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Originally Posted by Minnie
I wish I could find it again but I read an article just the other day about questions you can ask at the conclusion of an interview, when you are asked if you have any questions to ask of the interviewer. It was pretty interesting. Among them was to ask "if you were to decline to hire me, what would be the reasons for that decision? In other words, what area of this interview did you not find me to be strong in, and what do you think I could do to improve?" I'll google and see if I can find it again.
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That sounds like a defeatist attitude
I go into interviews believing that I'm the best candidate. I give them the perception that there is no other choice than myself. I don't even want them to think of not hiring me.
I don't like that advice at all.
I always research the company and ask questions based on that.
I interviewed with Resmor 18 months ago. I found out they had $5.9B worth of mortgages on their books. I asked them what their action plan was in order to get to $6B and beyond. They loved that question and was more than happy to talk about themselves for a bit (after all, we did just spend 45 minutes talking about me).
IMO, that's much better than getting them to think about reasons not to hire me.