Don't ask obvious questions about location or logistics during a job interview. Instead, ask thoughtful questions that show you understand the department's direction and your fit for the role. Save salary, benefits, and teaching load for after you get an offer.
What you want to do is avoid asking questions if you do get a chance to ask questions. And, you know, good questions— where is the future? Where is your department going? You don't want to ask questions like, wow, are you in Kansas? Are you in Missouri? That are very obviously answered. And you don't want to try to bring humor in just to be humorous, okay? They're not looking for a comedian, they're looking for a colleague. Another way to think about any questions that you may get to ask them is not so much about getting answers to certain things, but it's to show your abilities and to show how well you would fit in the job. So ask probing questions that they go, "Oh, good, good question," because ultimately the real questions you're going to want answered, your committee doesn't know. The salary, the benefits, they may be able to answer you teaching load type things, but it's when you get to the dean and offers are made, that's when you get to know all the, you know, deep information that may determine you wanting the job or not.
