Interviewing Strategies

[Elizabeth J Allen]

A recruiter told me to ask at the end of the interview "Is there  
anything you can think of that would prevent me from moving forward  
in this position?" This accomplishes two things rather nicely:
- it indicates a serious interest in the position and
- identifies potential stumbling blocks *while there is still time to  
do something about them*

If the answer is no, the next question is "So what's the next step?"  
Inquiring, open, but not too pushy. If the answer is "Well, actually,  
we were looking for a candidate with experience with <toolname>,"  
then you have a chance to counter with "I don't have that experience,  
but I learn tools very quickly and I can be up to speed before next  
week." Or whatever.

HTH,

Elizabeth
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Elizabeth J. Allen
Samurai Consulting Inc.
eja at samurai.com

"Make everything as simple as possible, but not simpler." —Albert  
Einstein


On 7-Dec-06, at 4:14 PM, James Barrow wrote:

>> OTOH, you might phrase it with "What do I have to show you that  
>> will allow
>> us to make a deal? This could start a new series of questions that  
>> will
>> help make the other person that much closer to giving it to you.
>
> I'll have to think about this one.  To me, this gets very close to  
> a used
> car salesman asking, "What do I have to do to get you into this car?"