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INDEX OF QUESTIONS

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Work-life balance is an issue of retention as well as productivity. Can you
talk about your own view of how to navigate the tensions between getting
the work done and encouraging healthy lives outside the office?
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How does the company support and promote personal and professional
growth?

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What types of people seem to excel here?

8-49
Every company contends with office politics. It’s a fact of life because
politics is about people working together. Can you give me some exam-
ples of how politics plays out in this company?

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What have I yet to learn about this company and opportunity that I still
need to know?

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I’m delighted to know that teamwork is highly regarded. But evaluating
the performance of teams can be difficult. How does the company eval-
uate team performance? For example, does it employ 360-degree feed-
back programs?

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What are the organization’s primary financial objectives and perform-
ance measures?

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What operating guidelines or metrics are used to monitor the planning
process and the results?

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To what extent are those objectives uniform across all product lines?
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How does the company balance short-term performance versus long-
term success?

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