Running out of questions to ask on interviews. Help!

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In 1994, while interviewing for my first job, I was asked “What’s the worst as you’ve seen recently?”

After eviscerating a Mentos spot for 10 minutes they followed with, “Now let’s pretend your team just wrote the same spot; sell it to me."

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I’m bored of asking the same though

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^ that’s diabolical. I love it!

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You're supposed to ask the same questions of all interviewees for apples to apples comparison when hiring, that's 101 stuff.

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What do you mean running out? You need like 3-4 per interview...but you can ask the same ones with each different person lol

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You don’t need new questions.

What are you usually asking?

Make it conversational. When they bring it up something even remotely of interest, ask a question about it, even if you know the answer. The key is the show you’re curious and eager about the job.

- Ask about clients, who you'll work for, if you have an opportunity to work on the clients you're interested in
- What kind of growth potential is there for you
- How closely do the design department works with creatives
- What is their favorite thing about the agency
- In your future role, do you get to do X (if you have a particular skill you want to learn)
- Work life balance

CSO1- that's brilliant.

"What question do you wish people would ask on interviews?" Alternatively, you could ask the most interesting one and what their answer was. Probably elicits a more candid response than the canned ones.

AD1 is correct

Now that you’ve raised the question - OP - I think you may have answered it, too.

Next time I interview someone, I plan to ask them “What’s the best interview question you’ve been asked, and why?”

Thanks for that.

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