Questions to Ask the Job Interviewer
When possible, ask questions with regard to information you gathered while researching the organization. ("How has the merger of your bank with ______ bank impacted the combined organization's expansion plans?")
- What is the structure of your organization? Where would I fit in?
- Can you tell me about the primary people I will be working with, their functions, and how they are interrelated?
- What do you consider the necessary background for this position?
- What type of training do you provide for new employees?
- What characteristics do you look for in employees?
- What would be a typical first assignment?
- How do you conduct performance reviews?
- What do you like most and least about this organization?
- How many people have been in this position in the last five years?
- In reading your annual report, I noticed you have opened new plants or outlets in the past year. Are you planning more expansion?
- Is this a new position?
- If I am selected for this position, what will you want me to accomplish in the next twelve to eighteen months?
- What skills will the ideal person for this position have? What key technical, educational, or experiential background is best?
- How long have you been in this position? What have you enjoyed most about it and why? What other positions have you held with this company?
- Is there any reason I wouldn't be considered for this position?
- What is the next step in the selection process?