去大公司。初创企业和小公司一向以机会多多著称，被誉为技术人员的温床。所以，“公司越大，IT部门越受重视，参与战略制定的IT人员也就越多，似乎是一种违反直觉的观点，”盖茨说。但这项调查发现，供职于大公司（员工人数超过5,000人）的IT经理表示，他们的角色在几乎任何时候都“备受重视”。相比之下，在员工人数少于500人的企业，仅有23%的IT经理作出上述表示。

    寻找最新潮的技术。IT类求职者应该询问一些“有助于你了解这家公司对于采纳新观念的积极或谨慎程度”的问题，盖茨说。

    诸如“你能给我说说贵公司最近采用的某种新理念吗？为了采纳这种理念，你需要经历哪些步骤？”这类问题的答案往往意味深长。她补充说，“面试官应该能够迅速而清晰地阐述具体项目，比如把某项流程转移至云端，或者他们如何应对自带设备办公(BYOD)潮流。支支吾吾，或者说什么‘我们目前还没有这方面的预算，’都是确凿无疑的危险信号。”

    询问同行的供职时间。受访的IT经理强烈地感到“职业幸福感的一个重要部分是，你自己和公司文化非常匹配，”盖茨说。有一种方法可以帮助你迅速查明你的IT同行对工作环境的看法，那就是询问一位典型的技术人员已经在这家公司工作了多长时间。“询问多少人刚刚加入，多少人已经供职多年，这样一来，你就可以大致了解该公司的人才流失率，”她建议道。IT部门最好能够拥有许多在该公司工作了6至10年的员工，倘如此，那就说明“人才愿意留下来，”盖茨说。

    这些问题听起来蛮多的。然而，鉴于你的技能很有市场，你就没有理由畏畏缩缩，欲言又止。“找一份最有利于你未来事业发展的工作，”盖茨说。“从事一份合适的工作对所有利益攸关方都是好事。所以，你的眼光一定要雪亮才行。”祝你好运。

    反馈：如果你是IT专业人士，你会向潜在雇主询问什么问题？为什么要问这些问题？请留言评论。（财富中文网）

    译者：叶寒

    Go big. Startups and small companies have cultivated a reputation for being hotbeds of opportunity for techies, so “it’s counterintuitive that the bigger a company is, the more seriously they take IT, and the more IT people take part in setting strategy,” Gates says. But the poll found that, in companies with 5,000 or more employees, IT managers said their role is taken “very seriously” virtually 100% of the time—versus just 23% of their peers in enterprises with fewer than 500 employees who said so.

    Look for up-to-the-minute technology. IT job hunters should ask questions “that help you get an understanding of how aggressive, or how cautious, the company is in adopting new ideas,” Gates says.

    The answer to a query like, “Can you tell me about something new that’s been adopted here recently, and what steps you needed to go through for that to happen?” can speak volumes, she adds: “The interviewer should be able to tell you quickly and clearly about specific projects, like moving something to the cloud or how they’ve dealt with BYOD. Hemming and hawing or ‘We just don’t have the budget right now…’ are definite red flags.”

    Ask about longevity. The IT managers in the Wisegate poll felt strongly that “a critical part of career happiness is finding a good match between yourself and the culture of the company,” Gates says. One way to quickly find out how your IT peers find the work environment is to ask how long the typical techie has worked there. “Ask how many have just joined, and how many have been there for several years, so you get a sense of whether there’s high turnover,” she advises. The ideal is an IT department where many staffers have been with the company for six to 10 years—a sign, Gates says, that “talent is willing to stick around.”

    That sounds like a lot of questions but, especially since your skills are in demand, there’s no reason to hold back. “Find a job that’s going to serve you well in the future,” says Gates. “A good fit is better for everybody, so be discerning.” Good luck.

    Talkback: If you’re in IT, what questions would you ask a prospective employer? Why? Leave a comment below.