Thread regarding Wells Fargo & Co. layoffs

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?
by Anonymous
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Post ID: @OP+1tuowVPe
Comment! It's anonymous!

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Dude. This is a layoffs page.

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Post ID: @4tnd+1tuowVPe

How would your most challenging employee describe you?

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Post ID: @2cir+1tuowVPe

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.

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Post ID: @2vuv+1tuowVPe

Start a business instead.

by Anonymous
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Post ID: @1nni+1tuowVPe

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.

by Anonymous
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Post ID: @1imf+1tuowVPe

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

by Anonymous
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Post ID: @1gvd+1tuowVPe

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.

by Anonymous
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Post ID: @mwk+1tuowVPe

Questions from someone who has never been a manager.

by Anonymous
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Post ID: @vpo+1tuowVPe

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

by Anonymous
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Post ID: @anl+1tuowVPe

Save yourself the trouble and apply somewhere else

by Anonymous
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Post ID: @vco+1tuowVPe

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

by Anonymous
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Post ID: @cyh+1tuowVPe

Source:
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