In an interview, is it required to have question(s) for the interviewer?

manpreet Best Answer 2 years ago

A Lifehacker article this week took on the final question in most interviews: "any questions for me?"

The conclusion of the article, and most other advice I have seen, is that "Yes!" is the only correct answer to this question, followed by one or more questions for more details about the company and how the candidate could start contributing right away.

Obviously if the person writing the article does interviews, and has this policy, then it is the case for at least one position. But I'm curious if people have found this to be the case in general, from either side of the interviewing table.

manpreet 2 years ago

If you have questions, then by all means ask them. However, if you do not, either because the interviewer touched on everything you actually would have asked, then it's perfectly acceptable to tell them that. Do not just say "no, no questions", but instead tell them that they did a good job explaining everything, and that you should have all the information you needed. Bringing up one or two questions you would have asked as examples cannot hurt either.