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201 Best Questions To Ask On Your Interviewx$6.99
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Asking the right questions can help job seekers ace the interview and land that job The most critical question job interviewers ask is often the last one. That's when they lean forward and say, "Do you have any questions?" As author John Kador points out, that's the applicants' moment to shine, to demonstrate that they have done their homework and that they're good fit with the organization. Most of all, it provides an applicant with an opportunity to ask for the job. A powerful resource for vast and growing numbers of job seekers, this book fills readers in on the pivotal questions they need to ask to ace the interview. With chapters organized around major themes, such as "the company," "the job," and "the community," 201 Best Questions to Ask on Your Interview not only supplies readers with the right questions for virtually every context but also coaches them on the right ways to ask them.
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This book makes sense
By on 2002-08-02
I recently had the opportunity to interview for a senior position in a company that that seems to be exceptionally good for me. While I actually knew one of the senior executives I was interviewing with, he had confirmed to me that it was extremely important for me to have a strong positive impact on one of the other two interviewers. On my flight to the interview, I reviewed this book and found a number of questions that I wanted to keep on hand for the "right time" - and I jotted them down - along with others that were more specific to the position, product, and industry, then organized them according to categories - product, company, job, etc. During the interview, I asked a number of them, and almost each time I asked a question, the hiring executive paused, and then said something like "that's an excellent question" and then went into a thoughtful and valuable response. His answers to these questions gave me a tremendous insight into the company that I might not have gotten without asking the questions. At the same time, my questions demonstrated my level of interest in the position, the company, and his opinions. They showed that I was prepared, thoughtful, and intelligent.
While I might have been able to come up with them on my own, John Kador's book helped me identify the key questions to ask, and even helped with the phrasing of the questions to have the greatest possible impact. I asked questions like: What are the three top priorities for the person in this position in the next 90 days? and What are the key characteristics you're looking for in the person who you select for this position? I am certain that the interviewer thought more of me for asking thoughtful questions - even though I think he liked me before I asked them. This is a quick and easy book to read, and an easy book to use. The ideas that it includes - in addition to the questions it offers - are not "rocket science", but they are offered and described in ways that can be easily adapted to the situation you're in. The "tips" on interviewing are also quite useful in general. This book has already proven helpful and valuable and I will refer to it before any job interview I have in the future. While there are many books on interviewing and job hunting, this one is a quick study, easy to read, and most importantly, very useful. I highly recommend it to anyone interviewing for any level position.
Simply Amazing! This book got me an offer.
By on 2002-11-30
Your book, 201 Best Questions to Ask On Your Interview got me an offer! A couple of days before my interview my father had suggested I ask the following question during my interview:What's the most important thing I can do to help within the first 90 days of my employment? After I heard this question, I thought, wow! What a great question to ask. My father had apparently spoken with you a few days before my interview and had relayed this question to me from you to ask (say that 3 times fast). I had learned from my father that you had actually written books on the topic of interviews and questions to ask, so I immediately ran to the store to pick up a copy. I picked up a copy of your book on a Tuesday late evening and had read it from front to back 3 times before my interview on Thursday morning. I am strongly convinced that your book got me an offer! Thank you. I have been on many interviews throughout my short time in the workforce and had never felt as comfortable as I did in my last interview after reading your book. I was amazed to hear hiring managers and human resource representatives respond to the questions I asked them. Their responses were nearly identical to the responses you stated in your book. Again, thank you for a great book and the job offer. I may have been able to pull it off without reading your book, but I'm convinced (especially in today's market) that your questions placed me at the top of the pile.
I Got A Job Offer!
By on 2002-06-06
I wanted to write and say THANK YOU!! For the first time in a number of years, I felt like I had an excellent interview. Up until this past weekend, I was having problems with interviews. The main thing: Questions. I couldn't figure out why I was being turned down for positions left and right, even though my qualifications were that of what they called for. I had almost given up hope. I was looking for jobs as a field technician nationwide. I heard nothing.My mom, who is a temporary staffing recruiter, picked your book "201 Best Questions to ask on your interview" for me, and read this book, taking notes as I went along. I had about 4 days to prepare for this interview, and felt pressured. But seeing some of the "Questions NOT to ask", I cracked a smile, and felt better. When I went to the interview, I felt very comfortable with the situation, knowing that by reading your book, I now knew what to do, and what not to do. The interview lasted an hour and a half, in which the interviewer and I sat and chatted about non-interview items. Today, I wrote the interviewer to ask if a decision had been reached, and was shocked to receive a phone call from him, offering me the position. I almost fell out of my chair. In the end, I thank two people. God, as my heavenly father, guiding me through this interview, and you, for helping me out with the hard parts of the interviewing process to which I probably would not have received this position without. To me, seeing success after the first interview from reading your book, it paid for itself, seeing the smile on my face when I heard the answer. I will recommend it to friends and family. Once again, thank you so much!
