It’s the end of an interview. This one was particularly gruelling and it was the end of a hectic day as well, but you feel like it went well.
Then there it is…”do you have any questions of us?”…ummm…”well, it seems like you have answered all my questions”…or, you grasp at…”what training will I receive?”.
Here is the killer closer question… and it isn’t “when do I start?”, it’s this…
“If I do join the business in this role, what challenges will I face?”
I love it. It’s an intelligent question to ask and it gets the interviewer thinking.
It gets the interviewer thinking about you in the role, and it also allows you to uncover more about the role and company and whether the role is right for you, because at the end of it all, that’s what matters most… Is the role right for you?
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