Criteria For a New Job

List of Questions For a Permanent Job

• Working hours
• Is working from home possible ?
  • Laptop or Desktop
• Task assignment methodology
  • Agile
  • Old Fashioned
• Source Code Management Tool
• Restrictions
  • Dress Code
  • Web Filtering Rules (Firewalls)
• Role Distribution
  • Testers
  • Developers
  • Business Analysts
• Seat plan / Open office
• Open to new technologies / training
• Weekends
• Emergency calls during off work hours

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from an email I sent to a recruiter

• Flexible working hours : It should allow me to work from home when I need
• Dress Code : I definitely work better in casual.
• Training opportunities : With this fast pacing world I want to be stay on top of new stuff. So I expect from the company to provide 2-3 hours of knowledge express hours for developers, supply books, budget for new courses etc.
• Contribution To work : Instead of being told what I should do, I want to discuss and find the best way of doing it. I want to contribute my experience to my work. I prefer challenging jobs. I'd be more than happy to work on difficult problems instead of day to day CRUD jobs. I also like to work on both front end and back end. I'd be happy if I can find a chance to work on different areas at the same time. It can be frameworks, environments, mobile, electronics, experiments, or anything new.
• Roles : Business analysts and testers are part of a team and in the absence of these roles, quality of the software decreases.
• Colleagues : I like bigger teams. More brains and intelligent friends can carry the job to a higher class.
• Hardware : I want to use high tech laptop (not a desktop) in order to produce fast and good jobs. It can give me mobility and flexibility.
• Environment : I expect a relaxing working environment with some toys around (not a must), free parking and maximum 30-40 minutes of commute
• Restrictions : I can understand standard security and filtering but I hate calling an admin to install a simple text editor to my machine.
• Agile : I prefer agile and new development practices if possible. (I'd love to practice mob programming for example)
• Source Control / Continuous integration / Continuous deployment : I don't want to carry on with the old technology. Company I work for should be open for best
• Nature of Business: I don't prefer finance, gambling and law businesses.

Besides, a greenfield project is always best. If it's a brownfield project I expect. standards and best practices in codes.

I think there is no need to mention money.