A Seasoned Recruiter
By on 2002-05-31
I read the book from cover to cover, in one sitting and found it profoundly comprehensive and entertaining. I didn't want to put it down. As I read, I kept saying, "Yes, uh-huh, that's true, that's really good." As a recruiter, I know my candidates would be more successful if they took greater responsibility for a successful interview through asking appropriate questions. The question is an invaluable tool to communicate something to me that hasn't been covered during the interview; when done well, it's one more chance to help me see the fit of the candidate to the position.
John Kador's interviewing insights and list of questions enable the job seeker to think more strategically, promote their strengths, and communicate more professionally during the different stages of the interview process.
I'd definitely recommend this book to even the most experienced interviewers! (and even a few recruiters!)
A must have that'll give you an edge
By A3R1N505SBTTVY on 2006-12-09
In the world of job-seekers there are job-interviewers. Most of job-interviewers are bad because:
1) They were summoned at the last minute to interview you and didn't even read your resume
2) They have no interviewing skills and have no ideas about (a) what they are looking for and (b) how to ask questions
3) They just don't care of being good at what they do since the odds are in their favors and that there are no negative ramifications if they're not as good as they can be.
This make a lot of job-interviewers throw questions at you. Just because they don't know what to ask or simply because it is intellectually more difficult to come up with a good probing questions.
I have some of these guys ask if you have a question and then ask again and again and again.
They are putting the burden on you to talk, but at the same they just surrender the control of the interview to you. This is your opportunity to shine, and this excellent book will help you do just that.
The more time you spend reading and memorizing questions, the better your interviewing skills will be. The structure of the book is excellent and the way questions are structure makes it easy to use the book as a reference even when you're taking an interview on the phone!
This gave me an edge, and I've impressed more than one interviewers with my questions. If you do your research ahead of time and demonstrate that you have a good the knowledge of the company and its industry, there's no reason for you not to perform well.
A must have in your personal library.
- A must-have in your job market arsenal
By AU0MMZF1KEXAH on 2005-05-10
This book was recommended to me by several people as I interviewed hiring managers, HR personnel, senior-level employees, and others for my own book on the job market. By all accounts, my own included, 201 Best Questions is comprehensive, helpful, and tactical, an important read when one is preparing for an interview. It is not an all-inclusive resource, only interview-targeted, but for what it is, the book is top-notch.
- Extremely Practical
By A2H9VYBRSG191M on 2005-08-09
I was waiting in line at the college bookstore, (buying a textbook), and this book was prominently featured. I thumbed through and was impressed at the straightforwardness of the questions. Making a list from these questions will, no doubt, give the impression on an interview, that you are focused, serious and organized. A worthwhile investment.
- A lot of fluff
By A1JOMS0CR3TZ8F on 2005-08-13
Much of this book is fluff. He spends a lot of ink on things a reasonable person would never say or do at an interview. Also, many of his "serious" question seem ill advised.
- What a great way to get an interview started
By A23FI3T2GH45ZC on 2002-05-08
As a top producer in the recruiting industry, I would highly recommend this book to anyone seeking employment. It is informative and helpful. I loved the section on starting the interview with the question, "What are you looking for in a person to fill this position?" I have had two of my own candidates try it and they both got the job!
- A must-have resource for the job seeker!!!!
By on 2002-05-09
Excellent resource for the job seeker!!! Offers great tips and balance tilting questions to ask your recruiter or hiring manager. I much appreciate the focus on the actual questions CANDIDATES should ask vs. what we should say to a hiring manager in response to THEIR questions. Easy to read as well.
- A questioning attitude gives you the edge
By on 2002-03-07
It's less about the answers than the questions. That's what hooked me. This book gives job candidates the edge on the most overlooked but critical part of the job interview-the part where the interviewer sits back and says, "Now, do you have any questions for me?"I used to go blank with that challenge. This book offers me a way to think about these questions in advance. "To really shine in your job interview, the questions you ask must be at least as memorable as the answers you give," Kador says and I believe him. Today, it's the questions you ask that set you apart.
Kador, the author of The Manager's Book of Questions: 751 Great Interview Questions for Hiring the Best Person, believes that the job interview of today is far tougher than it was only a year ago. I think that's true. Remember when the job interview was an opportunity for candidates to present their demands and screen the best offers? Today it's no longer enough to be qualified. If you want to stand out, you have to make your questions demonstrate that you are a superstar, a world-class candidate who will add significant value to the job from Day One. I think that's the way to go.
