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I am interviewing them. I can't tell you how many times I've interviewed someone and they never asked me a single question. Even if they seemed good, I always

by e40 12y ago

I am interviewing them. I can't tell you how many times I've interviewed someone and they never asked me a single question. Even if they seemed good, I always put them into the reject pile. Not a single question? Wow.

odonnellryan 12y ago
I don't ask questions if I lose interest during the interview process.
- jghn 12y ago
  I encourage our candidates to ask questions and while I won't explicitly hold it against them (I find many people are too afraid of the power dynamic) if they don't it certainly helps them if they have a rich conversation instead of just blankly answering my own questions. As an interviewee I try to ask any questions which come up throughout the process, I don't wait for them to ask me. This sometimes annoys interviewers, but that's their problem. However, what I vehemently disagree with is that someone needs to have a clever answer to "do you have any questions for us?". This is usually thrown in the last few minutes of an interview and frankly it calls for a canned question which means by the 10th person I've talked to I'm tired of hearing the answer(s).
  - e40 12y ago
    However, what I vehemently disagree with is that someone needs to have a clever answer to "do you have any questions for us?" I'm not looking for clever, I'm looking for interest.
    - Infinitesimus 12y ago
      > I'm not looking for clever, I'm looking for interest. Not saying this is true of course, but have you considered that some of those times might be that you as the interviewer were unable to pique their interest in what you do? It is a two way street, after all.
    - jghn 12y ago
      Right, but I'm showing interest by participating in the convo in general. What I mean are the cliche questions which are purely designed for me to show that I've reseaeched your company except that I already know the answer as I've researched your company.
- Kurtz79 12y ago
  Then, in your case, he is absolutely correct in considering that a negative signal.
  - odonnellryan 12y ago
    That's true, but I meant that if a lot of your interviews seem to go poorly you should keep an open mind about things and consider your process as well as the candidates you're choosing to interview.
jmilloy 12y ago
Maybe by then, they've already put you in their reject pile?
logfromblammo 12y ago
Do you give them conversational priority during the interview, or do you dominate the entire interaction and then make their opportunity to finally speak freely just another one of your interview questions? If so, what you're really asking is this: "Here's some rope. Would you like to hang yourself with it?" I like to ask my questions as they become topically relevant, during the interview. If I can't ask anything until the end, that is a gigantic red flag for me. If you expect my question to just be an answer to your "do you have any questions?" question, then screw you, buddy. You're getting my canned response: "How does your company determine the value of a <position title>?" And then, no matter what you say, I'll make a little frown and say, "hmmm".

by e40 12y ago

odonnellryan 12y ago

I don't ask questions if I lose interest during the interview process.

jghn 12y ago
I encourage our candidates to ask questions and while I won't explicitly hold it against them (I find many people are too afraid of the power dynamic) if they don't it certainly helps them if they have a rich conversation instead of just blankly answering my own questions. As an interviewee I try to ask any questions which come up throughout the process, I don't wait for them to ask me. This sometimes annoys interviewers, but that's their problem. However, what I vehemently disagree with is that someone needs to have a clever answer to "do you have any questions for us?". This is usually thrown in the last few minutes of an interview and frankly it calls for a canned question which means by the 10th person I've talked to I'm tired of hearing the answer(s).
- e40 12y ago
  However, what I vehemently disagree with is that someone needs to have a clever answer to "do you have any questions for us?" I'm not looking for clever, I'm looking for interest.
  - Infinitesimus 12y ago
    > I'm not looking for clever, I'm looking for interest. Not saying this is true of course, but have you considered that some of those times might be that you as the interviewer were unable to pique their interest in what you do? It is a two way street, after all.
  - jghn 12y ago
    Right, but I'm showing interest by participating in the convo in general. What I mean are the cliche questions which are purely designed for me to show that I've reseaeched your company except that I already know the answer as I've researched your company.
Kurtz79 12y ago
Then, in your case, he is absolutely correct in considering that a negative signal.
- odonnellryan 12y ago
  That's true, but I meant that if a lot of your interviews seem to go poorly you should keep an open mind about things and consider your process as well as the candidates you're choosing to interview.

jmilloy 12y ago

Maybe by then, they've already put you in their reject pile?

logfromblammo 12y ago

Do you give them conversational priority during the interview, or do you dominate the entire interaction and then make their opportunity to finally speak freely just another one of your interview questions? If so, what you're really asking is this: "Here's some rope. Would you like to hang yourself with it?" I like to ask my questions as they become topically relevant, during the interview. If I can't ask anything until the end, that is a gigantic red flag for me. If you expect my question to just be an answer to your "do you have any questions?" question, then screw you, buddy. You're getting my canned response: "How does your company determine the value of a <position title>?" And then, no matter what you say, I'll make a little frown and say, "hmmm".