10 Questions to Ask The Interviewer In Your Job Interview (Interview Prep Tips)

10 Questions to Ask The Hiring Manager In An Interview. Interview prep tips to ask your hiring manager. If you're in an interview, do not say you don't have any questions. In this video, I'll give you 10 simple questions to ask the hiring team and make a great first impression to help you do well in your job interview. I'll also tell you WHY you should ask these questions!

0:00 - intro
2:17 - why is this position open?
3:10 - what is your vision?
3:43 - flip the script
4:00 - solve the problem
4:17 - measure success
4:54 - why they were successful
5:19 - long term growth
6:05 - leadership style
6:35 - biggest competitor
7:31 - biggest concern
8:11 - if you need help
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[shawnawan]

Hey man - just wanted to say thank you. Truly! I went from applying to 10 jobs a week and getting zero interviews over a 3 month period. Then, after watching a couple hours of your vids, my resume has gotten raving reviews, I have gotten 7 interviews, and am now in the final rounds of 4 of them; each paying between $140k to $200k. The biggest difference being that one is for director of finance for a fortune 10 firm and the others are directors for start-up/private equity firms. Really, you have made that big of a difference. From writing a stellar resume and preparing for an interview to presenting like an executive and sending thank you emails, recruiters have literally told that these made me stand as a candidate. Appreciate all that you do!

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1. Why is this position open?
2. What is your vision for this role? (Ask it early on for pro-tips.)
3. What's this department's biggest weakness?
4. How do you see this role contributing to solve/improve upon these weaknesses and strengths?
5. How do you measure success in the first 30/60/90 days? (Make sure there are easonable expectations.)
6. What is it about [a previously successful person] that made them successful in this role? (Pro-tips.)
7. What is the long-term vision for this role? (Avoid a dead-end position.)
8. What is your leadership style? (Check your boss.) OR If I were to ask some of your directors and employees how they would describe you as a leader, what do you think they would say? (Is the manager self-aware?)
9. What is the strategy of your organization for longevity and stability of the mission? (Know the company's competitors.)
10. If you have one concern about the department or company that keeps you up at night? (A look behind the scenes.)

For the people. For the animate interbeings. ✊🏿✊🏽✊🏾✊🏻

[DL-vibes]

Needed this and just in time. Praying all who are watching get hired. :)

[pey]

My favorite question to ask is one I got from Kevin O'leary: "Is there anything you can recommend that I could start doing now to be as prepared as possible to succeed in this position?"

[izamalcadosa]

I had an interview on 09/08/2022 and I did everything Bryan said to do and I asked 4 out of these 10 questions. The young female interviewer couldn't answer any of my questions in a satisfactory manner and I received a rejection letter on 09/12/2022. I guess they didn't like my probing questions because I might find out some skeletons within that company.

[hymnhallelujahtuhaven]

I asked the interviewer the "how do you measure success in the first 30/60/90 days" question, and he was visibly upset at the question. Proceeded to answer in the first 30 days you should be able to do your job because i gave you the job just paraphrasing here.. he short answered at 60 days you should be efficient able to do everything from this to that. Didn't really have a clear indication at this point of "how he measured success", and so I asked for some clarification on it. briefly reiterated the same message pretty much and it was at that point I was pretty sure I wouldn't be hired there. I had a good deal of experience in the field i was applying with them as well but only got 2 questions in and he just had the attitude of "you should be grateful I'm even interviewing you" or something like it.

[ryanrester]

One of my favorites is to ask what the process is for requisitioning office supplies. Just the immediate reflex reaction to that question usually tells me if it’s a place I want to be or not. I’ve had people start the answer off with an annoyed sigh, and that was practically the end of the interview as far as I was concerned.

[danielfred]

Recently had an interview in which i believe candidates from within had the biggest chance of getting the job. I simply asked these questions and the hiring personnel thought i was the most involved and active candidate and selected me for the position and with the 20% pay raise (from what I'm currently making) that i asked for no need to negotiate. Thanks for helping me become a much better interviewer.

[Sirie]

I asked some of these questions today and it really puts them on the spot. The interview is just as much yours as theirs.

[alanpeterson]

I am a retired hiring manager. You provide excellent advice to job candidates, though I am concerned about one question that you suggest. If tell you, or you otherwise know, that the previous person was terminated, don't ask me why. For legal and liability reasons, I won't answer the question and I will be uncomfortable that you put me in that spot. How that person failed is not relevant. Let's talk about how you can succeed.

[JUMALATION]

A question that gets employers flustered is "describe a typical workday". (This applies best to office jobs, for more practical jobs it is of course a bit more clear.) Two years ago I asked this question during an interview and I was able to base the rest of my responses on this. I got that job. (I'm currently unemployed again but that is not my fault, it was a contract job 😅)

[lynnszen]

Sometimes, you are vetted by an HR person who can only answer some of these questions. Thank you for putting these questions out for others to use. As a Senior software developer, I have about the same number of questions to ask the hiring manager during the interviewing process.

[hansfritzmiller]

I felt more comfortable about some of these questions once you pointed out that I could interject my questions during the interview, and not necessarily wait until I was asked if I had any questions.

[HungerSTRKE]

Hey, I just wanted to say thank you. I did a TON of research about this job I applied for. I over-researched it. But I watched your video and jotted down some super smart questions. I was only able to use 4 of them in the interview because we only had 30 minutes and the hiring manager chewed up a lot of the time questioning me. But the 4 I did get to ask really signaled her that I did my research on her, the job, the market, and the industry. At the end she thanked me for how well I'd prepared and how well I'd thought out my questions. I don't think I've ever had a hiring manager thank me for doing my research. It left me with a great feeling that she respects me. We'll see if I progress to the next round (next week). At a minimum I feel seen, respected and fully considered and that's all I can ask.

[matekalmannagy]

I just got a job, your videos helped me a lot, the interview felt like a proper 2 way interview and I had a lot of confidence thanks to knowing more about the process.
Thank you for making these videos.

[spunkyb]

I always get a positive response when I ask the hiring manager about what my first year will be like. What are their expectations for my first year? What are my objectives? These aren't fluff questions, and it's nice to know this information before you start working, so you can focus on being successful and deliver the expected goods. Your first yearly review won't end up being a surprise.

[thelibbyli]

Got my first satisfying job thank to your videos! Thank u thank u thank u!

[ginnyrust]

I am so shy in interviews. This is so helpful!

[Bolpat]

To encourage questions from the potentially new employee, I'd call it “hiring dialogue” instead of “hiring interview” because for most people, an interview has clear roles for who's asking and who's answering.

[spannerturnerMWO]

In a recent interview, I asked the hiring Manager if he truly knew what each of his service engineers' Job related strengths and weakenesses were. To be fair, he admitted that he did not, but that he recognized last year that that was a weakness on his part and was working to rectify it.