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Total Access Club
Career ConfidentialCoaching Club
with Peggy McKee
Today’s Agenda
Presentation – 15 Questions Great Job Candidates Ask
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Great Candidates Always Ask Questions
Questions provide information about the company and the opportunity.
Questions show you’ve done
your homework and you are a
strategic thinker.
Questions help the candidate
determine if the job is the right fit!
With that in mind, here are
15 great questions
you should askin your next job interview.
#1 – Why is this position open?
• Provides Information That You Can’t Get Anywhere Else
– Maybe the Last Employee Was a Poor Performer
– Maybe the Last Employee Was Promoted
#2 – How long was the last person in this position?
Their answer tells you the turnover rate for this job.• You should ask “Why?”
– Performance Issue
– Fit Issue
– Other Issue
Here Today
Gone Tomorrow
#3 – What do you expect me to accomplish in the first 60 to 90 days?
Great candidates hit the ground
running!
#3 – What do you expect me to accomplish in the first 60 to 90 days?
• Employers Are Excited About– Employees That Understand
Money– Employees That Solve Problems
• This Allows You To– Ease Your Way into Showing Them Your
30-60-90-Day Plan
#4 – What would a successful first year in this position look like?
• This should tell you…– Their Goals– Their Performance Indicators
• This Tells Them…– You Care About Long Term
Success
#5 – What are the common traits of your top performers in this role?
• Hiring Managers Love This Question
– Signal That You Care About Being Outstanding
• This is Really a Question of Fit
– Do You Fit
– Can You Succeed There
• Values You Can Sell to
#6 – What are the biggest challenges of this position?
• Your Focus is
– Not on the Paycheck
– Overcoming Obstacles
– On Becoming Successful
#7 – How would you describe a typical day on the job?
• Their Answer Gives You…– Tremendous Insight
• Their Answer Gives You– Big Clues
• Their Answer Gives You– Clues to SELL Yourself
Sell… Sell…
Sell…
#8 – What do employees do in their spare time?
• Another Question of Fit– Will You Fit the Culture?
Maybe the interviewer will say,“What spare time?” and you’ll
have a pretty clear idea that you won’t have any either.
This candidate thinks
• Strategically
• Cares About Productivity
• Focuses on Results
#9 – What things really drive results in this company?
• This is a Strategic Question
• You Have Heard of the 80/20 Rule– 20% Effort Produces 80% of Results
• Makes a Big Impression on the Interviewer
#10 – How do you plan to deal with X?
• Pre-interview Research
– Address Challenges of the Industry
– SWOT Analysis Looks at
• Strengths
• Weaknesses,
• Opportunities, and
• Threats
#10 – How do you plan to deal with X?
Lets Them Know…• You Have Done Your Homework• You are a Strategic Thinker
Lets You Know• Insight into the Future of the Company
#11 – How would you describe your management style?
• Management Style
– How Do They Interact With Employees
– How Do They React to Mistakes
Can you work with this person?
#12 – What do you like about working for this company?
• Uncover the Perks
– Cooperative Culture!
– Develop Their People!
– Gym!
– Childcare!
– Profit-sharing!
You gain insight into the what’s
important to this person.
#13– What do you see as my strengths and weaknesses as a candidate?
• You Learn…
– What He Really Thinks of You
• He Learns…
– You Are Self-Aware
– You Are Able to Take Criticism
– You Are Confident
A Signal
You will play up your strengths, address issues, correct
misinformation, and tell him why that weakness won’t be
an obstacle.
#14– Are you confident that I am someone who can meet the challenges of this
position?
This is a tough, tough question to ask. But you have
to do it!
#14– Are you confident that I am someone who can meet the challenges of this
position?
• Uncover Their Doubts
• Address Their Doubts
#15 – When can I expect to hear from you?
• Hiring Managers Expect You to Ask
If you don’t ask they’ll assume you don’t want
the job.
• It Will Ease Your Mind
• Now You Know What to Expect
• You Know When You Should Call
You’ll ask great questions that help you
knock their socks off!
15 Questions Great Job Candidates Ask
Ask Questions!!!!Asking Questions Lets You Know:
Company Information & OpportunitiesIf There is MisinformationIf You FitHow to Sell Yourself
Asking Questions Lets Them Know:You Think StrategicallyYou Understand MoneyYou Care About ProductivityYou Care About ResultsYou Do Your HomeworkYou Are A GREAT Fit!
Best of Luck!
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