second interview questions

Ladyhawk

Hi everyone,

I have a second interview with a company tomorrow. It's very corporate and I am lead to believe this is the final interview. The role is relatively senior and non-operational.

I am always a little like a deer in the headlights when asked if I have any questions for the interviewers... any ideas about what is reasonable to ask?

In the first interview its a no-no to ask about working hours, and package... can I ask them now? or leave that for the agent? Neither of them are deal breakers for me but I would like to know if I am expected to work 12 hour days cos if I am there is no point in moving.

Thanks

meritaten

so ask that! but phrase it in company speak! ask how they feel about the work/family life balance and whether the company feel that employees should complete thier daily tasks within the normal 8 hr working day.

Ladyhawk

Oh bother.... just seen that they have sent me a case study which they expect me to present on at 8am tomorrow.... I had better get cracking with that then!

belfastgirl23

TBH I'd wait till I was offered the job to start negotiating hours. But it's reasonable to ask about company culture and see what they say...

Good luck!

pinkshoes

You could ask about potential training opportunities?

Any opportunities to travel?

Any career progression within the role?

claire16c

pinkshoes wrote: »

You could ask about potential training opportunities?

Any opportunities to travel?

Any career progression within the role?

These type of questions are the best.

Dont ask anything about hours etc yet. Do you not have any idea of the salary at all? If youre using an agency they could find that type of thing out for you. Normally you would have an idea of hours by the type of industry?

Carl31

Interviews are a 2 way process

Things I ask...

Who Will I immediately be working with, or managing? Meet them if possible

See the office environment where I Will be working 'in action'

What would a typical day in the role be like

What developments are the company undertaking in the near future - shows stability and hints at potential opportunities

Plus the usual progression etc...although I think that's found anywhere if you go after it

DS4215

I've got my first lot of second interviews this week (as an interviewer), and things like hours, corporate culture, etc were discussed first time round - at least in rough details to give the candidates an idea of what to expect.

view

Hands down the best question I have asked, which I ask at every interview and seems to go down a treat....

I ask 'in your eyes what traits, qualities and behaviours do you see the perfect candidate for this role demonstrating' or "see the perfect INSERT JOB TITLE demonstrating"

It really makes the interviewer think, you sound super interested in knowing what exactly they are looking for and actually, it's great info for what they really are looking for. You could also ask 'what would you expect a perfect candidate in this role to have achieved by 1, 3, 6 months' .. also looks good for planning ahead and gives you an insight as to their expectations.

Sezzagirl

Probably too late for Ladyhawk now but I found this the other day which I thought was quite interesting

http://www.gowrikumar.com/interview/index.html

Hope it helps

FBaby

Ladyhawk wrote: »

Oh bother.... just seen that they have sent me a case study which they expect me to present on at 8am tomorrow.... I had better get cracking with that then!

Too late indeed, but surely that answers your question??? If they are expecting you to prepare a case study in the evening for the following morning, no doubt planned this way, isn't it to see how you can cope with such situation in real life and show that you can indeed be flexible about working hours....