talk to you about the different kind of questions that you can ask

at the end of an interview. So, once you have completed the

interview itself the interviewer is more than likely to say to you

ok the interview is over, we've finished all questions. Have you got

any questions for the interview panel? Now a lot of people say to me

"Richard, Do you have to ask questions at the end?" And the simple

answer is no you do not have to ask any questions, however it can be

useful time for you to put yourself across in a positive manor. Now

before I give you two sample questions that you can ask at the

interview I'm going to give you some tips on what not to say.

First of all, don't ask any questions in relation to leave. You

should know about holiday leave long before you go into the

interview. Don't ask about sick pay, also don't ask questions

generally in relation to salary unless its specifically spoken about

during the interview. You should know what the salary is; and if

they want to negotiate with you in relation to the salary they will

generally ask you that during the interviewer. So, those are the

questions that you really want to avoid, if possible at the end of

an interview.

Now, if you decide not to ask any questions that is fine. I

recommend that you just say to the interview panel 'no I haven't got

any questions thank you very much, you've answered everything that I

wanted to know during the interview process' and that is absolutely

fine. Now if you do ask any interview questions I would recommend

limiting it to two or maybe three questions at the most.

I've been interviewing people in the past and they've asked six or

seven or sometimes eight questions at the end of an interview. While

there is nothing wrong with that, as an interviewer I have to

discuss and mark that person I've been interviewing once they've

left the room and I also have other people I need to interview later

on. Try and be respectful of the interviewers time.

What type of questions can you ask? Well, the first one is in

relation to knowledge. I'll just write this down, I urge you to do

the same. When I say knowledge, I mean knowledge in relation to your

knowledge of the company or the role that your applying for. So, I

would say "yes I've got one question, 'whilst I'm waiting to find

out whether I've been successful or not is there any further

information or documentation that I can read to further enhance my

knowledge of the organisation or the role that I am applying for?"

Now, this is quite a clever question, because what it does is it

demonstrates that you are keen and enthusiastic for the role, but

also you want to carry on some more research about their

organisation whilst your waiting to find out whether your successful

or not. The second one is in relation to development. It goes

something like this. If I am successful in the role, do you think

there would be the opportunity for me to develop and also progress

in the organisation once I've learned my role and am competent in

that specific position?

Now what this does is it demonstrates to the organisation that you

are intending to stay with them for a long period of time if you are

successful. The vast majority of employers would rather see an

employee stay with them for a long period of time, because they'll

be investing a lot of money, time, and resources into training them

up, and what they don't want them to do is to leave as soon as

they've been trained up. So, that question demonstrates your

commitment to that organisation. So, those are two excellent

questions that you can ask at the end of any interview. Thanks for

watching.