Employment advisor reveals the one question to ask in a job interview

An employment advisor has shared the one question you should ask during a job interview, to identify and avoid toxic work cultures.

In a TikTok account dedicated to helping employees in the workplace called TikTok account, the woman shares a video with the caption: "Killer interview question for avoiding toxic workplace."

She begins the video by saying: "I've got a killer interview question that you can ask interviewers," adding that she has heard "so many horror stories".

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She says the question helps you "get a good understanding if you're gonna walk into the kind of environment, you're not gonna have a good time".

The question is: "Tell me about the person on your team that's most different from you?"

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She says if the prospective employer "leans forward and gets really excited" and then explains that person's positive traits, that's a workplace you want to join.

They may praise the colleague and complement their skills in the process.

If, however, they say such things as they "just don't understand that person" and speak about them in a problematic way, she says that's a "bad sign".

They may make fun of the colleague and imply "everyone needs to be the same".

Her TikTok viewers have loved her advice, with one suggesting an alternative question to achieve the same outcome.

"My favourite is: tell me what you have changed recently based on feedback from your team. Tells me a lot about their values," one writes.

Another suggests comments such as "we're like family" are also a negative sign.

Although one of her TikTok followers suggests some workplaces are so toxic they have learned to hide their toxicity.

"In my view, toxic employers learn to hide toxicity and would celebrate difference publicly," they suggest.

Another says she asked: "I once asked why the people interviewing me liked to work there. The Boss said the was an UNFAIR questions to the employees since he was present."

That too was described as a red flag.

One persons shared a green flag question they were asked, which was: "I saw it as a green flag that my interviewer asked what I thought equality in the work place looked like."