How to use this cheat sheet
Give this to interviewers who run out of follow-ups. It fits beside a laptop and helps separate experience from good talk.
What is inside
- Ask about what happenedWhat exactly did you do? Separate the person from the team.
- Ask about choicesWhat else did you consider? It shows how they decide.
- Ask about peopleHow did you handle disagreement? Ask for one example, and what the other person would say.
- Ask about fitWhat are you looking for next? Compare the answer with what the role really offers.
- When an answer is vagueCan you give me an example? It turns a claim into a story.
- What a good answer sounds likeOwnership
- Swap a closed question for an open oneAre you good with deadlines?
- Score it straight afterWrite down what they said, not what you thought.
Three title ideas for your own version
- Interview questions that dig deeper
- Follow up questions for interviews
- Tell experience from good talk
Where to promote it
- recruiter groups
- hiring manager newsletters
Why use follow-up questions in interviews?
A rehearsed first answer tells you little. Follow-ups about what the person did, what was hard and what they would change show how they really work.
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