- Insulting to Women, HR Professionals, and the reader's intelligence
By A2ZWT1DAP25M37 on 2008-05-04
This book started to concern me when the author first listed questions not to ask during an interview. These questions were so stupid, I started to wonder what IQ level the author thought his target audience would have. The more I read, the more I believe that he thinks only complete idiots would buy his book. As I read, I also questioned the validity of much of his advice, as well as those of his contributors.
I initially decided to overlook this failing and kept reading, convinced that there must be some merit to his opinions, or McGraw Hill wouldn't consider publishing his work and the Amazon reader reviews wouldn't have been overwhelmingly positive.
However, any hope of being able to believe any of his advice would be valuable was lost when he shared a quote from someone else who demonstrates that he probably is a member of the demographic that this book is targeted toward.
After reading Chapter 7, Questions for Human Resources, I decided to write this review and hopefully help someone else to consider a purchase more likely to serve the intended purpose.
I believe that I probably know at least as much as the author regarding the subject matter in that chapter, so it is here that my doubts as to his actual knowledge and the value of his advice on many of the preceding pages were confirmed. I'm not sure which bit of sage wisdom most offended me:
"she, (HR Screeners are overwhelmingly women)... (70) Really, Mr. Kador, and what do you base this statement on? Even if it were statistically true, what value does this statement add to the advice you're giving?
"Confidence is important, but avoid cockiness. Remember, your starting salary will always be higher -- sometimes dramatically higher -- than the salary of the interviewer. Don't give the interviewer another reason to dislike you." (70) So, Mr. Kador, everyone in the company earns more than the female HR "professional"? Not only that, but the female HR professionals are jealous of all candidates and, for that reason, automatically dislike every candidate. Therefore, all HR professionals are not only low wage earners, but jealous and shallow. Interesting.
"HR people need a reason to exist, so the more you can ask about their experiences and opinions, the more it will endear you to them." (Hamroff, 71) So, HR professionals are also emotionally needy and have no other reason for being than to garner the false respect of job candidates. Thank you for clearing that up for me. I was wondering why so many companies feel the need for an HR function.
Ask them "What attracted you to this organization? ... Maybe the HR person will tell you a story about how he or she got there. That means the person trusts you." (72) Why would anyone think that an HR professional would only honestly answer a direct question if they "trust" the person who asks?
"What advice would you give to someone in my position? Don't lay it on too thick, but this kind of question can make an HR person's day." (76) Another example of how emotionally needy HR professionals are.
All of the above, in my opinion, are examples of the general gist of the author's apparent opinion that overwhelmingly female HR people are easily manipulated, too stupid to see past an obvious attempt to use empty flattery to influence their recommendation, and rather vain, not to mention jealous of everyone fortunate enough not to be stuck in HR. I think this serves to reinforce the outdated belief that HR as a whole is just fluff and only incompetent managers are put in HR where they can't do any real damage to the important areas of the organization.
I could go on, but frankly I'm bored and feel that I've already wasted too much time, and of course, the money I spent on this book on this. All of the information shared above serves to confirm my doubts about much of the statements he makes in the previous chapters.
Shame on you as well, McGraw Hill, for publishing this. Also shame on me. I suppose I shouldn't assume that you're reputable and would only publish non-fiction books that have a certain level of acceptability just because most of my college textbooks were also published by you.
As I wrote, I looked back at the previous reviews posted regarding this book and wonder who the people who wrote them really are. Only one other reviewer had anything but praise for it. It seems inconceivable.
- Informative book, got a job right after reading it...
By AP9K3CSCHZMWV on 2007-03-08
Excellent book. The information was there and straight to the point. It was an easy read. I don't know if you will be able to use all the questions (because I couldn't) but I was able to find a good number of them. Also, had an interview with a major software company (guess) and they were very impressed with the questions. Went on to the 2nd round interviews. :-)
- Absolutely Worth Reading
By A2G9BQX2B96QUT on 2007-08-23
The book was full of practical and extremely useful examples. Easy to pick up and put down and digest in short bursts. Easy to focus on specific areas of concern -- not a textbook. It generated ideas and provided insight about how the interviewer thinks... well worth the investment.
- Not much help
By A2EZ9O9T8463GF on 2008-03-11
Questions are not realistic even for a sales manager job; many are flip. Example - How does this position relate to the bottom line? The bad question examples aren't worth reading. Example - Does the company provide snacks? If this books helps you, you have a lot more interviewing preparation to do.
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