Questions to Ask Them
Beginner · 8 min read · Behavioral Interviews Decoded, The Questions Everyone Gets
Genuine, insightful and passion questions — and the ones to avoid.
"Do you have any questions for me?" comes at the end of almost every interview, and "No, I think you covered everything" is a wasted chance. Cracking the Coding Interview points out that the quality of your questions is a factor in the decision, consciously or not.
Three kinds of good question
The book groups good questions into three kinds.
Match the question to the interviewer
Questions to avoid
Further reading
Key takeaways
- Always have questions; their quality is noticed.
- Genuine questions are about daily life, insightful ones show your research, and passion ones show what you want to learn.
- Match the topic to the interviewer, and save compensation for the recruiter.
- Prepare five; the best question is a follow-up on something they said.