Did your last interview fall flat? If so, what could you have done differently? John Kador, author of “301 Best Questions to Ask On Your Interview,” 2nd ed. (McGraw-Hill, $14.95), thinks you might have asked bad questions. He sprinkles his book with one “Memorably Bad Question” after another (and some good ones, too). Here are a few he documents:
• “So what is it exactly that you guys do?”
• “What's your policy on dating co-workers?”
• “If I worked here, would I be able to get an office or a cubicle? I'd really like to be able to close the door.”
• “Will they fire me for not wearing any underwear? My last boss was very upset when he found out, and I want to get the issue out of the way early.”
• “I need to leave the interview for a minute. Do you have a match?”
Kador advises using open-ended questions, which take more thought and conceptualization but return more information. For example, the person who wanted to know about the dating policy could say, “How do you make employees aware of company policy on a wide range of subjects?” If you can’t see yourself asking that, you just might not belong there.
Dr. Mildred Culp welcomes your questions at culp@workwise.net. © 2010 Passage Media.
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