Thinking – can the candidate:
- Quickly and effectively solve challenging problems?
- Learn and apply new job-related information?
- Develop sophisticated long-term strategic responses?
Planning – can the candidate:
- Plan time and projects without missing any steps or deadlines?
- Follow multiple rules exactly without exception?
- Act deliberately without analysis paralysis?
- Execute ruthlessly and with precision?
Interacting – can the candidate:
- Demonstrate effective leadership ability?
- Get along with others in a very close-knit working environment?
- Effectively deal with customer demands on a regular basis?
- Demonstrate genuine support and concern for the welfare of others?
- Be outgoing and socially expressive?
- Effectively coach and develop skills of coworkers?
- Be persuasive in a low-key manner?
Motivation – can the candidate:
- Be on time without missing workdays?
- Frequently suggest new ideas or job improvements?
- Work long hours without complaint?
- Cheerfully do more than what’s required for the job?
- Be flexible and accepting of frequent changes?
- Be visibly supportive of the organization?
Why You Have to Question
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Some candidates think that when the interviewer says, “Now, do you have any questions?” it’s a polite indication that the interview is about over and they are about to wrap up. They couldn’t be more mistaken. The question really signals the start of the main course. Everything that came before was just appetizer.
Recruiters are unanimous on this point: Job seekers who fail to ask at least a few intelligent questions are destined to remain job seekers. If you don’t ask questions, you leave these impressions:
- You think the job is unimportant or trivial.
- You’re uncomfortable asserting yourself.
- You’re not intelligent.
- You’re easily intimidated.
- You’re bored or boring.
Not one of these impressions works in your favor. Of course, not any old questions will do. If you don’t think about this in advance, you run the risk of missing a critical opportunity by not asking intelligent questions or by planting your foot in your mouth by asking stupid ones. Good questions show the interviewer that you are interested in the job. Great questions tell the interviewer that you are a force to be reckoned with.
Why You Have to Question
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