By Alison Green
With employers being flooded with candidates for any job they post, it's more important than ever to make sure you understand how your behavior may look on the other side of the hiring desk. Here are my top five pet peeves that I see over and over from job applicants.
1. Not asking questions. I want to know that you're interested in the details of the job, the department you'll be working in, your prospective supervisor's management style, and the culture of the organization. Otherwise, you're signaling that you're either not that interested or just haven't thought very much about it.
Good questions to ask include:
• Why is this position open?
• What are the biggest challenges or obstacles the person in this position will face?
• What would a successful first year in the position look like?
• Thinking back to the person whom you've seen do this job best, what made their performance so outstanding?
• How would you describe the culture here?
• How would you describe your management style?
• When do you expect to make a hiring decision?
2. Refusing to have an honest discussion about your fit for the role. If you never get out of sales mode, we can't talk honestly about your weaker points, which means we can't make sure those weaknesses aren't fatal ones for the job.
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