{"id":19666,"date":"2017-09-28T11:55:02","date_gmt":"2017-09-28T16:55:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/pipercenter\/?page_id=19666"},"modified":"2024-07-29T11:41:25","modified_gmt":"2024-07-29T16:41:25","slug":"questions-you-might-ask","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/pipercenter\/how-to-guides\/interview-guide\/questions\/questions-you-might-ask\/","title":{"rendered":"What questions might you ask an interviewer?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-modular-content-collection><p>At the end of the interview, the interviewer will likely ask if you have any questions. \u00a0Asking questions shows that you have prepared and that you are interested in the organization.<\/p>\n<p>If the interviewer does not give you a chance to ask questions, ask the interviewer if there is time for you to pose a few questions.<\/p>\n<p>Read through the questions below for inspiration.<\/p>\n<h3><del><a id=\"organization\"><\/a><\/del>Questions about the organization<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>What do you see as the future of this organization or program?<\/li>\n<li>What are the immediate goals of this organization or program?<\/li>\n<li>What are the challenges facing this organization or career field in the near future?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><a id=\"colleagues\"><\/a>Questions about work colleagues<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>What qualities does the team value most in a new member?<\/li>\n<li>Given the project\/goals that you\u2019re described, how can the person you hire be of most value?<\/li>\n<li>What type of team member have you hired in the past who worked out well? What about new hires who didn\u2019t fit in?<\/li>\n<li>Who would be my immediate supervisors?<\/li>\n<li>Who would be the other members of my team?<\/li>\n<li>How would you recommend that a new employee build relationships in this position?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><a id=\"role\"><\/a>Questions about the role<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Why was this position made available (or created)?<\/li>\n<li>What are the most rewarding components of this job or program?<\/li>\n<li>What types of tasks should your ideal candidate be prepared to face on a day-to-day basis?<\/li>\n<li>What are the likely challenges in this job or program?<\/li>\n<li>What do you believe might \u00a0change in this role during the first year?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><a id=\"training\"><\/a>Questions about training, evaluation, and promotion<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>What kind of training opportunities might I expect as a new employee?<\/li>\n<li>Is there a mentoring program for new employees?<\/li>\n<li>How will I be evaluated? \u00a0promoted?<\/li>\n<li>What is a typical career path?<\/li>\n<li>How easily do people advance from this position?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><a id=\"timeline\"><\/a>Questions about the hiring timeline and next steps<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>What is your hiring timeline?<\/li>\n<li>What are the next steps?<\/li>\n<li>Who will contact me about the decision?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a class=\"cta\" href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/pipercenter\/how-to-guides\/interview-guide\/questions\/salary-and-benefits\/\">When may you ask about salary and benefits?<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- begin-migrated-from-panel-builder --><!-- end-migrated-from-panel-builder --><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At the end of the interview, the interviewer will likely ask if you have any questions. \u00a0Asking questions shows that you have prepared and that you are interested in the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8275,"featured_media":0,"parent":19653,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-19666","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/pipercenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19666","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=19666"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/pipercenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19666\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41129,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/pipercenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19666\/revisions\/41129"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/pipercenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19653"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/pipercenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19666"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}