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Discussion on: Questions to ask a team you're considering joining

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Nguyen Kim Son

I think one of the most important factors when joining a team is human fit with team members. As we spend more than 8 hours together almost every day, we need to feel comfortable having the team members around. Before joining a team, would be a good idea to have a “trial” period of several days working in the team to get the feeling on human fit.

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Sumeet Jain (he/him)

Thanks for chiming in Nguyen Kim Son! Do you have recommendations for how to implement such trial periods? What are some of the tradeoffs and considerations, in your opinion?

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Nguyen Kim Son

I think this period could be “informal” at first: the person participates in other team meeting, even takes small tickets if they want. The “official” period starts when the person decides to fully join the team and last for several days. Normally the person should know at this point if they like the team (and vice versa) so this period is more of a confirmation.