ByMyReckoning

What questions can you ask the interviewer(s) at an interview and find out whether this is a nice workplace?

Here’s one approach: Ask the people interviewing you about their best experiences working for the company. Questions like:

1 What has been your best experience working at this company?
2 When do you have the most fun at work?
3 Who do you enjoy working with the most here? What do you like about them?
4 Which manager do you admire the most in this company? What do you admire about that person?
5 What’s the greatest thing your manager has done for his/her people?

You can ask the person interviewing you. If your future boss is at the interview, ask that person as well. Better still, would be an opportunity to ask some of your potential co-workers. Some companies make this possible, and that’s the best way to learn more about the company.

Why ask these questions those questions?

1. Because you’re asking about people’s own experiences,
2. They are hard questions answer with B.S without being too obvious.
3. They are all positive questions. Even if the person interviewing you is fairly pessimistic and a complainer, you will get some information on what’s good about this company.
4. If they think these questions are inappropriate then it's probably a good sign that they’re not remotely interested in providing a happy working environment.
5. Answering positive questions is likely to place people in a good mood, which means they’re more likely to like you and consequently more likely to hire you.