It’s Your Turn Now, Ask

Any good employment interview consists of a dialogue rather than periods in which one party plays the role of inquisitor and the other merely responds. If the session takes on an aura of prosecuting attorney versus defendant, the interviewer either is unskilled or is attempting to conduct a stress interview. If an interview is to serve your needs as well as the interviewer’s, it should be conversational, meaning roles should be exchanged whenever doing so will contribute to mutual understanding. Not only do you have a right to ask questions whenever they occur to you, you also have an actual obligation to yourself to do so. Your goal will be to ensure that you are answering the right question in the right way. It’s much like the mother who launched into a discussion of the facts of life when her 5-year-old asked where he came from, only to find out afterward that the child merely wanted to know the name of the hospital in which he was born. Throughout each interview, the opportunities to ask questions will become evident to you. You need not wait until the interview ends to try to squeeze in the questions you need answered. However, no matter whether or not the opportunities are evident, there are certain questions that you will need answered in order to make an appropriate decision. Read More at EmploymentCrossing

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