# Questions to ask or not to ask at a job interview?

Category: Jobs and Employment

## Post 1 by Lupinsgirl (I can't call it a day til I enter the zone BBS) on Sunday, 06-May-2007 15:59:51

Hi people,
I have my first real job interview this fryday at a daycare center near ware I live.
Here's my problem. I am completly lost as to what should I ask or put in and have no idea about what not to say. Being that this is my first real job interview that will pay I really would like to make a good impresion. So any edvice would be much appreasheated!
Tracey

## Post 2 by jamesk (This site is so "educational") on Sunday, 06-May-2007 20:55:05

Tracey,
Be confident and assure them you can do the job. Also, ask them if they have any questions particularly related to your blindness and how you'll do the job. People are to stupid or to gutless to ask the questions they have most of the time and I'd rather answer them in the interview than have them wonder and not give me the job b/c they wonder how'll I'll do parts of it.
Also, if you don't have an answer toa question or know specifically how you'll do something, be honest and tell them you don't know but will figure it out and get back to them.
if you have any more questions, drop mea PQN and I'll see if I can help.

## Post 3 by Lupinsgirl (I can't call it a day til I enter the zone BBS) on Monday, 07-May-2007 12:52:32

Thanks so much, I will remember that. And btw you are right about people being to stupid and gutless to ask if you are capable to do something right to your face, people have dun that and it is one of the biggest things that will piss me off. If you have a question about me plese just ask me right out insted of asking someone else like I'm not there. Thanks for your help!

## Post 4 by Chris N (I just keep on posting!) on Monday, 07-May-2007 13:54:40

Try and think of questions they're likely to ask and address those issues first. Often people will feel or have been told that they legally can't ask certain questions, but they'll still use that lack of knowledge against you.

## Post 5 by blbobby (Ooo you're gona like this!) on Monday, 07-May-2007 22:03:25

Incidentally, I notice from your profile that you are seventeen. I don't know how you are getting to the interview, but if your mother or other family member take you, make sure they stay in the waiting room.
Otherwise the interviewer will most likely want to talk to them about you, and you can't have that. Make sure it's just you and the interviewer.
In job interviews I've had in the past, I've assured the interviewer that I am open to any question they wish to ask. I then leave the question of blindness up to them.
A job interview is a sales opportunity, and what you are selling is you: your abilities, your strengths and your character.
So, go get 'em, and please let us know how it goes.
Bob

## Post 6 by Lupinsgirl (I can't call it a day til I enter the zone BBS) on Thursday, 10-May-2007 11:24:56

Thanks so much bob, I will definitley keep you updated, and my mother out of the interview. Like you sed they will proibley ask her questions, pluss havveing your mommy with you just says to the interviewer that it's her that wants the job more then I do, and that is the impresion I want to stay away from. All your idvice is much appreasheated!
Tracey.

## Post 7 by Nem (I just keep on posting!) on Thursday, 10-May-2007 12:16:11

To add my two sense to what Bob said, he can be right even if it is just sometimes, those are all excellent ideas. I would encourage you to think fast but speak slow. I would also encourage you to be honest. If your nervous then tell your interviewer your nervous, if your excited then do the same. Like Bob said your selling yourself. Sometimes the conditions arn't favorable to you and what you've got to sell so just be up front. Don't ask about wage in the first meeting. It can make you seem more agressive and that turns somepeople off. Try to do some research in the company, see if you have skills that would fit the company that you can feel confident talking about. Try to call your interviewer by name as soon as possible. Finally, and this one won't end with a click, be sure to follow up call or email thanking your interviewer for the time and consideration that they spent with you. This will help to bring up all the good feeling that the interviewer had when interviewing you. It reminds them of who you are and what it is that you want. I always recommend the telephone, but if that's not an option, then an email addressed to your interviewer is best. Go get em! My fee for all this will be in your in box. Please make checks payable to:
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