Closing Questions

How to Use Closing Questions to Your

Advantage
Closing questions used at the end of your allotted interview
time are the interview questions that matter most. These
questions are the ones that can wrap up the interview and
swing the result your way.

I hope you will hear the interviewer ask you:

“Do you have any closing questions for me?”

Even if they don’t say this, you should say “do you mind if I
ask a couple of questions?” but be careful when planning
what questions you’re going to ask, and make sure that they
are not ones that you should already know the answer to.

Try to make sure that you ask questions that are

relevant to the job. You could ask things like:

• Is this a new position?

• Who would I be responsible to?

• How many other people do this or a similar job?

• When did the last person leave this job? And why?

• When will you be able to let me know the result of this

interview?

• What opportunities are there for progression or further

training?
• Do you have time to show me around the area where I will
be working?

• Is there anything else that I can tell you about my

experience or background?

And one of the most important closing questions you can ask
is this:

• Did I answer all your questions fully?

If they have any reservations, this just might bring them out
and let you have another chance to give a better answer.

You probably also want to know about pay, benefits and

holidays too, but now is not the right time to ask — it’s
important not to ask too early.

You’ll get your chance when they show they’re interested in

you for the job.

If they covered all the points you were going to ask - try
paying the interviewer a compliment:

I think you’ve covered all the points I wanted to ask about.

I wanted to know about the department structure and the

systems that you use, but you have covered all those areas
thank you.

Show that you have taken an interest in the company:

I read that you have ten outlets in Yorkshire. Are you

intending to expand during the next year?

Try for the opportunity to summarize for one last time why
the interviewer should offer you the job. This means that you
will leave on an upbeat note with your skills and experience
the final things that they remember about you:

Could I summarize why you should seriously consider me for

this position?

After the interview:

• Examine how you thought it went and write yourself some

notes.

• Consider your performance and how well you handled the

questions they asked.

• Congratulate yourself on the things that went well.

• Review your interview technique.

• Were you too vague / arrogant / unassertive / aggressive?

• Could you improve? And how?

• If you could do the interview again, what would you do

differently?

• Make notes of what you were asked and your answers; you
might be called for a second interview.

• Write a thank-you letter to the interviewer.

• This letter can reinforce the information you gave during

the interview and can help to overcome any of the points you
feel you may have missed during the interview.

• Always try to get some feedback on your performance.

Use this opportunity to ask closing questions well and you

multiply your chances of interview success massively.