5 Questions You MUST Ask During a Job Interview!
About this video
Jeff Su shares five questions to ask when an interviewer asks if you have questions for them, arguing good questions show enthusiasm, demonstrate critical thinking, and help you screen the employer. First, ask about the interviewer personally, tailored with details from LinkedIn such as their job title and years in the role — for example asking an account manager covering the retail sector for three years whether the experience matched expectations. Second, ask what characteristics a recent hire who impressed them had, which prompts concrete examples and reveals what they value. Third, ask who you would work with most closely and which teams you would work with, to check career fit and enable natural follow-ups. Fourth, ask how success will be measured in the first one or two quarters, followed by how those metrics tie into the teams you would work closely with. Fifth, ask if they have any reservations or hesitations about hiring you, and handle the three possible replies — a polite no, a hard gap like a missing skill, or a misunderstanding you can clarify — calmly. Throughout, he stresses asking only questions the interviewer can answer and making small adjustments so questions do not sound rehearsed, citing Mark Cuban on how questions reveal preparation.
Key takeaways
- Tailor a question about the interviewer using LinkedIn details like title and tenure, which takes less than five minutes to find
- Ask about a recent hire who impressed them to learn the concrete qualities they look for in new hires
- Ask who you will work with most closely and which teams are involved to assess fit and create conversational follow-ups
- Ask how success is measured for the first one or two quarters, then how those metrics tie into partner teams’ metrics
- Ask about reservations about hiring you — clarifying a misunderstanding can turn a weaker interview around, and handling an objection well matters more than the objection itself
Episode details: published February 1, 2022 · 4:59 long. Summary written by Self Growth Videos from the episode itself. Business results and any income figures mentioned are Jeff Su’s own claims, shared for education — they are not typical or guaranteed.
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