How an interviewer answers that question is as equally important as the specific answer that they give.

I agree. Keep in mind that the people you're going to be working with and reporting to are sometimes not those doing the interview. I've been on interview teams before where I felt the urge to apologize for one of the other interviewers and say, "Please don't make your decision to work here based on that nitwit." Of course, I never did that but you get the idea. The probing can be used on any interviewer but the reactions matter more from your prospective direct manager and team mates than an HR drone.

On that note I recommend asking about indirect reporting structures. I got hosed by this before. I liked my manager pretty well and he was generally supportive but 95% of the work I did was for another group which had much more influence in the company and they were atechnical (if I may), disorganized, and sometimes dishonest leading to duplicated work and stupid mashups with clients. If I'd know that was going to be my real management, I could have taken something else and avoided a lot of pain.

In reply to Re^3: Interview Counterattack: "Show me a project-plan" by Your Mother
in thread Interview Counterattack: "Show me a project-plan" by locked_user sundialsvc4

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