What question's should I be asking at a job interview?

Question

I have two job interviews coming up, and I really would like to have some questions ready. Any ideas?

Answer 1

Some may apply and some might not --
1 Do you have benefits (insurance, 401k, etc...) and what?
2 How many hours and what kind of shifts are available?
3 Is traveling involved?
4 Do you pay overtime?
5 Holiday schedules? (such as holidays off or paid etc...)
6 Do you work on comission?
7 Do you get breaks and how?
8 Is smoking allowed? (for smokers)
9 Is there opportunity to advance?
10 Any car poolers?

Just a few to goet you started. Most should be covered in your interview but things get missed sometimes. Good luck and blessed be!

Answer 2

How long have most of your staff worked with you? If the place is a revolving door, or people stay a short time, it's a bad sign. Usually, though, they'll try to cover that up by fudging the answer, saying, "Well, we've reorganized, it's a new department" or something like that, so look out. You want an answer like, "90% of the people have been at this firm for 5 years or more, but the majority have risen to higher positions. We promote from within when we can."

Answer 3

Depends on what you're interviewing for obviously. You have to ask questions to show you know a little about what you are applying for and the industry. It also would not hurt to research the company you are interviewing for. If you are interviewing at a school you can ask about the budget, school board, parent relations, etc. If you interview at a bank you can ask about finance, how internet banking may affect your position, etc.

You can ask about training opportunities, what is looked for in performance reviews, what happened to the last person who had your job, or if your job is newly created what made them create it. If you get a good "feel" you can ask the interviewer how they started out - a good way to get them taking about themselves - in my last interview I asked my interviewer that question and was surprised to find out he had started as a temp!

Start looking up general news articles about the industry then look at specifics about the company.

Answer 4

Even if your not sure if you want the job at the end of the interview ask "when do you want me to start"

Answer 5

ask them how the team dynamics are. How do people in the office get along?

I asked this once and didn't really get an answer. I was not impressed. You spend 40+ hours of your life each week with these people and you can't tell me how you all get along??? That is just too important for me.

Answer 6

Ask them about their training programing. By asking such question, it shows that you are thinking about the future and is constantly thinking about self improvement.

Hey, you don't want to do the same thing all of your life do you? We have machines to do that kind of stuff.

Answer 7

Ask "How many weeks paid vacation do I get?"