What Questions to ask Employer about Role of Job

When preparing a list of questions to ask your prospective employer about your job role during interview, make sure that they could not have been answered in any other way.  Many companies provide information in recruitment brochures, websites, job descriptions and other materials, as well as the original job advert.  If you ask a question that could have been answered in any of these other sources of information, you will come across as poorly prepared.

For example, it may be a valid question to ask Company A about their plans for growth; however, Company B may have published a lengthy statement about their expansion plans on their website.  Accordingly, be careful that your questions are relevant for the particular company that you are being interviewed by.  If you simply take the same list of questions to different interviewers, you risk ruining your chances. 

There are many questions that you could ask about the role at your job interview.  However, remember to check that the questions you do choose to ask could not have been answered in your research.

Questions to ask could include: 

• What are the day-to-day duties involved in this job? 
•  How will my performance be measured? 
• How are targets set?  How much say would I have in setting them? 
•  How much contact would I have in this role with clients/customers/suppliers/finance/marketing/sales? 
• Who will I report to? 
•  Who would I be spending most of my working time with? 
• Who are the key decision-makers that I would need to get along with? And how would you describe each of them? 
• What do you see as the immediate challenges for me if I were to be given the job?  
• What do you most enjoy about working here?

You might also want to find out more about why the employer is looking to fill this role. 

• Why has this vacancy arisen? 
• What happened to the previous job holder? 
• Are you looking for anything in particular from the person who will take this role? 
• How do you see this role developing? 
•  How quickly are you looking for someone to take on this role? 

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