We're navigating the post-pandemic period where many companies are now shifting back to in-office work, yet many still maintain remote-eligible roles. Most companies aren't doing a great job of indicating the level of remote flexibility they have with various roles.

For some companies and some roles, the job postings are very explicit: "Fully Remote", "Remote Eligible", "Remote, US", etc.

However, there are many companies that will have a job posting specify a city, but then have no other indications as to whether it's required to be within a commute's distance of said city.

For companies with roles that say "San Francisco", what if I'm living in San Diego, but I'm willing to fly up to San Francisco once every 2 weeks for a couple days?

What's a good way to sniff out what a company truly intends a role to be when one is merely applying from the outside?

(For context, I'm applying to product management roles.)