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CHAPTER 2

QUESTIONS
YOU SHOULD
NEVER INITIATE

DON’T GO THERE

This book is focused on helping you to identify and customize ques-
tions that will help you look good in the interview and secure a job
offer. To that end, an almost boundless universe of questions about
the job, the company, and the industry awaits you.

But there is a set of questions that you should generally avoid initi-
ating until two things are true: first, the interviewer initiates the topic
(and sometimes not even then); and second, you have either the job
offer in hand or a serious commitment of interest from your prospec-
tive employer.

Remember, your goal is to get a job offer. These are questions
that cannot help you advance this agenda but could seriously derail
your efforts. Some of these questions are important, and you should
definitely ask them, but not now.

COMPENSATION

There are two reasons to avoid the subject of money. First, it’s simply
not in your interest to talk about salary until the company has deter-
mined that you are the best candidate and is ready to make you an

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