When i go for interviews, i have a notebook opened so that i can take down notes during the interview. It's actually a good thing. Then i would also have my list of qns to ask. I would have prepared a list of 10 qns on the next page and pick the top 2 or 3 most relevant ones.
Ask really good qns. Qns that are relating TO YOUR INTERVIEWER OR SUPERVISOR.
- How can i help you succeed in your job/this company?
- What is your most pressing issue at hand?
- What are your key challenges this year?
- What is the biggest threat to your business?
- What are you hoping to achieve in this year?
If you ask these qns that are focused on the interviewer/company, the interviewer would most likely be stumped, but he would be pleasently surprised and remember you better. He most likely wouldn't give you a solid ans, but putting him in a diff spot will make him see you differently.
I would rate these kind of qns as normal qns:
- What are the growth opportunities for this role?
- Where would this role be in 1,3,5yrs time?
- What's the culture like for your company?
- how big is the team?
The above qns are yesterday's substandard qns. Why? Coz they are focused on the interviewee. It's so passe and people know it's cut and paste qns. And biggest problem of all is they are qns that are focused on the interviewee which is what most pple would ask.
The absolute worst kind of qns to ask are anything relating to benefits and salary, working hours. Pls don't ever ask these qns. You can talk about it in the final round or when you are going into details with HR after you are shortlisted and about to be made the offer.
The above list of qns, i just thought of them on the spot while typing this out. It just shows it's not difficult to think of them. And it's not like i go for alot of interviews. So pls don't say you have no qns to ask as it will never look good on you also.
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