A Mistake I Made in Interviews That Cost Me Long-Term Fit

One mistake I’ve made — and still catch myself making — is treating interviews like I’m the only one making the decision.

I’m asking all the right questions:

✔️ What’s your background?

✔️ What’s your experience?

✔️ Are you qualified for the role?

✔️ Does the comp match?

But I forget to ask:

❌ What’s important to you?

❌ What kind of career are you trying to build?

❌ What does your ideal company look like?

That simple shift changes everything.

If you don’t ask those questions up front, you risk hiring someone who doesn’t align long-term — not because they weren’t qualified, but because they had a different vision of what “winning” looked like.

Give them space to interview you, too.

Let them tell you what they value most — career growth, part-time stability, autonomy, mentorship, whatever.

Then be honest: Can your company give them that?

Long-term fit > short-term pain relief.

Curious — how many of you ask this kind of stuff in your interviews? Or has anyone learned this lesson the hard way like I did?

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