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10 Job Interview Questions You Should Ask

Many job seekers focus so hard on answering  interview questions  well that they forget something very important: You are there to  ask  questions, too. Asking the right questions at an interview is important for two reasons: First, when done correctly, the questions you ask confirm your qualifications as a candidate for the position. Second, you are interviewing the employer just as much as the employer is interviewing you. This is your opportunity to find out if this is an organization where you want to work. 3 Things You Want to Achieve When you ask the right questions, you want to achieve three things: Make sure the interviewer has no reservations about you. Demonstrate your interest in the employer. Find out if you feel the employer is the right fit for you. There are an infinite number of questions you could ask during a job interview, but if you stay focused on those three goals, the questions should come easy to you. I recommend preparing three to five

The 5 Questions Every Job Interview Is About And How You Should Answer Them

On average, job interviews last for 40 minutes. This means there is only a short window of opportunity for a candidate to make a good impression on an interviewer. However, it also means that there is equal if not greater pressure on the interviewer in this small amount of time, to gather all the information they need in order to assess whether the person sat in front of them is a viable hire. In order to meet this challenge, interviewing techniques have developed at a rapid pace. Eye contact and brain teasers have given way to competence or behavioural based questioning. No matter how complex some interviewing methods may sound, it’s important to remember that most interviewers have no interest in trying to trick you or catch you out. Quite the opposite in fact. Most interviews simply come down to your interviewer trying to find the answers to the following questions. Q #1 : Can You Do The Job? The most obvious question, but one with at least a few a layers of complexity. At