ChefDude

Am having a telephone interview tomorrow and need some questions for them.

None of those sissy ones, I want questions like "why should i work for your company?"

Any ideas from the vast brain that is ScoobyNet?

TopBanana

What is the job?

SinghSuperStud

iTrader: (2)

here u go mate - interview blagging is my speciality lol

Ask something around the organisation like where do they see themselves in the marketplace within x period etc, something that shows an interest in them

Also ask about career progression - training opportunities, managerial opportunities etc - show you are all about bettering yourself.

If its a sales job, be cheeky and try to close them down - ask about the duration of the interview process, when they are hoping somebody starts

Definately don't overlook any info on their website(if they have one) - I've done it a few times and it has proved costly. Even if its just to say "i did look the website but it was very limited ...." this is a good lead to asking questions relating to the job you are applying for

Hope this helps mate

anything else needed please ask!

Jai

SinghSuperStud

iTrader: (2)

here u go mate - interview blagging is my speciality lol

Ask something around the organisation like where do they see themselves in the marketplace within x period etc, something that shows an interest in them

Also ask about career progression - training opportunities, managerial opportunities etc - show you are all about bettering yourself.

If its a sales job, be cheeky and try to close them down - ask about the duration of the interview process, when they are hoping somebody starts

Definately don't overlook any info on their website(if they have one) - I've done it a few times and it has proved costly. Even if its just to say "i did look the website but it was very limited ...." this is a good lead to asking questions relating to the job you are applying for

Hope this helps mate

anything else needed please ask!

Jai

ChefDude

some good stuff there.

the job is for a BA role in an investment oriented software house. quite good money too.

michaelro

Ask the interviewer if they're getting time and a half for a Bank Holiday

what would scooby do

You ask them - OK you have researched our company on the internet, tell me something about the firm that's not publicised on the web.

sorry just realised you are the pleb and not the hirer

ChefDude

"tell me something about the firm that's not publicised on the web."

Awesome. that's a killer question

and the company's foreign, so they don't do our public holidays. accepting the interview on my day off was, i thought, a commendable action.

what would scooby do

We also pose a few scenarios such as:

If the Sales Director and Finance Director came to you with urgent problems at the same time, how will you prioritise..

Gets people thinking about the difference between urgent and important..

mart360

Yawn, that old chestnut,

you turn it round and watch the interviewer fall apart, as he attempts to answer it.

Mart

stilover

Any fit birds working there?

The Zohan

Do not forget to tell them "there are no right or wrong answers"

ChefDude

well, in the end i asked "what is the company doing to achieve market growth over the next 5 years?"

he conceded that having already had 5 interviews, questions were probably thin on the ground

wait for the offer now

DCI Gene Hunt

"How does Company X flow it's strategic objectives to its workforce?"

mamoon2

Well at the end of the day, when push comes to shove, this is something to think about going forward that needs some blue sky thinking

Scooby-J

I had an Interview for a large manufacturer who made parts for their parent company as well as OEM companies.

I got the interviewers eating out of my hand when I asked:

What is the difference between working on a contract for your parent company or working on one for an OEM company?

After a bit of stammering they came out with well in reality OEM's would like to think there isn't one, and then a bit of waffle with a hint hint kind of tone.

After that the questions rolled of the tongue and felt like I was interviewing them. Needless to say I got the job

(Bit late now I guess! Hope went well!!!)

IanK Spec C

I always ask what the interviewer likes about working for the company? or ask them to tell you more about the team you'll be joining.

ChefDude

you all read the bit where i said i was waiting for the offer?

Am totally over the questions thing now

TopBanana

I'm interviewing a couple of BAs at an investment bank tomorrow. Thought for a second you might have been one the victims, err.. candidates.

ChefDude

Whom do you work for TopBanana?

TopBanana

PM'd you.