Asking the right questions during your interview is key to demonstrating your interest in the role and convincing the interviewer that you would do the job well. Here are 15 questions, divided up into five sections, that will create a conversation during your interview and will give you a good chance of progressing to the next stage of the recruitment process. 15 QUESTIONS TO ASK YOUR INTERVIEWER haysplc.com/viewpoint
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Asking the right questions during
your interview is key to
demonstrating your interest in the
role and convincing the interviewer
that you would do the job well.
Here are 15 questions, divided up
into five sections, that will create a
conversation during your interview
and will give you a good chance of
progressing to the next stage of the
recruitment process.
15 QUESTIONS TO ASK YOUR INTERVIEWER
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QUESTIONS TO ASK ABOUT THE ROLE
The answer to this question will
reveal whether the role has
expanded to absorb modern
practices and technology over time.
The question shows you are keen
to keep pace with advances, and
that you have a positive attitude to
change.
1. Is this role new? If not, how has it evolved?
This is another classic question,
which shows you have career
ambitions and want to get on in the
world.
It will also reveal something about
how talent is nurtured and promoted
within the organisation.
2. Is there scope for career progression?
This is a tactful way of determining
exactly what skills and experience
are required for the role.
You can use the interviewer’s
appraisal of your predecessor to
gauge exactly what it is you need to
do to take the role to the next level.
3. Can you tell me a bit about the predecessor of the role?
This is the best question to help you
visualise yourself in the role; you
can then decide whether it’s for you
or not.
4. What does a typical day
look like?
If possible, try and research your
colleagues before the interview
process.
If not, or on top of that, try and find
out as much as possible about them
from the interviewer.
5. Can you tell me more about the team?
QUESTIONS TO ASK ABOUT THE TEAM
It can be difficult to understand the
full extent of your role from a job
description, so use the interview to
establish which departments you’ll
be liaising with most often.
You can then decide whether your
skillset is well suited to the role or
not.
6. Who are the key
stakeholders?
This question signals your interest
in working as a team as you want to
know where you will fit in and
contribute to the organisation’s
long-term success.
7. How does the team fit
into the overall structure
of the company?
This question will help you discover
the organisation’s priorities, which
you can then compare against your
own.
It will also help you understand
what the business expects from
their employees.
8. What constitutes success for the team and the role?