{"id":19653,"date":"2017-09-28T11:24:14","date_gmt":"2017-09-28T16:24:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/pipercenter\/?page_id=19653"},"modified":"2024-07-29T11:41:36","modified_gmt":"2024-07-29T16:41:36","slug":"questions","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/pipercenter\/how-to-guides\/interview-guide\/questions\/","title":{"rendered":"Questions: What questions might the interviewer ask?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-modular-content-collection><p>Interviewers ask questions in order to<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Figure out whether you would be a good fit with the organization<\/li>\n<li>Find out whether you are really interested in the position or program<\/li>\n<li>Confirm that you are as qualified as your resume and cover letter suggest<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Explore the kinds of questions interviewers ask \u2014 and the questions you may want to ask interviewers:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/pipercenter\/how-to-guides\/interview-guide\/questions\/tell-me-about-yourself\/\">How might you respond to the question, \u201cTell me about yourself?\u201d<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/pipercenter\/how-to-guides\/interview-guide\/questions\/general-questions\/\">What general questions might an interviewer ask?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/pipercenter\/how-to-guides\/interview-guide\/questions\/behavioral-questions\/\">What are behavioral questions?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/pipercenter\/how-to-guides\/interview-guide\/questions\/negative-experiences-or-weaknesses\/\">What are questions about negative experiences or weaknesses?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/pipercenter\/how-to-guides\/interview-guide\/questions\/questions-you-might-ask\/\">What questions might you ask an interviewer?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/pipercenter\/how-to-guides\/interview-guide\/questions\/salary-and-benefits\/\">When may you ask about salary and benefits?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/pipercenter\/how-to-guides\/interview-guide\/questions\/illegal-questions\/\">What are illegal questions and tactful responses?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>When you are done, return to<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/pipercenter\/how-to-guides\/interview-guide\/preparation\/\">Preparation: \u00a0how do I get ready for my interview?<\/a>\u00a0to make sure that have the information you need<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/pipercenter\/how-to-guides\/interview-guide\/practice\/\">Practice: \u00a0how do I practice before my interview?<\/a>\u00a0to come up with good answers to questions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a class=\"cta\" href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/pipercenter\/how-to-guides\/interview-guide\/thank-you-notes\/\">Thank you notes: Why do you need to send a thank you note?<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- begin-migrated-from-panel-builder --><!-- end-migrated-from-panel-builder --><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Interviewers ask questions in order to Figure out whether you would be a good fit with the organization Find out whether you are really interested in the position or program [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8275,"featured_media":0,"parent":17165,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-19653","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/pipercenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19653","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/pipercenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/pipercenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/pipercenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8275"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/pipercenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19653"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/pipercenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19653\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41143,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/pipercenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19653\/revisions\/41143"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/pipercenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17165"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/pipercenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19653"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}