Five ways to spot a bad boss in an interview

December 13, 2011, 11:57 am Stephanie Taylor Christensen Forbes

A boss can literally, make or break your career. Here are five ways to spot the bad ones before they become yours.

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  1. YellowRose11:30am Wednesday 14th December 2011 ESTReport Abuse

    OMG i saw all of these sign, i even asked my boss nicely and with respect about all of the issues and what happens i loss my job.

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  2. Michelle N10:38am Wednesday 14th December 2011 ESTReport Abuse

    Maybe you should be concerntrating on spotting bad employees that bludge & cost you money. Speaking as an employer of course...

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  3. EL-J10:23am Wednesday 14th December 2011 ESTReport Abuse

    1. Terribly useless article - whoever pays these 'consultants' are total idiots 2. You can't challenge with these questions in an interview because you can hurt their small egos and further placing you out of a job 3. Common sense dictates that 85% of HR, recruiters and misc. bosses will suck big time, either due to incompetence, bullying, harassment, shifting responsibility to scapegoats or simply there because they 'know the right people'.

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  4. Sydney10:18am Wednesday 14th December 2011 ESTReport Abuse

    ..the bad boss doesn't exist unless you writte it down.

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  5. Steffie09:57am Wednesday 14th December 2011 ESTReport Abuse

    This is ridiculous! So you can't say 'you', 'I' or 'we'. Then what are they supposed to say?! What if they wanted to say "[You] will be travelling a lot" to you, not to a 3rd person. Are they supposed to say "Fred thanks for coming to the interview. Fred will be traveling a lot. Fred will be reimbursed for work-related traveling costs. Fred can take his (can't use 'your') family. Fred..." It sounds like they just made this up for the sake of an article.

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