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I suck as asking the employer questions during an interview...Any tips or which ones to ask? |
I need to find some interesting questions to ask for an interview on Thursday. Its an Admin position with the potential to come a program coodinator for a media company any tips! The number one question not to forget to ask is--Ask for the job. Ask what is involved in the hiring process, will there be additional interviews? If yes, ask when the next tentative date of interview will be. Ask when the position will be filled, ask when a position review will occur. Consider being bold and ask if the position is a new position, if it is isn't why is it vacant, if there was problems with the prior employee how can you avoid them. If it is a new position, ask is foreseeable that the position that will be eliminate or absorbed by another administrator in the next few years. Will you be answering to more than one individual? Because it is an Administration position --You may consider asking about what budget restrains are in the position. Will you be able to have input into future budgets? Ask how many employees are in your department? Ask to see a copy of the job performance review. It is usually bad practice to discuss pay, benefits, and etc. during the initial interview. It the subject of salary comes up, consider saying that you realize that the position has a entry level salary budgeted and feel that you will be comfortable with it(if you discover it is to low later, you can always turn the position down, you don't want to state a salary to low, or one that is out of their budget). I wish you the best. Ask about medical benefits/sick leave/vacation (if they don't already cover that area.... You can also make sure your aware of the hours, hourly pay, overtime pay, work on weekends?, ask questions about the company itself.... When it originated, how long that particular office has been in business, the number of employees, supervisors and departments.... hope that helps a bit. Well.. a question i've learned to ask is a way for me to find out if a job is gonna be in a nutzy environment or not. "Can you tell me what a typical day is like here?" That usually describe to me how crazy the place gets so I can decide if the job is suitable for me (i like to have a balanced home-and-work-life) without saying, "I don't want to pull overtime all the time cuz I have a life... is that ok?" Hope that is useful. Oh.. another one I think of: "What are ways for people to learn new skills here?" or something like that since this one has the potential to become more so they would know you're interested in learning more and taking on more responsibilties. Don't be nervous! Think of the interview as a conversation between you and the employer. You're both just getting to know each other to determine if there's a good fit. That's it. Once I came to that realization, interviews became a lot easier for me. Ask the employer what sorts of qualities and/or traits they're looking for in their ideal employee. If they have a website, find something on the site that you could ask questions about, whether it's about the company or the position. And If you feel comfortable enough, ask what happened to the previous person. Also I wouldn't advise asking about salary and hours during the initial interview (they usually tell you during the interview), but that's just me. Good luck! I like some of the comments above. But also ask is this a new position. because if it is that means no one knows what you do and you have to build processes and relationships to get your job done. I also tend to ask how many applicants there are. to assess my chances. if its replacing a person, then I tend to ask how long the job has been open for. get a sense of how hard it has been for them to find the appropriate people. Ask... How do you see this position developing over the next 18 months? If they want this position to develop as you think, they will have a plan otherwise they will stammer and studder. What is the company's history of hiring for management position from with in the company? This will give you a clue as to where they get there managers, either they develop them or they hire them... working for someone that develops internal talent is great for you. What is the turnover rate with this position/group/company over the past 12 months? This tells you how many people have left the company recently. If it's a large company ask them if they do exit interviews for employees that are separating? If they say yes ask what is the number 1 reason people leave this company? Be brave you will learn alot about the company and the managers. |
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