Don’t be afraid to interview the interviewer
Here are a couple of questions that you can ask your interviewer:
What are your other expectations of a ScrumMaster? Listen for roles & responsibilities of project managers and product owner. This will give you hint of how far they expect this roles to deviate from Scrum and Agile.
Ask a few questions about their implementation of the Scrum Framework. I was at an interview and asked could I see their Daily Scrum. One statement. 60 people. enough said.
Smell. Agile always leaves a scent or maybe a fragrance that most Agilist can easily smell upon walking in the door. Do you get the scent of Agile? Look for signs of agile. What’s on the walls? Any sounds of Collaboration? Just take a sniff.
Check on the existence or availability of the Product Owner. Usually a good sign of buy-in across the organization. This will have an impact on your ability to do Scrum.
Remember the Land that Scrum Forget. Uncle Bob Martin wrote an article referring to engineering practices.
Interviewing is a flawed process. You may be the perfect person for the job and not a good fit for the company or the interviewer may not like you. It’s ok. You didn’t get the job? There is a better fit for you in your near future.
If you have some good ideas, questions, or resources let us know. Or check out our events pages for upcoming workshops for Certified ScrumMaster training and Certified Scrum Product Owner training.
