Beyond the prepping for the ‘zinger’ questions about your background, I always created at least a page or two of questions for every interview. These questions helped put into context what I had heard or read.
My list was in three sections:
1. The person – their background, time with company, view of industry, etc.
2. The business – questions that I could not get answered by looking at the web site, talking to former/current employees, etc.
3. The position – Expectations, etc.
See the Candidates’ Toolbox for an outline of my questions.
At the beginning of each interview, I would say I had questions which usually lead to the person I was meeting suggesting that we begin there.
I was able to learn very important information through my questions, as well as present the relevant points of my background. We rarely walked through question by question, as often more than one question was addressed in a single answer.
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