{"id":"career-questions-to-ask-interviewer","audience":"college","category":"career","technique":"context","track":"writing","title":"Prepare questions for the end of your interview","free":false,"task":"Your final interview ends with \"Do you have any questions for us?\" Get exactly 4 numbered questions, each under 18 words, plain text. Skip anything the posting or the recruiter already told you, put the question about the first 90 days first, and don't ask about salary, vacation or remote days in this round: the recruiter said that comes with the offer.","materialLabel":"The posting and your notes (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"JOB: Junior Financial Analyst, Ridgeline Outdoor Co. (Denver)\n- Builds monthly sales reports for 30 retail stores\n- Works with the store operations team on budgets\n- Excel required; Power BI is a plus\n- Reports to: Senior Analyst, Priya Nair\n- Hybrid: 3 days in office\n\nFROM MY CALL WITH THE RECRUITER (Sam)\n- team is 5 analysts\n- they're moving reports from Excel to Power BI this year\n- start date in June\n- salary and benefits come in the offer stage, \"don't bring them up in the final\"\n\nMY NOTES (Ethan Wu, senior, finance major)\n- final round is with Priya Nair\n- I want to know what success looks like early on\n- curious how analysts work with store managers\n- wondering what training there is for Power BI since I only know Excel\n- don't know how feedback works on the team","rules":[{"type":"numberedItems","count":4},{"type":"maxWords","max":90},{"type":"plainText"}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Getting a generic list","why":"The AI gives 10 or more standard questions, some already answered in the posting.","fix":"Add: \"Skip anything the posting or recruiter already told me.\"","checks":["r1"]},{"title":"Not setting the order","why":"Interviews often run out of time, and the AI won't know which question matters most to you.","fix":"Add: \"Question 1: what success looks like in the first 90 days.\"","checks":["r0"]},{"title":"Asking about pay too early","why":"AI lists usually include benefits or remote work questions.","fix":"Add: \"No questions on salary, vacation or remote days.\"","checks":["r2"]},{"title":"No count or length","why":"The AI's questions come in groups under headings with long explanations.","fix":"Be exact: \"Exactly 4 numbered questions, each under 18 words.\"","checks":["numberedItems","maxWords"]},{"title":"Forgetting where it's going","why":"AI adds bold and headings that show up as stray symbols in your interview notes.","fix":"Add: \"Plain text, no bold, no headings.\"","checks":["plainText"]}],"promptHints":[{"label":"Says how many questions","patterns":["\\b(4|four)\\b.{0,25}(question)","exactly \\d+","numbered"]},{"label":"Skips what you know","patterns":["already","skip","posting"]},{"label":"Sets the first question","patterns":["90 days","first question","question 1","success"]},{"label":"Rules out pay questions","patterns":["salary","pay","benefit","vacation"]},{"label":"Sets a length limit","patterns":["\\d+\\s*words","word (limit|count)","under \\d+"]}],"hint":"Good closing questions show you listened. Tell the AI what you already know, which question goes first, and which topics wait for the offer.","rubricLabels":["Question 1 asks about the first 90 days (what success looks like, or what a new analyst should accomplish)","No question asks something already answered (team size, the Power BI move itself, the start date, the hybrid schedule, who the role reports to)","No question asks about salary, pay, benefits, vacation or remote days"]}