Page 57 - 301 Best Questions to Ask on Your Interview, Second Edition

THE RULES OF THE GAME

• Are you [the interviewer] married?
• What are your psychiatric benefits?
• How many warnings do you get before you are fired?
• Do you provide employees with gun lockers?
• Can you guarantee me that I will still have a job here a year from

now?
• Do I get to keep the frequent-flier miles from company trips?
• Would anyone notice if I came in late and left early?
• How many [insert name of ethnic group] do you have working

here?
• What does this company consider a good absenteeism record?
• Can you tell me about your retirement plan?
• The job description mentioned weekend work. Are you serious?
• What is the zodiac sign of the company president?
• You’re not going to check my references, are you?
• Is it easy to get away with stuff around here?
• Do I have to work more than forty hours a week?
• Why do I have to fill out this job application? It’s all on my

résumé.
• How do you define sexual harassment?
• Can the company buy five thousand copies of my wife’s book?
• Am I allowed smoking breaks?
• Will my office be near an ice machine?
• I missed my lunch. Do you mind if I eat my sandwich while we

talk?
• I hope this doesn’t take too long. My mother is waiting for me in

the car.
• When will I be eligible for my first vacation?

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