30 QUESTIONS ABOUT THE ADAPTABILITY TO THE POSITION

In Chapter 6, we analyzed questions about the adaptability of the candidate to the organization; now we will focus on the adaptability to the position. As we previously said, it is mandatory to know well all the requirements. It seems obvious, but sometimes the interviewer isn’t completely aware of these requirements.

1. If we offer you a position and you accept, when can you begin working?

2. Would you be willing to work extra hours if necessary?

QUESTIONS ABOUT THE INVESTIGATION OF THE POSITION

Questions 3 to 9 are aimed to evaluate how much the candidate knows about the company and the specific offered position or the positions available.

3. What do you know about our company?

4. What do you know about the position?

5. Who do you think our most important competitors are?

6. Do you think they have any advantage over us?

7. Can you name three tendencies you suppose occur in this business?

8. What interest you from our company?

9. What interests you the most from our product?

10. Does any friend or family member of yours work for our company?

11. What are you interested on this job?

12. Why would you like to do this type of work?

13. In what specific ways do you think our company will be benefited if we hire you?

14. How did you find out about this vacancy?

15. What are your best qualities for the job?

16. Do you have confidence in your capacity to develop this job?

17. How do you manage the interviews while you have a job?

18. How does it benefit our company the fact that you have recently graduated from university?

19. Do you think you are ready for a job with more responsibilities? Tell me why you think that.

20. Do you have any characteristic or ability that would make us consider you better than the other candidates?

21. Would you let us get in touch with your current employer?

22. Do you know anything about (accounts, impression processes, etc.)?

23. Are you willing to begin as a trainee?

24. Are you looking for a permanent job or a temporary one?

25. Talk briefly about the reasons the company would have to hire you.

26. What differences do you find between this position and the one you have previously filled?

27. Why do you want to get into this field?

28. What do you think about the way we manage this organization?

29. Do you consider that your lack of … (university tittle, experience, etc.) could affect your performance?

30. Don’t you consider yourself as too qualified for this position?

As in other sections of this book, these questions are the longest possible list in relation with the main topic; not all of them are applicable to the same person, so you will have to choose which are the most appropriate in each case.

In the second part of this book, that we dedicated to the questions associated with the competence, we also include questions about the motivation for change. This is a very important topic that should be evaluated and correctly determined in the selection process.

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