Sneaky Interview Tricks To Learn What You are Really Getting Into (Part I)

So there are some questions in an interview you really want to know the answer to but you just don't know how to ask without sounding crass...Here are some thoughts: 1) You want to know "What is the salary?" Here is what you can ask - I'd love to understand this role better. How does a typical workday go, what the compensation like, and how many people would I be supervising? Because It's perfectly fine to ask about pay, but it's tough to pull off a pointed questions. Wrap it in a few other quearies, and they'll give you some ballpark figures. Also websites help to know a general range (www.salary.com) for example to see if the salary seems fair. 2) You want to know "Is the boss crazy? Ask How can I succeed here? You will be able to tease out boss' expectations. When they say we want you to have a work-life balance you know one thing but when they say we want you to dedicate yourself to work that says something else. Employee turnover is also an important signal of what its like to wortk there.