Interview questions to ask

This is a video geared toward employers, rather than job hunters. The short version of the question is, you are an employer, and are interviewing someone. You want to get a sense of their preparedness. After you been talking with them for a little while and discuss some of the pleasantries, ask them this question, "How did you prepare for this interview?"

It's a very simple question that reveals a lot. There's a difference in the answer of, "I went to a Wikipedia page. Then I went to the company's website and read that." That is one level of answer.

The more senior someone is, the more depth I want you to expect of them. For example, from a factual perspective, you might hear them start by saying, "Well, I did a review of the company website and did a Google search to get a sense of how the business was doing and the challenges that it was facing. I found several articles were really quite interesting. Then I went to your LinkedIn profile discovered that we were 3rd level connections so I can see all that much. But then I used the chrome extension called Prophet that I use for. circumstances like this so I can look at your background in greater detail. What that allowed me to do beyond simply look at your LinkedIn public profile, was that your email address, phone numbers, see where you are on social media and then visit some of the other places. I don't want to say I was stalking you

I don’t want to say I was stalking you, but I started following you to get more holistic picture of you in your work.”

This answer’s a little bit different than the, “I looked at your Wikipedia page,” answer. That’s one level of an answer.

You may have noticed that as I offered the more in-depth answer, you want to listen for not just the depth but the excitement as they speak. If you listen to someone who speaks in a flat way as they say, “Well, I went to the company website,” that is one level of response.

However, if they talk with enthusiasm and passion, with a twinkle in her eyes that you can detect whether it is in person or over the phone, their answer may not be as in-depth as I offered up but the more you hear the excitement in their voice, isn’t that more likely to be the better individual for you to consider hiring?

They are more mature individual, more self-confident, show more self-assurance, more willing to expose themselves and demonstrate the effort that went into it versus that voice that almost seems disinterested when they say, “Well, I went to the company website. Look to your LinkedIn page…” That is a lot different in answer.