Questions to Ask the Interviewer

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What are the next steps in your interview process?

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Rachelle Enns
Rachelle Enns

Rachelle Enns is an interview coach and job search expert. She works with candidates to perform their best in employment, medical, and post-secondary admission interviews.

For interview peak performance, you must know what to expect in the interview process. Knowing what is happening next will help you assess, prepare, and research to succeed in these meetings.

The interviewer should give you an overview of who you will be meeting with, along with the estimated timeline between each of these interviews. Some organizations will have just one meeting, and some may have as many as 5 interviews with different team members. Your experience will depend on the level of position for which you are interviewing.

If the process seems far too drawn out to fit in within your ideal timeline, you can say something like this: 'Thank you for explaining the interview process to me. By my calculations, we would be in the final stages of interviewing in the next six weeks. Is this correct? I am seeking a role as soon as possible, so if I can accommodate dates closer together, I am happy to give you the flexibility needed to make that happen.'

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