Chloe Spillane shows managers how to flip interview questions back on the hiring manager. For every question about your management style or how you'd handle conflict, ask one about theirs: their team's recent challenges, learning budget, autonomy over structure. Turn the interview into a real conversation instead of a one-way test.
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This is what will happen when you ask the interviewer as many questions as they ask you, management edition. The interview will turn more into a conversation and less of a test. They ask you, how would you describe your management style? You give them an answer, and then you say, how would you describe the management style of the person I'm reporting into? They ask you, how do you motivate a team during a challenging period? You answer, and then you say, what's the most challenging thing that the team has dealt with recently? They ask you, "how do you handle conflict within a team?" You answer and then you say, "is there any existing tension that I should be made aware of?" They ask you, "how do you delegate and grow the people within your team?" You answer and then you say, "what's the budget for learning development resources that I can allocate to my team?" They ask you, "can you tell us your strategy for how you delegate effectively?" You answer and then you tell them, "how much autonomy do I have over how my team is structured, run, managed?" They ask you, how do you handle underperformers in your team? You answer, and then you say, what does support look like for leadership here? What you'll realize as you continue to manage the interview this way is that the interview goes from being a test of whether you're good enough to a conversation between two parties to decide whether there is potential partnership here. And you want to know, as a manager walking into a new organization, what's the expectation on you to turn around potentially underperforming teams? And are you going to be set up to succeed or fail? Interview Zero way street. Make sure that you know exactly what you're walking into.