Before You Sign Up For The Job
“Do You Have Questions For Me?”
22 min readSep 22, 2021
I always wondered why so many candidates missed the window to get insights when they have been asked — “Do you have questions for me?”
☑ Every interviewer has a mental mold of a model ideal candidate in his/her head. As a minimal, help the interviewer to walk through the check list that describes or decries the critical requirements and components that draws this candidacy.
Corollary: I termed this as the Schutzengel model.
1. What are the qualities of people who are most successful in this position? You're looking for the traits the employer wants.
* You are inquiring to get the actual traits they're evaluating and you can use that insight immediately to highlight how you and your background and experience match those traits.1.1. What are the lists of things-to-accomplished on your mind that I can help with (immediately)?2. 1 year from now, what would I have done specifically that you would consider this hire to be a success?
* It gives clarity to ensure you could actually achieve those objectives. This gives you fodder to use within that interview or subsequent interviews to talk about exactly how you’ll accomplish what they consider a success. You now know their (year-end) goal is. Get them to envision you completing it for them. This one wins the interview to align expectations even though you’re not done yet."""
There are some of the cardinals sins of the interviewers…