Ask These Nine And You’ll Be Fine

The job scenario today is far more perilous than at any other time in the country’s history. If you want a job in their treacherous time, the work starts right at the beginning. Cracking the interview process is half the battle won and it is seen that a successful interview eases the onward journey towards landing the job that you so desperately want.

Preparing for the interview is not just answering the questions put to you, but also asking some of your own. The questions have to be such that they make the interviewer sit up and take notice. Your questions must not be seen as an interruption or inquisitiveness but make the interviewer feel, whoa! Here’s someone who knows what he wants and has the chutzpah to ensure that he is coming to the right place.

Don’t just ask humdrum, routine, stereotyped questions that the interviewer has heard before and in all likelihood will find uninspiring. The questions should make a statement that is designed to put focus on your qualifications, exhibit your confidence, buttresses your commitment, understand the employers challenges, shows your accountability, reflects your dependability and above all, advances your candidacy.



Many candidates do not understand or realize the value of asking questions. They feel that an interview is a single traffic lane, where the interviewer does all the asking and their duties are limited to answering. Nothing could be further from the truth. Questions are the surest way of establishing your identity and demonstrating that you understand the company’s mission and goals.

Your questions should reflect your keenness to meet the company’s aspirations. But what are the questions that you can ask. Experts have shortlisted the many questions to nine and if you stick to these nine, I guess, you should be fine.Amongst all its goals, on what does the company place top priority and how do you think I can help is achieving it?

1. Does the company happy any processes that will help me work collaboratively with my co-workers, the management and others at the workplace?
2. Is there any exact area where the company needs polishing and I could be specifically used?
3. If there is one target you would set me for to achieve in the first 60 days, what would it be?
4. Is there any aspect of the company’s culture that may not agree with me and you may want to apprise me about?
5. Do I mentor or will I be mentored?
6. How will you gauge my success? Whether I have met your expectations or have I met or failed to meet your expectations?
7. This job sounds interesting and I feel that it is the right one for me. Do you think that I’d fit here?
8. Now that you know the professional side of me and some of my personal traits as well, do have any concerns about whether I’d make a success of this job?
   

You don’t need to ask the questions as I have framed them. They are merely prototypes and you can tailor them according to your needs. Not every candidate has the courage to ask questions and it is not easy to do so, but neither is getting a job these days.