Here’s an interesting article on what questions you should ask when you’re interviewing for a job. There are a couple here I wish I’d asked before I started on my current gig:

• If I want to buy something like a book or a tool, how does the process work (how hard is it?). What’s the cost limit before the approval must go up the management chain?
• How many projects have succeeded/failed in the last five years? To what do you attribute the failures?

I’d also add a question about how raises and increases are determined.