What are good questions to ask in an interview in order to assess organizational culture? This is very important to me and I can’t figure out a way to get an honest answer. Most recent job I interviewed the manager and he seemed great and painted a favorable picture of the work environment. Once I took the job I quickly realized that there were two toxic people who colluded with each other to drive new people away. They had already gotten two people to quit before me.

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1. If you could only chose two, tell me what and why: cost, quality, speed
2. Tell me how you include DEI in your reports and goals, can you give me a recent example?
3. Can you tell me about a time you disagreed with a direct report/team member. What was it about and how did it work out?
4. What does your onboarding and upboarding plans look like? What are you measuring and what is defined as a successful transition into or up within the company?

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Thanks for the ideas!

You can ask why the position is open. A green flag for me is that the person who previously had the role was promoted within the company. You might also ask about specific programs or ways they build company culture or encourage the company values. If they cannot give you any concrete examples of culture initiatives I would take that as a major 🚩

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check out Glassdoor reviews. Get on LinkedIn and figure out the company's turnover rate. Then contact a few ex longer-term employees and ask them if they'd be willing to have a call. Ask open-ended... How they would describe the culture.

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Try asking about employee engagement instead of the organization's culture, which is a buzzword nowadays. Then measure the culture based on the replies you receive to your questions. After all, culture dictates how work is carried out. You could find some ideas for questions by searching for "staff engagement questions."

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Ask them about the last time they incorporated employee feedback. Ask them to build upon what the feedback was, the timeline to make the requested change, and the final result.

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Great food for thought. Thank you all for the ideas!

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