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does not impress the interviewer with your resourcefulness.
Questions you might want to ask about the company would revolve
around areas not likely covered in materials you could have read previous
to your interview. You want to laow something about the following:
Stability of the position and firm.
. Opportunities available for advancement.
Management and decision-malung styles - teams, hierarchies,
degree of decentralization.
. Degree of autonomy permitted and entrepreneurship
encouraged.
. Organizational culture.
. Internal politics.
Your questions may cover some of the following areas of inquiry:
Why is this position open? Is it a new position? If not, why did
the previous person leave? If the person was promoted, what
position does that person now hold?
How important is this position to the organization?
To what extent does the company prom'ote from within versus
hiring from the outside?
What plans for expansion (or cutbacks) are in the immediate
future? What effect will these plans have on the position or the
department in which it is located?
On the average, how long do most employees stay with this
company?
Tell me about what it's really like working here in terms of the
people, management practices, worldoads, expected perfor-
mance, and rewards.
How would you evaluate the financial soundness and growth
potential of this company?
