Top 7 job interview questions to ask

Hiring managers told us the most impressive question they were asked by a candidate at their job interview.

1. What is an example of a client challenge you have recently faced?

Then, in your Thank You note, address that challenge and how you would tackle it!

– Amy Ogden, Director of Marketing and Development for J Public Relations

2. Where do you see the company going in the next year? 10 years?

He actually stumped me in his job interview.

– Brandon Seymour of Beymour Consulting

3. Can I work in the call center for a few weeks to get a sense of your donors’ needs?

The position was for a senior business manager. I was blown away.

– Robert Moskovits, VP of Business Development at Kars4Kids Charity

4. What is the question you all really want to ask me but haven’t yet in this job interview?

This was a brilliant question to ask in a job interview because it encouraged the committee to tip its hand about the concern we all had about the candidate, which gave him a chance to address it.

– Aaron Basko, Assistant Vice President for Enrollment Management and Career Services Salisbury University

5. What impact would I have on the team if I get hired?

The candidate was already thinking in the job interview about what success would look like in the role.

– Mazin Abou-Seido, Director, Information Technology at Halogen Software

6. I was looking at your social media presence before this job interview and I can see that your brands have been more active over the past few months. Has your strategy changed?

Clearly they had done their research for this job interview and were already thinking about marketing our brands.

– Heidi Ferolito, HR Director of Talent Acquisition and Retention for World Travel Holding

7. What would make someone really successful in this role?

This makes me think they are A-players. They want to blow everyone out of the water.

– Ashley Verrill, Content Strategist at Software Advice