10 Questions You Should NEVER Ask in an Online Job Interview

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For some, interviews can be extremely stressful
and nerve-wracking no matter its conducted on
the spot or requires you to come up with answers
to questions on the fly. Whats more, you need
to seize good timing to ask employers proper
questions which helps you to decide if the
company is the best for you. But note that
therere some questions recognized as killer
resulting in bad impression on the employers at
the cost of failing the online interview. The
following lists 10 questions that you should
NEVER ask during a job interview online.

• What does your company do?
• Never ask any information that you could have
  gotten in a simple Google search. Before you
  have even written your resume and applied for the
  job, you should have already done some research
  and have a good understanding of the company.
  Asking this question shows the employer that you
  didn't take the time to prepare for your
  interview and instead, wasted their time
  interviewing you for a position you don't really
  care about.
• How much does this job pay?
• This question is a big no-no for employers.
  Employers want to know that you're in love with
  the job, not how much you're getting paid for it!
  Money is the elephant in the room for

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• an interview and while you might be genuinely
  curious about the pay, salary shouldn't come up
  until after you've already been offered the job.
• What kinds of benefits do I get from working
  here?
• Similarly to the last questions, asking about
  benefits can be seen as selfish and may seem
  like you're only interested in the job for the
  money and special perks rather than the job
  itself. The employer may think that you won't be
  a devoted employee and won't be committed to the
  work since they think you are only interested in
  the money and the perks.
• How fast do people get a promotion or pay raise?
• Asking this question during an interview can make
  it seems like you're trying to climb the
  professional hierarchy and rather than trying to
  contribute to the company in a positive and
  effective way, an employer may think that you are
  trying to earn as much money possible and just
  want to be at the top.
• Could I work on Fridays instead of Saturdays?
• Changing schedules, salary, etc. should never
  come up in your interview. It makes it seem like
  you aren't satisfied with the job you're asking
  for and want to change it before it has even
  been offered to you. You can discuss scheduling
  after been given the offer but never ask when
  the employer is first starting to get to know you
• Do you do background checks?

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• Every employer wants dedicated employees and
  asking about monitoring internet usage may look
  like you are going to do anything but work in the
  office.
• Could I work from home?
• Wait until after you have been given the job to
  discuss telecommuting. The employer may start to
  wonder why you don't want to work from the office
  when you haven't even seen it or been a part of
  the working environment.
• What do you least like about your boss?
• You may have started to hear some dirt about the
  company but your interview is not the time for a
  gossip session about your interviewer's boss. It
  will only make you look like you focus on the
  negatives of the company and don't respect
  authority figures.
• Do you have a girlfriend/boyfriend/partner/spouse?
  
• Do not ask about the interviewer's personal life.
  You may have friendly intentions and may just
  want to get to know them better, but it might be
  a sensitive area and the questions really have
  nothing to do with the job so it is best that
  they are avoided entirely.
• While all of these questions could potentially
  cause problems in an online interview, you
  should still ask questions! Not asking any
  questions at all makes it as if you weren't
  really interested in the company or you didn't
  really understand (or care to understand) what
  the company does or how it functions. Keep above
  no-no in mind and ask questions wisely!

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