How can I smoothly end an interview? Usually I’ll ask questions and say something along the lines of “well that’s all the questions I have for now” which feels jarring

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Just say something like “well, I really enjoyed meeting you today. Thank you so much for your time and I hope you have a great rest of your day” and let ‘em respond.” Just don’t say bye bye. I did that by mistake over a decade ago and I still cringe

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Once they are done asking me questions, I’ll ask them questions. When that’s done, I ask them about next steps. That puts the onus back on them to complete the conversation.

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Are you the interviewer? If so, your line sounds good. I would add, “What questions do you have for me?”
If you are the candidate being interviewed, the interviewer should have questions to ask you.

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The entire interview is them asking questions.

As the interviewee, I ask my list of questions for them, and then ask them when they expect to make a decision and what the next steps are, putting it back in their hands to close the interview out.

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it’s not

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Do you give them time to ask you questions to at the end or do you try to end it when you finish yours?

Sorry, I could have been clearer. In this case I’m the interviewee and the interviewer has wrapped up their questions and asked if I have any for them

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I always ask what are the next steps or what to expect next

Ask for next steps and if there is anything else in your history and experience that they would like any clarification on.

I usually will ask them who I can reach out to in case I have any additional questions and thank them for taking time out of their day to interview me, that I enjoyed the conversation. That’s it.

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