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CHAPTER 8

QUESTIONS FOR

HIRING MANAGERS

THE ONLY PARTY THAT CAN GIVE YOU

WHAT YOU WANT

Every interview is a conversation. It starts with small talk and then pro-
gresses from the general to the specific, from the abstract to the concrete.
In general, the further into the interview you are, the easier it is to ask ques-
tions and the more probing your questions may appropriately become.
If you want a job, the important thing is to have a conversation with
someone who has the authority to give you one.

THE HIRING MANAGER NEEDS YOU
You are aware of the pressure you are under to get a job. But the hir-
ing manager is probably under greater pressure to hire someone than
you’re aware of. In fact, the only reason hiring managers take time out
of their impossibly busy schedules is because important tasks are
going unattended. They have work that must be done and no one with
the required experience to do it. Until they hire the right person, the
optimum performance of their teams is being compromised. Their
bonuses, indeed their very jobs, may well be on the line. Don’t for-
get, hiring managers have to answer to their managers, and their abil-
ity to keep their department staffed at full level is a big piece of their

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