Ask These 8 Questions To Understand A Company’s Culture

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According to a recent Career Builder survey, two-thirds of employees say they’ve accepted a job and then realized it’s a bad fit, and 50% of them ended up quitting within six months.

How is conflict handled here?

Good follow-up question: Can you give me an example of a recent conflict on the team and how it was handled?This question can give you a sense of the concentration of power in the organization or the level of autonomy you might have.

Having direct feedback conversations is one of the most pervasive challenges I see leaders and their organizations struggle with. The answer to this question is very much related to the answers to the prior two questions. Do people give each other feedback directly , or do they have back channel conversations, venting frustrations to others or even telling the person’s boss? A client once asked me if they should give feedback about someone to the individual or their boss.

Good follow-up question: What’s an example of where things didn’t turn out well and the team was able to learn from it?This question may seem banal, but it says more than you think.

 

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Great questions for job-seekers to ask prospective employers.

Good intension but poorly worded questions. Try a less aggressive approach. Some examples are, What is your management style? What is the average time it takes for promotion? What are the company's financial and HR targets for 12 months and 3 years? And so on...

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