What Not to Ask at the End of a Job Interview

Debbie Benami-Rahm: On behalf of tvlesson.com, my name is Debbie Benami-Rahm; a
career expert with DBR Career Services.

Let me tell you a little bit about what not to ask at the end of the interview. You know
that last little bit of the interview and they say, so you have any questions for me, we’ve
just spent most of this interview asking you questions; it's your turn now. That’s when all
your gears get going. We’ve got through some of the questions that you can ask at the
end of the interview. But you know what, it's just as important to make sure you don’t ask
certain questions.

All my years of experience as a corporate recruiter one of the big ones that stand out for
me is people that approach the salary right away, you haven't been made the job offer yet,
you haven't been selected yet as the most qualified candidate. So it's not appropriate at
this point to say and what's the salary going to be? What I'm going to get paid? What's the
offer is going to be for a position like this or the person that fills the position. That is not
get discussed in the first level interview. If you are called back if this is the second row or
even the third round, then it's a little more appropriate because you need to have that
information to make some decisions, but definitely not in the first level interview.

A couple of other really big ones to think about, starting to ask for time off, before
you’ve even been made the job offer; I can't tell you how many applicants in their first
interview with me being the human resources person in the first phase of a corporation
have said, when am I able to take my first vacation day? When do I get time off? When
can I start working from home? What's the telecommuting policy? I really want to work
maybe three days in the office and a couple of days – you know, from home and maybe
flex my hours.

All those kinds of questions that are geared around you and what might be good for you
are no the questions to ask at the end of the interview when the interviewer says okay, it's
your turn now, what questions do you have for me.

Remember, good rule of thumb, it's all about the company, it's all about them. So any
questions that are around you, hold those for the next level interview.