Interview Questions: “What I really want to ask is…?
Sitting in an interview there are questions I really want answers to…but I know I can’t ask them. In this BLOG I have captured some questions that I really want to ask and come up with a better way of asking them so that I don’t end up in my lawyers office. Check it out and let me know if you have others that you want to ask but know you are not supposed to!
| WHAT YOU WANT TO KNOW | WHAT YOU CAN ASK |
| Why is the candidate searching for a job? | Why did you leave your last position? |
| Would this candidate enjoy working here? | What do you need most in a good workable situation? |
| Can this candidate learn our technology? | Tell me about a time you needed to learn a new computer program? What was it? How did you go about learning it? |
| Will s/he work hard for me? | Tell us about a time when you had to go above and beyond the call of duty in order to get a job done. |
| I am a small business and don’t have the time to train- how will this candidate manage? | Have you worked in an environment with limited support? Tell us how you managed? How did you develop the tools you needed to work effectively and productively? |
| Does the candidate smoke? | This office has a non smoking policy and employees are not permitted to smoke during working hours, on the premises. Can you abide by this policy? |
| Is this candidate a U.S. citizen? | Are you authorized to work in the U.S.? |
| Which religious holidays does s/he observe? | Are you able to work with our required schedule? |
| This candidate seems older than most, will s/he want to retire soon? | What are your long-term career goals? |
| Will this candidate be having children soon? | Are you available to work overtime on occasion? Can you travel? |
| How many sick days did the candidate take last year? | How many days of work did you miss last year? |