Career coach Chloe Spillane shows how to turn interviews into two-way conversations. After the interviewer asks about your skill gaps or salary expectations, ask them about their support systems, company weaknesses, and compensation budget. Treating it as a partnership makes you look like an equal and more valuable.
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This is what will happen when you start to ask the interviewer as many questions as they ask you. The interview will stop being a test and it will be a conversation. They ask you, 'How are you going to fill this gap?' You'll tell them, and then you ask them, 'How are you going to support me to do that?' They ask you if you're interviewing elsewhere, you ask them, 'How many people are you interviewing against?' They ask you, 'What are your strengths for the role?' You ask them, 'What differentiates you from your competitor?' They ask you, 'What are your weaknesses?' You ask them, what's some negative employee feedback you've received recently and what have you done to improve that? They ask you, where do you see yourself in 5 years' time? You ask them, where do you see the future of this role going? They ask you, what are your salary expectations? You ask them, what's the budget you have for this role? You realize the more you treat this interview like a conversation, a discussion on whether this is a suitable partnership, the more you're going to feel like an equal to the person interviewing you. And the more likely you're going to be the person that they chase to get the role.