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CHAPTER 13

QUESTIONS FOR

SUPERSTARS

BONE-CHILLING QUESTIONS FOR

WHEN THEY KNOW YOU’RE THE BEST

Superstars, the most highly sought after candidates, can afford to be
picky. Even in today’s economy, the competition for the most talented
contributors is brisk. For that reason, superstars can ask prospective em-
ployers questions that other candidates would have a hard time getting
away with. “Superstars can interview the company with bone-chilling
questions to make sure they select the best opportunity offered them,”
says Dr. John Sullivan, professor and head of Human Resource Man-
agement at San Francisco State University. The following are the types
of questions that the most confident candidates routinely ask, accord-
ing to Dr. Sullivan.
“Even if you aren’t a superstar (yet), it’s important to be skeptical be-
cause recruiters and hiring managers, on occasion, make jobs appear
better than they really are,” Sullivan says. “You need an accurate job pre-
view, and it takes hard questions to your future manager to get it. The
hiring manager’s ability and willingness to answer these tough questions
should be a major factor in your decision to accept an offer.”
There’s no reason why you cannot act like a superstar and put some of
these questions in your portfolio. Who knows? Maybe if you act like a
superstar, they will treat you as one.

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