| What are good questions to ask during an interview is | | | | other decision maker you are interviewing with has |
| a good question in itself, and one that always comes | | | | been through the process dozens of times, if not |
| up when a conscientious person is preparing for a big | | | | hundreds. The decision maker may be a little bored, |
| job interview. The fact that a person even wonders | | | | and is looking for a way to liven up the conversation |
| that sets them apart from the crowd of applicants and | | | | and get some information on your personality. In that |
| means that he or she is a proactive individual, intent on | | | | case a good question to ask the decision maker would |
| making a good impression and proper presentation of | | | | be anything that relieves their boredom and allows |
| skills and experience. | | | | them to talk. It is an accepted fact of making friends |
| The best question to ask, according to many human | | | | and influencing people that people love to talk, love the |
| resource management professionals, is "what can I do | | | | sound of their own voice, and love to hear their own |
| to benefit the company?" This question shows a good, | | | | name. The sweetest sound anyone can ever hear is |
| positive attitude and will lead the HR manager to think | | | | the sound of his or her own name, so be sure to call |
| of you as a go getter and team player and the type | | | | the interviewer by name. That is just basic human |
| of individual the company needs. | | | | nature. With that in mind, pay attention to the office |
| The worst question to ask would be anything that | | | | surroundings. Does the decision maker have a hobby, |
| makes you, as an applicant, appear to be selfish or | | | | like golf or fishing? Does the decision maker have |
| self centered. A bad interview question would be a | | | | sports trophies on display or a family photograph? If |
| question related to vacation, pay or raises too early in | | | | so, ask anything related to what is important to the |
| the interview. It is best to first establish that there could | | | | decision maker. Disguised as small talk, this is a |
| be a good ongoing professional relationship between | | | | strategic question that will bond you with the decision |
| you as an employee and the company as an | | | | maker interviewer. If you allow the interviewer to talk |
| employer before getting into the details. Of course | | | | about something he or she cares about, they will have |
| vacation, raises and starting pay are important to you, | | | | positive feeling about you and about the interview. |
| and the answers will come in good time, but it is best | | | | Give it a try, it could be the best question that you've |
| to show the interviewer that you will be a team player | | | | ever asked a potential employer, and may lead to a |
| who thinks of the good of the company and the team. | | | | great job. |
| When interviewing remember that the HR manager or | | | | |