Will Humphreys shares 10 questions to ask a potential employer during an interview, covering company history, goals, culture, expectations, promotion paths, and community involvement. Learn the employer's why before discussing pay and benefits.
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In a job interview, what are the best questions to ask a potential employer? In this video, we're going over the top 10 interview questions that you can ask your employer. Guys, welcome to the profitable pt. I'm Will Humphries here, helping you increase your income impact and freedom. And as an employer of multiple locations, over 15 years, I've conducted hundreds and I calculate thousands of interviews. These are questions you can ask your employer to quickly and efficiently determine alignment. Another thing I tell you is that I did a previous video describing the three categories of questions to ask your employers. This is a build on that video. So let's kick it off with number one, what is the company history? Or why did you start this company? We talked in the previous video in more depth than that. But just as a quick summary. It's important to know why your employer exists. That tells them that you care and shows you if you connect with them or not. Number two, what are the company's goals? A way I like this question being asked is, where do you see your company in 10 years? It's a bit of a cliche, but a company owner should know where they want that company to be in 10 years. That will help you determine if you want to go where they're going, even if it's a fit today. Number three, describe your company culture. For me, what is your company culture? Well, it's a way of saying, how does it feel to work inside the walls of that company? If they're organized, they'll describe values, they'll describe ways that they interact, they'll describe charities potential potentially. But for you, it's important to understand what it feels like to interact with the people on that team. Number four, can you please describe your ideal employee? For me, this is a great question I've only been asked a handful of times. That shows me that person is really looking to fill the needs that I have. It gives you also a better sense as to whether or not we're a fit. If I describe something that doesn't align for you, it will stand out. Number five, what are the company's challenges and strengths? We talk about our strengths and challenges oftentimes from the interviewee's perspective. But it's important to understand how the employer or company owner can describe their strengths and weaknesses. I'm very transparent. I would tell them, yep, our communication isn't the best right now because of X, Y and Z. Understanding that and hearing the authenticity in their voice and answer will determine a lot for you in making that decision. Number six, what are my volume expectations. How many patients am I supposed to see a week? How many charges per visit? How many evals am I supposed to do in a week? These questions describe the volume of work that you're expected to do. Even if you align in other places. If you don't align there, it's not a fit. More importantly, it helps you determine between a productive company and a mill factory. Number seven how do you guys conduct your reviews? The best way to determine a company's organization is actually in how they let people go, but in the review process. From an interview perspective, you can learn a lot about how company organizes and honors it's team members. So if they do it from an organized place, it will show up and how they describe it. And they can tell you all about if they do raises at that time and why they do their reviews the way they do. But if they kind of guess on the spot what they're doing, you can get an idea how put together as a company they are. Number eight Performance improvement plans. Another way of asking this is how do you discipline when things aren't working out with an employee? It is vital to understand that because it will come up at some point, even if it's something you observe. Knowing how company discipline and changes and improves the performance of their team members when things aren't going right is when you can really determine their values. So asking how they do that and getting a sense of that early on will help you determine alignment. Number nine promotion. How do you guys promote individuals? What leadership programs do you have? What opportunities do you have as you grow? As you ask those questions again, depending on your personal alignment with growth, you can determine if there's space for where you want to go. Number 10 what charities do you guys sponsor? This is going to be an awkward question for your employer. If they don't have one. It will inspire them to think of it if they haven't. But I will promise you for those who have a charity, they would love to tell you all about it. This is another way of helping them want you more than any other candidate because it shows that you're thinking on that plane. I didn't bring up money, I didn't bring up benefits. Those things do come up. But listen, that's going to come up in its own time. Money and benefits are the what, but this is the why we're involved in this interview. So once we determine that, we can go to the money and benefits and get more clear on that piece of it. So as a free gift to you attached to this video, I have a list of all the best questions. Not just the top 10, but all the best questions I've ever been asked in a job interview. Free to you as a gift for being a supporter of the profitable PT Guys. If you like this video, please support us by clicking like and subscribe. And for every subscription, we'll make a donation to Feed My Starving Children. Until next time.
