What is important to you when looking for a new job / company?

Question

When you are looking at moving into a different job / company, what are the most important aspects that will sway your decision?

Good Pay? Nice future co-workers? A company with a product you like to use? Benefits? All of the above?

Bonus question: How do you go about finding out that information in an interview context?

19g615kz3crlf2 · Accepted Answer

Fully remote, a product that I'm interested in, and in a field, I'm interested in as well.

Taylor · Answer

Fully remote, flexiblity with my time (less meets =  better), either/both interesting technology to work with or an interesting product space, comp.

Helpful coworkers and a good manager are a huge plus too but honestly I feel like that are near impossible to discover during the interview process so its a toss up. Those things end up keeping me at a job longer though.

skycomputer · Answer

Mission. Good pay, growth in career, meeting awesome people, are all side effects of a mission that resonates with you.

19g615kz2ag94r · Answer

- Comp package 
- Interesting work with a good mission 
- opportunity for personal development, growth and learning 
- collaboration culture (very important)
- WLB 
- management and leadership culture, and the transparency associated 
- developer experience

19g6vkzhh6t8c · Answer

All of this you can ask very directly. Don't be shy. That's one of the purposes of interviews. A lot of this you can ask the recruiter on the first call. What's the target pay and RSU or equity range? Is there a bonus and if so, what's the target percentage? Is there an ESPP? Ask them to send you an outline of their other benefits - health insurance, stipends, 401k, life insurance etc. Hopefully you'd be familiar with what the company does, but you should ask the recruiter about the role. And then keep asking with every subsequent interview. Most likely you'll interview with the hiring manager (your future boss) and other team members (your co-workers). So you can get a sense of how their personalities are, and you should ask them directly about work life balance, work culture, etc.

What is important to you when looking for a new job / company?

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