one of the toughest questions in a job
interview is when they ask you do you
have any questions for me and this
question usually hits job seekers like a
ton of bricks and most people say uh
no or they hem and they haw and they're
like well do you have any good medical
benefits
or will you pay if i go back to college
you know that kind of stuff and that's
the worst thing you'll want to say hey
it's don georgiovich here with job
interview tools and today i'm going to
walk you through a simple strategy that
will show you how to ask good questions
when you're on a job interview so you'll
be able to impress your interviewer with
some really smart and well-thought-out
questions so
let's get started
now the worst thing you can do in an
interview is tell them that you don't
have any questions i mean think about it
i mean anyone who's seriously
considering making a job commitment will
have many questions and if they don't
well they're probably not serious about
the job so to create your list of good
questions to ask the first thing you
want to do is read the job description
in extreme detail so you understand
everything that they are looking for in
the ideal candidate and the more you
know about the job
the easier it's going to be
to uncover good questions to ask them
and what you want to do is pay close
attention to specific requirements in
the job description potential challenges
facing the position and key attributes
that they are looking for you know like
leadership or critical thinking or
attention to detail i mean it probably
won't be any of those but i mean you get
the idea then in step two think about
what is most important to you in this
job and write down a few reasons you
genuinely want this job and why those
reasons are important to you i mean for
example you know this position will help
me grow in the field of finance this job
will allow me to work with better people
this job will allow me to travel or you
know this job will get me out of my
current job you know and next
write down five reasons that would
prevent you from accepting this job and
why i mean for example you know low pay
travel or maybe half the job is doing
stuff that you really don't want to be
doing
and then write down five things about
the position that you don't understand
or you require more clarity for example
you know what kind of work you'd be
doing you know where the job is located
or you know what are the hours or you
know what are you going to be
responsible for
and then in the final step create a list
of questions that will help you decide
if you not only want this job but will
accept it if it's offered to you for
example i mean you might want to know
more about their company culture so you
ask can you describe your company
culture and how it plays a role in the
success of your company
now you might be uncertain as to
what you'd be responsible for in this
role so you would ask your interviewer
you know can you describe the first year
accountabilities and the metrics you
would use to evaluate my performance now
another concern that you might have
relates to salary because maybe they
didn't disclose it so you might ask has
a salary range been determined for this
position now unless you're willing to
work for free
don't be afraid to ask about salary but
this approach is much better than asking
how much does the job pay now if
discussing salary makes you really
uncomfortable then wait for them to ask
you about your salary requirements now
moving on here now let's say you're
unsure who you'll be working with so you
might ask you know who will i be
reporting to or who will i be working
with you know just as simple as that
now if the job requires travel you might
say you know what are the traveling
requirements and how much travel can i
expect and one of my personal favorite
questions i love to ask at the end of an
interview is
if we were to come to an agreement and i
were to accept this position could you
share with me
how you see me fitting in around here
and
what would the next six months look like
now i love asking that question because
it forces my interviewer to visualize me
in the role and i can see their reaction
now if they hesitate then i know that
they're not sold on hiring me so i have
more work to do to sell myself but
that's another story
and i mean that's really about it i mean
after creating your list of questions
rank them in chronological order and aim
to get the most important ones answered
first because you might not have time to
get all of your questions answered
another thing you want to do is write
your questions on your notepad with
additional notes of why those are
important and then take that list to you
in the interview now you should have a
handful of questions already planned out
before your interview don't wait till
the last minute and i can't stress this
enough the best questions to ask are the
ones that will help you qualify this
company as the place that you want to
work i mean you may not realize this
but you're interviewing them too so you
want to ask lots of good questions and
avoid waiting until the end ask your
questions throughout the course of the
interview so they sound natural and
inquisitive now it might kind of go like
this they ask you a question and you
answer it and then you follow up with
one of your questions that's related to
that topic and that's really about all
there is to it look at a job interview
as a conversation i mean if you were
sitting down to have a discussion with
someone and they just asked you
questions for 60 minutes straight i mean
that wouldn't be much of a conversation
would it it would be more like an
interrogation
so
ask meaningful questions that will help
you qualify them as an employer i mean
your questions should not only make
sense but challenge them
and as the interview unfolds write down
additional questions that come to your
mind and ask questions about their goals
for the position to demonstrate your
sincere interest
ask questions about some of the things
you discovered about the company through
your research ask questions about their
competition and potential challenges
they face
ask about the next steps in the
interview process and i mean you can do
this and once you go through this
process a few times you'll just know
exactly what kind of questions that you
want to ask every employer now if you'd
like to go a little bit farther with me
than i did in this video you can
download this book here from job
interview tools dot com slash top 10.
this is free
it's got the top 10 most common
interview questions in it it also has
more sample questions in it that you
might consider asking your employer and
i say that you might consider because
you only want to ask questions that are
important to you just because i have
those questions in this book does not
make them good questions for you to ask
in your interview because your needs are
going to be different than you know what
these questions are you might
have different needs than what other
people have you might have different
concerns you might have different goals
so the best questions to ask are the
ones that are going to help you decide
if this job is right for you not not
because you found some questions in a
book just because you found them in a
book doesn't mean they're good to ask
for your situation
so this book will get you started on
those i guess there's probably maybe 10
questions to ask you might consider
asking if you want to go even a little
bit farther
grab the complete interview answer guide
from jobinterviewtools.com this one
probably has about 40 different
questions in it that you might consider
asking and again just because they're in
this book doesn't make them good
questions to ask but this question this
book also has 140
questions that you might get asked and
it shows you how to answer those
along with you know tell me about
yourself why do you want to work here
it's got 40 different behavioral
questions in it the cool thing about
this book is it's uh it's an ebook you
can download it right now it's like 50
bucks and it's also available in audio
and video so if you want to learn more
you can you know listen to me on your
iphone or you can watch more videos so
it's got all that kind of stuff in there
and if you're old school like me you
want physical hard copy in your hands
you can also buy this too so
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