If you want to make a good impression in the interview, you shouldn't ask unpleasant questions?
One expert vehemently disagrees.
"It is always the courageous - and often unpleasant - questions that impress me the most." This is the opinion of Atta Tarki, founder and head of the HR consultancy ECA Partners. In his ten years of professional experience, he would have noticed time and again
that applicants often do not dare to ask risky - but important - questions
*. It would be exactly the kind of questions that he would like to hear from applicants more often, he is
quoted
by the
Business Insider
portal
.
A healthy mixture of interested questions and active listening: every interlocutor finds this pleasant - even the HR manager in the interview.
But it is also important to leave a lasting impression in the job interview.
Questions that show that you are not afraid of rather unpleasant topics help here.
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Such a question could be, “
Can you give me examples of people who previously filled this role and who were poor choices? And why?
". On the one hand, this question shows that you have put a lot of thought into the requirements that the new position entails - which should impress every HR manager. On the other hand, this question can give a lot of information about the potential new employer.
If the HR manager describes someone who sounds a lot like you and the way you work, then that could be a sign that the advertised position does not really suit you.
The answer to the question also provides informative information about the employer himself.
It would not be a good sign if the HR manager or the boss spoke badly about the former employee during a conversation. Answers like "He seemed very lazy" or "I just never knew what he was doing during his working hours" are, according to Atta Tarki, signals that you should reconsider the choice of your future employer.
(jg) * Merkur.de is an offer from IPPEN.MEDIA.
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