wolfofmiami

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Just had an interview

Just finished an interview, one of the questions I asked was, can you tell me a little bit about the team and the company culture. She responded with "I'm not allowed to answer that". Which I thought was super odd.

Like thats a normal question right?

If I get to the next round do I keep interviewing there or is that a 🚩?

🚩 or normal

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Completely normal for her to say that, keep interviewing Weird asf, huge 🚩, run away

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Diablo

Politicker

Sr. AE

Not talking about a culture is their culture

CuriousFox

WR Officer

🦊

THANK YOU

Sunbunny31

Politicker

Sr Sales Executive 🐰

Nobody talks about Fight Club.

lowhangersalesbanger

Executive

Director of Sales

And we don't talk about Bruno

antiASKHOLE

Tycoon

Bravado's Resident Asshole

I mean that is weird, but idk. Maybe don't make it a huge flag for yourself and see if you can ask again next interview.

GDO

Politicker

BDM

Wtf why would she not be able to answer

wolfofmiami

Opinionated

🐺

my thoughts exactly, theyre trying to sell me the company and the culture

Kosta_Konfucius

Politicker

Sales Rep

Love the wild card answer, I would accept

snacks

Opinionated

Wildcard bitches!! YEEEEEEHAW

braintank

Politicker

Enterprise Account Executive

Did you interview with the company or a 3rd party recruiter?

wolfofmiami

Opinionated

🐺

company directly

braintank

Politicker

Enterprise Account Executive

then that's really strange

Sunbunny31

Politicker

Sr Sales Executive 🐰

Are you moving to the next round? Maybe ask the next person - HR/hiring may not be allowed to answer questions about that, as it's possibly viewed as an opinion and/or the team makeup is being changed.

wolfofmiami

Opinionated

🐺

Not sure yet, just finished the interview, but I didnt get the best vibes from her reaction when I asked that question, but that makes sense since it was just a first round.

Sunbunny31

Politicker

Sr Sales Executive 🐰

Yeah, that’s a bit weird, but now of course I’m super curious about what they’re hiding. It’s your duty to take the next interview and find out.

wolfofmiami

Opinionated

🐺

literally going to be the first question I ask

oldcloser

Arsonist

💀

way odd

CuriousFox

WR Officer

🦊

Yeah...I'd move on.

Phillip_J_Fry

Opinionated

Director of Revenue

Kinda weird. Probably not a deal breaker, but I'd immediately be reading their glassdoor reviews, sorted by lowest rated.

wolfofmiami

Opinionated

🐺

thats good advice, but Idk if id be able to find anything, like its a decently sized company with 2100 employees and like I use their products. Everyone in here would know the company thats what makes it even weirder that she wouldn't answer it

HappyGilmore

Politicker

Account Executive

Wtf that is weird not to answer.

HVACexpert

Politicker

sales engineer

Maybe they want to discuss in further stages of interviews? But then why not say that? Strange

wolfofmiami

Opinionated

🐺

right!?

jefe

Arsonist

🍁

That's super odd.. Ask the next one and see what happens.
Did they ask how much you've spent on PD!?

Retired Sales Professional

If the culture is healthy, there should not be a problem talking about it.

Pachacuti

Politicker

They call me Daddy, Sales Daddy

That’s messed up. Run.

Beans

Big Shot

Enterprise Account Executive

Should've needled down, WHY

wolfofmiami

Opinionated

🐺

we'll see what happens if I get to the next round, it could be bc she was just the recruiter and since its a relatively large company she actually just might not know what the culture is like for that team. And I think she's remote, but my team would be hybrid in office.

RandyLahey

Politicker

Account Executive

Suspect, or they’re putting on some kind of show which is also suspect. Move on.

pirate

Big Shot

🦜☠️ Account Executive

That's odd

birdski

Executive

Account Manager

Run for the hills friend.. transparency is the only thing you are owed when interviewing

YoureMuted

Executive

Regional Sales Director

If that was an HR rep, I'd take it as weird, but not necessarily a red flag. If that was the hiring manager, I'd bow out.

J.J.McLure

Politicker

Owner at *redacted*

Huge red flag, any place I've seen that has a good culture wants to talk about it because it takes a lot of work!

lowhangersalesbanger

Executive

Director of Sales

Seriously

wolfofmiami

Opinionated

🐺

But such a good company and product. Glassdoor all good reviews

Sales rep

just run...

Coffeesforclosers

Notable Contributor

Director Sales and Market Development

Thats the most bullshit thing ive ever read. Was this the recruiter? Maybe an outside firm and has no idea? If internal, red ass flag

wolfofmiami

Opinionated

🐺

internal recruiter thats my thought exactly or she's remote and actually just doesn't know bc the position is hybrid.

balbazar

Opinionated

Enterprise Account Executive

I'd walk away from that, but I'm really curious about what the culture actually is now.

wolfofmiami

Opinionated

🐺

Lol so am j

NoSuperhero

Politicker

BDR LEAD

Pretty weird, but did you speak with a person who works there or a hired recruiter?

wolfofmiami

Opinionated

🐺

Internal recruiter

Worf

Politicker

SDR

There might be some things that they've left for their other colleagues to answer more in-depth or they were told to only keep it to a certain script of things.
Not a huge red flag, but if you keep getting stonewalled like that then I'd decline.

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