Comments on: How to ask good questions in an interview

By: Questions to ask in an interview « Ask An ESL Teacher

Questions to ask in an interview « Ask An ESL Teacher — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 03:06:46 +0000

[...] This is a great question. To start, there are the "normal" questions you should ask in any interview. I've linked to a couple good blog posts on the topic including one from Ask a Manager and Penelope Trunk. [...]

By: Michelle

Michelle — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:33:36 +0000

I had an interview yesterday and I WISH I had read this before! This is fantastic advice. Oh well, hopefully I'll get to use it in the future.

By: Investments

Investments — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 22:52:53 +0000

It is not a bad idea to ask the people hiring you what they are looking in an employee. Usually someone who is about to hire has an idea of what they want. If you can get them talking you must listen in to what they are describing. After that you can always use what they said when describing yourself.

By: blondheretic

blondheretic — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 16:51:19 +0000

Asking the "Do you have any reservations?" question is the best interview advice I've ever read. You get real-time feedback, and you get to look brave by asking for criticism. Thank you – I never have to go home wondering how an interview went again!

By: mims

mims — Thu, 21 May 2009 20:41:58 +0000

I just interviewed for a new job.. I mentioned salary which now I have been told that is the wrong thing to do.. It's been over 5 years since I went on an interview. I put out a salary and now I feel it was to low… How do I correct this?

By: 10 things every job seeker must know before they interview « Courting Your Career

Tue, 04 Nov 2008 00:37:28 +0000

[...] questions, based on your research, that you have about the company and the position. Good questions incorporate your research and go beyond the most ineffective, generic, and lame question of all [...]

By: jessica

jessica — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 19:02:21 +0000

i needed to know how to interview a person at my school that i go to so this did nnot help

By: 面试时如何问好问题？ - One Leo

面试时如何问好问题？ - One Leo — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 15:42:32 +0000

[...] 原文：How to ask good questions in an interview [...]

By: Klaus Suglia

Klaus Suglia — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 07:00:43 +0000

So here I am going after a position that I didn't even apply for, but had my resume pushed to the appropriate department and I got 3 telephone interviews. Mind you this is after a 2 year streak of sending in my resume via email and not getting any kind of response, I was beginning to think it was me that was the problem. Well two weeks ago I had two successful phone interviews back to back lasting a half an hour apiece. I was recommended to have a 3rd interview but this was going to be my first face to face with a manager, HR, and the direct supervisor for the position that I was applying for. I started researching the company 3 weeks prior to that and even had a failed interview for a different position in the same company. So I'm researching and researching and digging deep into the technical aspects of the products that would be supported. And then I thought well heck I've been to several failed interviews in the last two weeks what can I change in this interview because I really want this potential career. I came across this website and decided to change my interview tactics, and use the advice. One day prior to the interview I get a confirmation email that states they're changing the interview agenda which started at 6:00PM and would have ended at about 8:00PM with 3 back to back individual interviewers, and now was going to be one panel interview. I have never done good at panel interviews. "Oh great I'm not going to get this position" is immediately what went through my mind.
10 minutes prior to the interview I show up and I'm almost immediately ushered into the small conference room. It started out with the Manager of the department, who had flown down from Minnesota for the day to give the 3rd interview, asking the question of "So tell us a little bit about yourself and how your knowledge and skills pertain to this position." To which I stated and asked "Before I get started would you mind if I asked a question?" His response "No I don't mind, that would be fine." "Could you tell about the ideal candidate that you're looking for, so that I could tailor my answers appropriately?" Completely threw him off guard, and he gave me the ideal candidate. While he was giving me the details running through my head was "I don't meet any of the qualifications." And to take it a step further something of that nature came out of my mouth after he was done. Oh boy did I have my work cut out for me now. There was about 5 minutes that passed and I'm answering another question. After was done the manager was questioning out loud "…then why are you here?" almost as if the interview was over, then the supervisor stepped in and clarified the job posting and stated that what the job posting included was all 3 engineering levels (IE Tier one, Tier two, Tier three) of the position wrapped into one classified. He start to ask me questions, and clarified my skills, when the supervisor handed off the questioning back to the Manager, he stated "that the answers that you provided rebounded you right back into the interview, and in fact you have already answered most of the questions that I have for you." I had succeeded in having him redirect his questions into the technical aspect and throwing him for a loop. From going from almost having the interviewing process stopped to jumping right back into it, well let's just say it's not an easy task.
To make a long story short, I was told that I would hear back from them as early as Friday but no later than the beginning of the following week. I kid you not I was home 8 minutes after the interview and 7 minutes later while I was telling my wife how it went I got a call from the Manager stating that they were going to recommend me for hire and they were going top me out in the salary hiring range. He paid me a complement of saying that not only was it the most entertaining interview of the four that he had during the day it was the most productive as well.
I'm so glad that I came across your website and read your advice and decided to stand out of the crowd. This Worked wonders. Thank you Ms. Trunk.

By: [每周翻译]如何回答最难的面试问题 - One Leo

[每周翻译]如何回答最难的面试问题 - One Leo — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 02:06:20 +0000

[...] a lot of advice on this blog about how to interview: Tell good stories, ask good questions, be a closer. But here’s only one most important thing to remember: when it comes to discussing [...]