About this episode

This episode discusses how to effectively interview a company before accepting a job offer, focusing on critical questions to ask.

Summary: This episode closes Phil and Darrell's 3-part series on the marketing ops job market with the question they've been building toward: what do you ask the company? Darrell shares a firsthand account of taking a job under financial pressure, ignoring red flags he recognized in the moment, and landing in a toxic environment within months. What follows is a structured set of interview questions across 6 categories, from leadership self-awareness to what happened to the last person in the role, designed to help you separate the job offer from the job reality. If the only question you've ever asked at the end of an interview was about growth opportunities, this episode is going to change how you think about that conversation. In This Episode: (00:00) - Intro (01:09) - In This Episode (01:42) - Sponsor: MoEngage (02:40) - Sponsor: Knak (06:06) - What to Figure Out Before You Ask a Single Interview Question (12:19) - How to Test a Hiring Manager's Self-Awareness in a Single Question (18:14) - How to Find Out If a Hiring Manager Can Handle Being Wrong (24:37) - Sponsor: GrowthLoop (25:41) - Sponsor: Mammoth Growth (26:46) - Why "When Did You Last Take a Vacation?" Is the Most…

Sponsors

MoEngage, Knak, GrowthLoop, Mammoth Growth

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