If you can see the floor before the interview, you can sometimes get a vibe about the place. I once went to interview for a sales position. Aside from the interviewer being 30 mins late, it did allow me to sit and observe the situation. I realized pretty quickly this was not going to be the place for me. Very quiet except a handful of people on the phones cold calling. Many reps trying to push for contacts on the other end, just painful to listen to. And when they’d hang up there wasn’t really any interaction with co workers. Just quiet, and then another call. It all seemed very tense. I noped out of their real quick after the five minutes the interview took. Dodged a bullet.
I had interviewed for a call center job at another place that’s as a complete 180 from that. Yes it’s a call center job so it is what it is, but there was laughter on the floor, people talking to floor managers, just a completely different vibe that was more inviting.
Yep, also the literal floor can tell you a lot.
First job interview I had was at a local restaurant chain. I walked in and there was old, moldy looking paper plastered all over the floor and it smelled like sulfur. Then the interviewing manager came out with a multipage script with him. I sat across from him and read the whole thing upside down before he got to the first question. Being an asshole teen and knowing there is no way in hell I'll accept this job at that point, my answer to the question "Why do you want to work here", was "Cock and balls and stuff" and running away to my car giggling like a child.