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5 Questions To Ask A Hiring Manager That No One Ever Asks

Ask The Headhunter, Monday, May 6th, 2024

Your article about 'What's the best interview question?' to ask a hiring manager has served me well in many job interviews. Managers have actually complimented me. But that's one question! What else have you got - questions to ask a hiring manager that will break them out of their 'interview haze' and really talk to me, while giving me a chance to stand out?

Nick's Reply

That's a really good question for us all! I mean - I'll bet other readers have excellent, insightful questions to ask hiring managers; questions that really make a manager think while also making the manager realize they're talking with a candidate who reveals true insight and deep interest in the company.

You made me scratch my head, trying to recall managers who told me they were blown away by a particular candidate who revealed unexpected acumen.

Here are five of the very best questions that no one but the best candidates I've known have asked managers, thereby standing apart from their competition.

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