Notice period, relocation, hybrid expectations, background checks, and bonds and clawbacks.
3 questions in HR, Screening & Offer.
Answer notice period, relocation and remote-work questions early with real dates and hard constraints. These are recruiter screening criteria, so state what is fixed, what is negotiable and what must appear in the written offer. Use this logistics and policy answer to show the decision, trade-off, and evidence rather than a memorised definition.
Before a background check, disclose anything verification will find: employment date differences, title mismatches, education records, gaps or documents you cannot produce. Keep it factual, ask what the check covers and avoid surprises after the offer. It also connects onboarding to the point an interviewer is testing.
Read the paper against what you were told and query every difference, because only the document survives a change of manager. Check how variable pay is defined, what probation and clawbacks say, and get any verbal arrangement written in before you sign.