You’ll be asked it in almost any interview. And while you may be tempted to sit back and relax during this portion–while the recruiter’s put in the hot seat–that’s not actually in your best interest.
Why? Because this is your final chance to make an awesome impression.
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I found this article to be very interesting. I personally have never had to do a formal interview for a job but have heard about people’s experiences with interviews. Of course, I had gone through interviews to get into college but I thought that the interviews would be different to some degree. From this article it doesn’t seem so. While I was going through my own interviews I would also be asked if I had any questions and I would ask some if I had some and not ask if I didn’t. Some of the questions here have occurred to me but others, like asking to meet people, hadn’t occurred to me. Not only are these questions smart but they are engaging in a way that creates a conversation – that is the common link it seems after all. That is a cool fact to think about because when most people think of interviews, it seems to create a tendency within them as being stressful. It doesn’t have to be that way and an ideal way of making an interview more pleasant seems to be through asking questions.
This article brings up some really interesting questions to ask in a interview rather than nervously just sitting there awkwardly looking at your interviewer. Have done interviews outside of the theatrical world and inside it find that a lot of the same questions are useful in both environments because at the end of the day people are try to hire someone that want to work with. So showing interest in the company, the position you are interviewing for, and the people that currently work there could only help in my mind. I also funnily had the question of why the position is currently vacant asked of me when I was hiring my replacement over the summer, and honestly it I feel can help you get you great in sight on the company.(for me I was coming back to school) all in all this is a very well thought out and insightful list.
These are some useful questions to have ready but not necessarily applicable to all interviews. One should always do in having done research on the company that could help provide some more pointed questions about the company and that goes to help show that you did your work. Sometimes in trying to have these questions in your head, saying to yourself that you’re going to ask that one, can distract you from missing a key piece of information or just cause the conversation to go in circles. Like all things, there is a balance to be found in over-preparing questions and following too closely to an outline. One has to have room to improvise and respond to what other people in the room are saying and doing. However, this article can serve as a good jumping off point for pointed inspiration.
These are great questions to ask. Some of them I have asked before and others I have heard before as good questions to ask potential employers. Interviews can be nerve wracking. While it may seem easy to ask questions like these, I think it takes practice. Especially if you are interviewing with more than one person it can be difficult to turn the interview around on them. I have found that for entry level positions or first jobs, it is easy to look past question like these and focus on the “I need a job so I can eat and pay off student loan” questions. Tailoring resumes is a great way to get people to notice you at different companies. I might start tailoring, and writing down, questions like these to ask potential employers. Part of people not asking these questions could be getting thrown off their game in an interview. By having a list of questions written down, they could make sure to ask even if they’ve lost some concentration.
Wow! This article was amazing. I gained so many useful questions and ideas for questions. I know this article was intended for people looking for full time jobs, however I found that many of the questions could still be applied to internship interviews or be rewritten in a way so that they could apply to internship interviews. The question I found most interesting was “do you have any reservations about me or my qualifications.” That is definitely a strong question to ask, however I would definitely like to ask that in an interview. By asking that I could learn more about the flaws in my resume and cover letter and why people would have apprehensions about offering me an internship or hiring me. Some of the questions I already knew but I found shocking that so few people had asked them. This article was incredibly beneficial and I would send it to people who are looking for jobs.
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