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Workzone: Turnabout is fair play in job interview -- Ask questions

Sunday, April 17, 2011    By Bill Toland, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Hiring is picking up, and the unemployment rate is coming down, but it's still a challenging jobs environment. Even with 3 million or so job openings in the United States as of February, there are still 4.4 unemployed workers for every job opening.

Meaning there will be plenty of applicants for the job that you want. To set yourself apart from the competition during the interview, be prepared with a few questions to ask of your interviewer.

Why? Hiring managers want to know that you're interested in this particular job and this particular company, and they also want to know that if you eventually get the job, you won't hesitate to ask questions.

"You want to get the person to talking about the company," said Sally Chopping, a former actress from Great Britain who now works as a Pittsburgh job interview and public speaking coach. "The whole point of this thing is to get you and them to relax, talking together."

While it's important to be ready with questions, there's no need to ask them all -- you usually don't want to become the interviewer, she said. Instead, be ready to respond to answers with related follow-up questions, instead of steering the conversation in a new direction with an unrelated line of questioning.

Obviously, the nature of your questions will change depending on where you're interviewing. But when the interviewer inevitably asks you, "Do you have any questions?" be ready with any of the following:
 

1. What happened to the person who previously held this job? From the employer's perspective, it will show you're thinking about the next step and in a more specific way than the "do you promote from within?" question usually reveals. If the interviewer provides a straight answer, you might also get some insight into whether this position is a dead end or a steppingstone.

2. What's it like to work for this company? Why did you come here? You're interested in more than just a paycheck -- you're interested in workplace culture and atmosphere.

3. Now that we've talked and you've seen my resume, what are some concerns you have about my ability to meet the responsibilities of this job? Nobody likes to hear why they are unqualified, but if your interviewer has reservations about any holes in your experience, it's better that you have the chance to address them and perhaps knock them down.

4. Who would I be working with? Who are the best mentors in the office? What will my work team look like? This shows you're interested in people and personalities, not just the company.

5. If you were in my position, how would you tackle this job in your first six months? What should my top goals be? You want the job, but you also want to perform well, and you'll want to know how your short-term performance will be judged and what your employer or manager is expecting out of this position.

There are also some questions you'll want to avoid. Don't ask any obvious ones about the company's business operations or history that could have easily been answered with a simple news website search, or a search of the company's own website.

"It just shows that you didn't do your research," Ms. Chopping said.

Also, don't ask about salary, vacation and benefits right away. "You're better off negotiating salary after they've offered you a job," not before, she said. And be sure that your questions are open-ended, not yes-or-no, since the goal is to promote conversation.