Interview the role too

Career · Little Light original

By the second interview, you may be so focused on proving that you fit the role that you forget the role must fit a real life. You prepare examples, anticipate objections, and make your enthusiasm easy to see. Meanwhile, important questions about the work remain untouched because you worry that asking them will make you seem less eager. Curiosity is part of evaluating an opportunity well. What would success look like after six months? Which resources are already available? Where does the role have authority, and where does it depend on influence? Why is the position open? The way people answer can tell you as much as the answer itself. You are not conducting an interrogation; you are gathering enough reality to make a considered choice. An interview is not only a performance. It is an early working conversation between people considering a commitment. You can bring genuine enthusiasm and careful discernment into the same room. The job will be lived after the offer, so clarity belongs before it.

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