Hello, my name is Richard McMunn, and in this video I'm going to
talk to you about the different kind of questions that you can ask
at the end of an interview.
So, once you have completed the interview itself the interviewer is more than
likely to say to you ok the interview is over, we've finished all
questions.
Have you got any questions for the interview panel?
Now a lot of people say to me "Richard, Do you have to ask questions at
the end?"
And the simple answer is no you do not have to ask any questions,
however it can be useful time for you to put yourself across
in a positive manor.
Now before I give you two sample questions that
you can ask at the interview I'm going to give you some tips
on what not to say.
First of all, don't ask any questions in relation to leave.
You should know about holiday leave long before
you go into the interview.
Don't ask about sick pay, also don't ask questions generally in relation to salary unless its
specifically spoken about during the interview.
You should know what the salary is; and if they want to negotiate with you in relation
to the salary they will generally ask you that during the interviewer.
So, those are the questions that you really want to avoid, if
possible at the end of an interview.
Now, if you decide not to ask any questions that is fine.
I recommend that you just say to the interview
panel 'no I haven't got any questions thank you very much, you've
answered everything that I wanted to know during the interview process'
and that is absolutely fine.
Now if you do ask any interview questions I would recommend
limiting it to two or maybe three questions at the most.
I've been interviewing people in the past and they've asked six or
seven or sometimes eight questions at the end of an interview.
While there is nothing wrong with that, as an interviewer
I have to discuss and mark that person I've been interviewing
once they've left the room and I also have other people
I need to interview later on.
Try and be respectful of the interviewers time.
What type of questions can you ask?
Well, the first one is in relation to knowledge.
I'll just write this down, I urge you to do the same.
When I say knowledge, I mean knowledge in relation to your
knowledge of the company or the role that your applying for.
So, I would say "yes I've got one question, 'whilst
I'm waiting to find out whether I've been successful or not is
there any further information or documentation that I can read
to further enhance my knowledge of the organisation or the role
that I am applying for?"
Now, this is quite a clever question, because what it does is it
demonstrates that you are keen and enthusiastic for the role, but
also you want to carry on some more research about their
organisation whilst your waiting to find out whether your successful
or not.
The second one is in relation to development.
It goes something like this.
If I am successful in the role, do you think there would be the opportunity for me to develop
and also progress in the organisation once I've learned my role
and am competent in that specific position?
Now what this does is it demonstrates to the organisation that you
are intending to stay with them for a long period of time if you are
successful.
The vast majority of employers would rather see an
employee stay with them for a long period of time, because they'll
be investing a lot of money, time, and resources into training them
up, and what they don't want them to do is to leave as soon as
they've been trained up.
So, that question demonstrates your commitment to that organisation.
So, those are two excellent questions that you can ask at the end of any
interview.
Thanks for watching.