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Why are you here?
Zoom out to the big picture. Tell me why you’re in this chair right now.
Is this some sort of career plan? Have they heard good things about the environment from another employee? Are they looking for an employee discount on products? (It doesn’t work at wine & spirits companies, just for the record.) Or are they just desperate? Nothing wrong with desperation, but remember that desperate employees are desperate for something, and you’d better find out what it is. If they’re desperate for money, it’s going to color the judgements they make. We are not worried about someone stealing data and selling it as much as We are worried about someone taking the job and then bailing out shortly thereafter for just a little more money from somebody else.
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