Hiring Wisdom: What I Would Ask If I Could Only Ask 1 Interview Question

Aug 12, 2013

If I could ask only one question in an interview, it would be …

Here is the one question I would ask in an interview as well as some, but not all, of its follow up parts: “Tell me about the very first thing you ever did to earn money.”

How did you get that job?
What were the three most important things you learned there?
Did you like it?
What did you do with the money?
What is the one thing you’re most proud of accomplishing there?
Tell me about your boss.
How long did you last at it?
What were your duties when you started?
What were your duties when you left?
What made you leave?
Where did you go next?

More good questions

If you’ll send your favorite interview question to lhamel@melkleiman.com, we’ll send you our list of the next four most important questions to ask.

This was originally published in the August 2013 Humetrics Hiring Hints newsletter.

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