Smart questions you should ask at the end of your job interview Hi everybody, I’m Brian Clapp Director of Content for WorkinSports.com and this is the Work in Sports Podcast – it’s a Friday QA session! It’s almost the weekend, it’s 64 degrees here in Pennsylvania, I’m feeling good and I hope you are too. Today’s questions comes in from Ashton from North Carolina, Ashton connected with me on LinkedIn and asked her question there, but she could have emailed me at podcast@workinsports.com, or joined our private facebook group by searching “the work in sports podcast” on facebook and answering a few questions. Before I get on to her question – two quick things. 1: I don’t understand why people request access to our private group but don’t answer the questions provided. The way this works is, you request permission to join, and all you have to do is answer three very simple questions – what is your favorite episode, who would you like to see as a guest, and have you given the show a rating on iTunes. Now, I ask these questions just to prove you aren’t a robot or troll. And because your answers help me make the show better. Guest suggestions and telling me what episode you liked best help me direct the content in the future. So far 128 people have requested entry, but didn’t answer the questions – either they are all robots and trolls… or they are just being anti-establishment. Don’t be anti-establishment, I am your friend, I’m not here to oppress you or steal your data and sell if off to some Nigerian war lord looking for your social security number – I’m just trying to learn a bit, and verify you actually breathe air, so stop fighting against my questions, play ball a little. #2 – Ashton will get a free month at WorkinSports.com and if I haven’t made this clear yet, we’ve been the number one job board for the sports industry for like, 20 years, so we’re good at this, and we know lots of employers, and they like us. They really really like us. And, they really really like you. We’ve been told many many times by employers that they love our members because they are serious about their careers and qualified…they aren’t just someone playing around thinking it would be cool to work for a sports team. Our members are the elite, and employers know it. Alright, on to our question from Ashton: Hi Brian, this is Ashton from North Carolina, I’ve read your content on the WorkinSports blog and now I am so excited that you are doing a podcast. I’ve read before where you’ve written about preparing to ask questions back to you interviewer, the dreaded “do you have any questions for me?” at the end of every interview. Generally speaking, I’m mentally exhausted and the end of interviews and mess up this part, with a feeble, nope I’m good. Can you help me craft a simple strategy for smart questions I can ask at the end of an interview? I love these questions Ashton because everyone needs this help – this isn’t just a you problem, it’s a we problem. I have messed this up before myself. I remember interviewing with New England Sports Network about 5-6 years ago for a VP of Production job there. Am I allowed to say this? Oh well too late. Anyway, I’m meeting with the CEO, big wig, powerful guy on the sports broadcasting landscape, and we talk for about an hour. You know me, I’m bringing it, I have ideas on leading a team, pushing our content to the next level, philosophies on hiring. I feel like we are becoming bro’s, like we’re going to go grab a beer and talk about our mutual love affair with Gronk. We’re wrapping up and he asks – “so what questions do you have for me?” and I went blank. I had said so much I didn’t want to repeat myself and ask something stupid, so I just paused. It felt like a lifetime and his demeanor totally changed. I tensed up at the wrong moment and that was my lasting impression. It was almost like nothing I said before mattered, I tripped at the finish line. So, Ashton,
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