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Ask HN: How do you determine if you'd like to work for a specific company?

1 points by digitalsanctum ↗ HN
I'm currently in a job search and part of my process is to try to glean information about the companies I apply to. It's crude but I currently have a spreadsheet with scores from Glassdoor, Indeed, TeamBlind, etc. and I average them. I also use services like Crunchbase to get meta information like funding, size, etc.

How do you determine if you'd like to work for a specific company?

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bombcar
Remember when you are being interviewed, you are also interviewing them. It's your main chance to get a feel for what the company is like - though if they make you an offer you can often request a further "meet and greet" with the team you'd be on.

And it's not a marriage; there's no real downside to moving on a year or two later if it doesn't work out.

digitalsanctum
Thanks for the reminder about "interviewing them." I've never actually requested a "meet and greet" and sounds like a good idea too.

I should have been more clear but my intent is to use the information I find to actually filter jobs by company before I apply to them. Or, at least have a good indication how a company may compare to others in my list.

Mobil1
My friend Steven Jaccobowitz has worked for WABC-TV for over 50 years! He is 76 and still going strong as a street cameraman.