Correct, as with all other review platforms. Often time also need to look at the position of the reviewers, as well as the department they're from. Certain department may have higher negative reviews due to ie. highly stressful work nature, the boss, or other area - which actually is not related to the dept/ position one is going to interview for. Some may be more positive because that department's boss is nice etc.

All in all, its really hard to tell but during Interview, yes I'll say, fire away questions and doubts, then observe the reaction/ response of interviewer (it also reflects a certain work culture/ attitude of the soon-to-be-superior). Interview is a session to find out more about each other, and not just one sided.

Hahaha this is really not within your control. Survivors will always find ways to adapt, regardless of the boss's working style. Thus it's really important to be versatile in work place.

I've gone through one in the past whereby the 1st round was fine - the interviewer was very welcoming and nice, but there was a red-flag question that she asked, "How do you handle someone with an ego? a big ego."

Guess I knew why that question popped up during the 2nd round interview. Needless to say, the 2nd interviewer was self-triggered by even some simple questions I asked (which later on I understood why it was triggering - via another source, a mutual acquaintance working in that company). All in all, I'm actually glad the whole thing didn't work out.

I think she wanted to manage this expectation from the start. If its a person with big ego, its quite simple - let his ego win because this person needs to have the final say in everything.

Those who work very late everyday are either way too meticulous, extremely short of manpower or inefficient. Depending on the situation, but IMO occasionally late hours whenever necessary is fine & understandable. Basically work with deadlines and freedom for the team to manage their own work & time.

On the bright side, you pulled through the difficult 1 year and are on the greener pasture of work now

This post has been edited by sweet_pez: Jan 4 2024, 10:23 AM