My Top 5 Questions To Ask in a Job Interview

My Top 5 Questions To Ask in a Job Interview

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VIDEO SUMMARY:
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Join career expert and award-winning author Andrew LaCivita as he shares his top 5 questions to ask in a job interview!

1. Based on the direction of the company, what do you think will be your greatest accomplishments in the next three years?

Organizations need to be able to think at least three to five years into the future. But, you don't want to join an organization that only thinks about the future. Thinking is nice, but companies that act and build things and have clarity around specifically what they're going to do are worthy of you. Join them.

It's a great question because it helps you understand whether they have a vision and if they have clarity regarding specifically what they want to build.

Questions two, three, and four are about you and your role…

2. What are the qualities of people who are most successful in this position?

You're looking for the traits the employer wants. The reason it’s a great question is you’ll get the actual traits they’re evaluating and you can use that insight immediately to highlight how you and your background and experience match those traits! Plus, it’s a great setup question for the next one.

3. If you were to give me an offer and I was to accept it, one year from now, what will I have done specifically that you would consider this hire to be a raging success?

It gives you clarity to make sure you could actually achieve those objectives. And, it gives you ammunition to use within that interview or subsequent interviews to talk about exactly how you’ll accomplish what they consider a success.

You now know their (year-end) goal is. Get them to envision you completing it for them.

Boom. This one wins the interview even though you’re not done yet. Let’s pile on a bit…

4. If you were to give me an offer and I was to accept it, within one week of starting this job, what will be my biggest surprise?

This is a little safety net for you. You want to make sure you're uncovering information you might not have uncovered with the questions you've designed.

It gets the interviewer thinking hmmm, what might this person not ask in the job interview I could share or what surprised me when I first started with the company?

5. What's your management style and what are your expectations of the position you might not have already mentioned?

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Andrew LaCivita is an internationally recognized executive recruiter, award-winning author, trainer, and founder and chief executive officer of milewalk and the milewalk Academy. He’s dedicated his career to helping people and companies realize their potential, consulting to more than two hundred organizations and counseling more than eleven thousand individuals. He often serves as a trusted media resource and is the award-winning author of Interview Intervention, Out of Reach but in Sight, and The Hiring Prophecies.

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Tips for Work and Life® is a weekly careers, hiring, and motivational show full of helpful job search strategies, career management and acceleration tactics, recruitment techniques, and self-help aids with the award-winning author, career coach, and trainer Andrew LaCivita. Tips for Work and Life® has been cited by several sources as a Top 5 Careers and HR Blog. Andrew includes these 7-20 minute multicast shows as part of his blog and podcast.

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[andylacivita]

Hi Everyone! Let me know what your biggest struggles are with asking questions in an interview and I will give you a hand!

[LanceC]

1:16 - Question 1
2:24 - Question 2
3:21 - Question 3
4:35 - Question 4
5:41 - Question 5
6:24 - Summary of the 5

[EbonyBrownChats]

I got the job! It’s my highest salary thus far. Thank you!!

[Justshill]

Hello Andrew: I used your techniques and today I received a conditional offer predicated on background background check & drug screen; I'm an older worker so it means twice as much. Thank you!

[shahidbashir]

Question 3 worked for me like magic. It really had a positive impact. Guess what! Got the offer in the end at Deloitte india!!!!
A big thankyou Andrew❤️

[ArtOfWoodCraft]

Wait, this video is 6 years old and I just used these tips today and had my interview and the VP and Director who interviewed me were blown away at the questions and their forward focus. It shows you plan to be there a long time. He said he has 1 more interview but then I got a tour of the facility and the director went around showing everything to me and how I'll love it there. I think I got the job!

[erueru]

Question number 6: what was it in my application that made you select me for this interview?
that way the interviewer will start pointing out some of the positive things in your application, and by pointing them out to you, he is also pointing it out to himself, and therefor already seeing you in a more positive light.
(english isn't my first language, so I hope my point is clear enough)

[samuel-godhasheard]

Andrew, thanks to your YouTube videos I wrote an ultimate resume, got noticed, had the interview and just got hired with a significant raise one step above my current title. You’re an excellent teacher and mentor. I’ve learned so much from your success. Thank you so much! God bless.

[iEatRainbowss]

Because of you, I was hired at an amazing company with an awesome position. I built the best resume, the best cover letter and asked the best questions because of you and it made me into the best candidate. I just want to thank you so, so much for your help and providing free support through YouTube. I couldn’t have done it without you!

[LastAirElement]

I asked my interviewer Question #3 and she was surprised and said you've caught me off guard. Thank you for your great question.

[midlifestye]

So I just completed a Zoom interview with a prospective employer. These questions are gold! I was interviewing for a Journeyman Trade position, with a smaller family owned business. I found a bit of joy turning the tables on the owner when I asked these simple questions. I gained a lot of valuable information about the company, the biggest being, management style. I now have secured a second interview in person next week. Thank You Andrew!

[juanalvarez]

3 Years ago, I used your favorite question and landed the Real Estate Investment Project manager Job, I revisited this video just before my final interview for a new property manager position and also landed it again!!! Thank you so much Andrew! Your videos are the best 👊

[timkerr]

Great tips, I love them all. I've been asking 4 of these in some form recently. There's one more I'd like to suggest you add next time you re-do this video. It's based on Robert Cialdini's (Google him) newer book Pre-Suasion.

“I wonder if you could answer something for me. Why did you invite me here today? What was it about my resume that attracted you to my candidacy?” I shorten it to “What about my resume caught your attention enough to ask me here today.”

Both of these questions put (and perhaps locks) the interviewer in a positive frame of mind when thinking about you. Cialdini recommends working it in prior to the interview starting. (I've held off to the end.)

One interviewer said “that's an excel question, I've never been asked that before. ” I have a 3rd round interview with the company tomorrow.

[haasan]

Got an offer! Used questions #2 & #3.
I kept q #2 to my last round which was with the “national director” who couldn’t help it but said “oh! That’s a great question”!

Thank you Andrew!! 🙏

[raulramirez]

Andy, I want to thank you for your amazing content, advice and guidance. You were spot on! After numeroise interviews, and some compensation negotiating, I accepted their job offer and super excited. I followed your steps from the initial interviewing down to the salary negotiating, and must say that it truly helped me get the job. You are making a difference in people’s lives Please keep putting out your great content-I’m a testament that it works.

For all those going through the job search and interview process, take the time to review Andy’s information as it will prepare you for those interviews. Good luck to all and again Andy, keep up the good work, you’re AWESOME!!!

[Romans]

Question number 3 is a great question! Every time I ask that question. The response is "That is a great question"

[ItsIvyBaby]

This was truly a gem! I used this tactic and landed my dream role & making my highest salary ever earned. Plus the hiring managers ate it up! It was GREAT and gave me more of an insight of the company and management as well. Thank you Andrew. Great stuff!!!

[getgodspeed]

Hi Sir, I used all of your questions on an interview yesterday. I believe I just landed my best job ever! They were totally impressed that I asked the questions. Thank you so much!

[celticnik]

My perspective on how to approach an interview has just completely changed! Thanks lots, this is invaluable.

[oceansea]

I appreciate having the subtitles in your videos. Never imagined how helpful they could be until actually seeing them! It's another way to process the information and reduces chances of zoning out.