from an article called “How To Guarantee You Won’t Get Hired”?

Save yourself the trouble and apply somewhere else

No hiring manager is going to answer those questions and asking them makes you sound like a potential troublemaker.

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What to ask the hiring manager during the interview

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