Job security

scooby088

I have an interview on tuesday and this may have been covered in the forum before, but is it ok to ask about job security or how the company is doing?

[Deleted User]

Yeah started doing this lately they don't tend to mind, some interviewers may also readily volunteer why the role is available much more now so I've found

Good luck

AP007

I have asked companies in the same industry that I come from if they have made anyone redundant in the last 2 years and then you get a feel to how they are in the market.

scooby088

When also is it appropriate to ask about money? The job ad said excellent rates of pay for those with experience. In my mind excellent is around £8.00 per hour for the job I am being interviewed for could I be cheeky and ask for that?

This place more than likely doesn't interview twice for these kind of vacancies and you only get one chance.

[Deleted User]

Again this time around, the old rule used to say never ask for me but I've found you've got to get in there and ask at the earliest opportunity especially if ever the word 'competitive' is mentioned I've found LOL, the other day I forgot myself and went in at £14k but then the interviewer came back and said no we're looking more at £13k - nothing lost but I felt I'd priced myself out but least it was 1st interview not when they could have been trying to offer me the job

If an ad states a figure, hell ask for it! sounds promising

mountainofdebt

Personally I wouldn't ask about job security - I mean they're hardly likely to tell you if the vacancy has been created because they're up !!!! creek and people are jumping ship.

Perhaps a little more diplomatic would be to ask why the vacancy has been created - or even do a little on line research.

as for pay I would have expected them to ask you to name a salary that you are expecting

Denning.

Perfectly reasonable to ask about company performance, what the companies future plans are etc.

Denning.

scooby088 wrote: »

When also is it appropriate to ask about money? The job ad said excellent rates of pay for those with experience. In my mind excellent is around £8.00 per hour for the job I am being interviewed for could I be cheeky and ask for that?

This place more than likely doesn't interview twice for these kind of vacancies and you only get one chance.

For wage I would wait till it is offered. You are in a better position post offer than pre offer. You gain nothing by asking now.

AP007

mountainofdebt wrote: »

Personally I wouldn't ask about job security - I mean they're hardly likely to tell you if the vacancy has been created because they're up !!!! creek and people are jumping ship.

Perhaps a little more diplomatic would be to ask why the vacancy has been created - or even do a little on line research.

as for pay I would have expected them to ask you to name a salary that you are expecting

Why not? If you have left a job they ask you why and you have to be honest.

A vacancy may not have been created it just may be the person has left. I always ask how long the person leaving has been there etc. It gives you a feel of the company. If they say 4 years and they got a promotion we couldn't give them at a new company you think ok this is a good place to work.

If they say oh the person has been here 4 months Id think either they took on someone who was no good, didn't like it or the company fired them.

You can ask as I have said if they have made anyone redundant in the last 2 years.

Two4Tuesday

AP007 wrote: »

Why not? If you have left a job they ask you why and you have to be honest.

A vacancy may not have been created it just may be the person has left. I always ask how long the person leaving has been there etc. It gives you a feel of the company. If they say 4 years and they got a promotion we couldn't give them at a new company you think ok this is a good place to work.

If they say oh the person has been here 4 months Id think either they took on someone who was no good, didn't like it or the company fired them.

You can ask as I have said if they have made anyone redundant in the last 2 years.

Honestly, as a former interviewer I would probably take offence at the question asked in that way, and I'm sure I'm not alone. I would answer the question asked but subconsciously that would be enough to strike you off my list of candidates.

EDIT: I'd see someone who asked that question as adversarial, and I wasn't interested in hiring anyone who would be adversarial with me, at least for the roles I advertised.

I agree with mountainofdebt's advice to word the question more diplomatically.

jacques_chirac

AP007 wrote: »

Why not? If you have left a job they ask you why and you have to be honest.

A vacancy may not have been created it just may be the person has left. I always ask how long the person leaving has been there etc. It gives you a feel of the company. If they say 4 years and they got a promotion we couldn't give them at a new company you think ok this is a good place to work.

If they say oh the person has been here 4 months Id think either they took on someone who was no good, didn't like it or the company fired them.

You can ask as I have said if they have made anyone redundant in the last 2 years.

The purpose of the interview is for you to sell yourself, not for the company to sell themselves to you - unless of course you are being head hunted and have multiple employers wanting you. Asking about redundancies or why someone else left is rarely going to put you in a positive light.

If you do want to impress, you can tell them what positive information you have found out yourself - how much the work force has grown over the past few years, for instance.