(Serious) At the end of a job interview when they ask me, "So, do you have any questions?", what are some genuinely good questions to ask?

Your time to stick it to the man

This directly refers to the rebellious nature of that post, in the very same euphemistic style, but with a slight mocking tone to suggest that the opinion following it is justified.

I obviously got your attention, but then you missed the point entirely. Specifically, at the interview stage it is your time to not let "the man" stick it to you because they often try to do so. If you don't do that, then you are agreeing to abide by whatever shitty terms and implied relationship slides by unhindered in that meeting.

If you are at the point in your career where you have enough interviews

You should start practicing immediately, no matter how early you are in your career.

Metaphors are sometimes useful, so let's try this one: You and they are instead riding on some old-timey horse-drawn carriage. For much of the interview they have been holding the reins and directing the horses. Then they ask for your questions and/or feedback. They have briefly handed you the reigns to see what you do and how you do it. While many people why away from this with a polite decline, this is an opportunity to put positive characteristics on display, confidence being one of them.

Ask them about themselves. Ask about how they got into this particular business. Ask how long they've done this and what kind of work did they come from. Ask what position they started in and which ones they moved through. Ask what motivates them to do this rather than something else.

The answers to these and more will help you know more about what you might be getting into, not just the technical description of the job itself. You're also putting them back into the still selling position rather than an assumed closing the sale position. They might also take note that "shit, this guy is kind of smart. We could use a smart one." Dummies are a dime a dozen; if that's what they want then that's what they will get so don't even spend a moment worrying about that. If you sell the dummy version of yourself, then that's what they will buy.

Sell the smart version of yourself then live up to it.

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