Ask HN: How do detect a crappy boss / toxic environment when interviewing?
-If respect isn&#x27;t reciprocal, run.<p>-If you only get canned questions, run.<p>-If questions are machine gunned without any followups, run.<p>-If the hiring&#x2F;interview process is needlessly complicated, run.<p>-If they give you an IQ test or similar, run.<p>-If they&#x27;re not paying attention [0], run.<p>-If a pattern exists of mistakes (forgot to call, etc), run.<p>-If, when discussing pay, HR says &quot;Yeah, sometimes we hire people knowing they won&#x27;t last and only fit a political agenda.&quot;..... run. True story.<p>-If the recruiter tells you, &quot;The path you&#x27;re going down will lead to failure unless you do a startup. Frankly, I don&#x27;t see you doing a startup&quot;... run. Also true story.<p>..Ultimately, it comes down to gauging how &quot;human&quot; they are towards you. If the interviewer[s] lacks empathy, it&#x27;s a sign somewhere up the chain that something&#x27;s not right. Mind you, that&#x27;s not to say that the interviewer doesn&#x27;t necessarily have empathy.<p>[0] Seriously, this happens at about 20% of my interviews. Put away your fucking laptop and just listen, interviewers!