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Originally Posted by hvert
If your direct questions scare them off during the interview, maybe you are better off not working there?
Thinking back to your bad work experiences, was there anything in the interview process or early indication that things were going to go south?
It really is hard to tell what a place is like until you are there. I had one interview where I almost didn't take the job because I disliked the person who would be my boss -- and he turned out to be my favorite boss ever.
Good luck with your job search!
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The interviews always seemed to go "well." A couple of jobs ago at the interview, it went really well and the manager even told me she wanted to hire me for her office, but referred me to a different one because she wanted me to have the full time job opportunity. At the time, it hadn't occurred to me that the other office might have an entirely different management style and culture, and those two things really contributed to my poor experience.
My last job also seemed to go well, and at the time I didn't know there were certain red flags in the interview. I remember asking "what does a typical workday look like?" and "what are 3 things an employee can do to be successful?" and I was given really generic answers. The answers were "just show up and do your work." They kept emphasizing things like "just do the work" without stressing
how to do the work and what exactly made a person successful. It was for a data entry job where people were getting carpal tunnel and other injuries. After that experience, I've learned why it's important to ask questions for specifics in an appropriate way.