5 Things To Ask About the Engineering Team to Avoid Taking a Job From Hell

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The better aligned you are with the team, the more likely you are to be successful and happy in a job. The biggest problem is that people often don’t get a sense of the team culture, working styles, and values during the interview process. Here are some smart questions you can ask to learn them: How often do you work with people in other timezones? Be careful about asking these questions early in the process as they might reflect negatively on you. Try to gauge whether the team is work-life balance oriented and perhaps even wait till you get the job offer.