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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.

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.