image What is her history with you?

The final question to consider from your boss’s perspective has to do with your complete history of working with her. Has her opinion of you evolved over time? Has the relationship improved lately, or is it in steady decline? If it’s the latter, can you point to a specific incident that caused the relationship to go off the rails? Your track record with your boss provides a number of insights that can be quite revealing, especially taken in context with all you’ve learned thus far about her motives and views of you. Let’s look at three historical dynamics in particular: 1) how the relationship started, 2) how it evolved, ...

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