Interviewers, please tell me:

[sunshinelover69]

If you ask all of these questions at the end of a first interview with a candidate, are you interested in offering them the role?

What are your salary expectations
What benefits are important to you
Do you have any annual leave booked
What is your notice period
Are you still interested in the role

Was asked all of these at the end of an interview last week. Still waiting to hear, was hoping to hear back by Monday. Thought it went well but now losing my nerve.

I think that those sound like pretty standard questions OP.

Did they say when they'd get back in touch at all? If it helps, at my workplace the decision can seem to take ages because the panel have to meet back up again in the next free slot in their diaries.

It depends.

I was a recruiter for years and these are all pretty standard questions that need to be asked at some point.

Some places I've worked tag them onto the end of the first interview along with checking right to work. It saves taking anyone further that might not work (usually right to work issues) or giving us a heads up about something we need to plan for like annual leave or long notice periods.

Hmm interesting. I've interviewed myself and I don't ask that stuff if I know it's not going to be taken any further.

They said they'd be in touch this week (yes...I do know it's only Weds!)

Suppose if there were two outstanding candidates that kind of information might sway it one way or another so standard to ask I imagine.

Good luck!

We don't ask those questions to begin with because they would not sway us either way.

@DallasDerby

We don't ask those questions to begin with because they would not sway us either way.

No....I meant right at the end of the interview. So they had obviously formed an opinion by then.

We have set questions we have to ask all candidates for fairness, we can't deviate for candidates we like.

We have to ask the same questions for scoring reasons.

Good luck though

I would only ask if interested, however you don't know who they interviewed after you, so it doesn't help

They could just have slow HR. My place's lot were notorious for getting the go-ahead from the hiring managers and then taking their sweet time about contacting the successful applicant - we lost at least one person because by the time they were contacted they'd found themselves a better offer :/

Asked at the end - then asked to everyone at that stage.

They’re the kind of questions we ask everyone as standard, was it more than one person interviewing you?

Good luck, hope you hear back soon!

@LawnFever

They’re the kind of questions we ask everyone as standard, was it more than one person interviewing you?

Good luck, hope you hear back soon!

Yes - two people.

Thanks - will report back!

I always ask these at the end of the first interview. Better than having a surprise if you offer the role.

Salary, benefits and notice period are all asked pre-first interview by HR. I don't tend to ask about annual leave in first interview, or sometimes even at all before offering- it's not going to sway my decision either way for a long term investment/hire. Where I worked before, there was a set list of questions which everyone was asked which included notice period and holiday.

Did they ask for your references and are they doing them? That's a better sign

@HeyArnoldHey

Did they ask for your references and are they doing them? That's a better sign

No

We generally interview with the hiring manager and a member of th HR team. The HR person would ask these questions regardless, and as a hiring manager if you're interviewing without a member of the HR team they send you a list of questions like this that they want asked regardless of if you're planning to hire or not. It's a box ticking exercise in our company so that we have the same I fo for each candidate.

@HeyArnoldHey

Did they ask for your references and are they doing them? That's a better sign

I'd never ask for those or start that process until an offer is made and accepted. You don't want to be approaching a current employer for a reference before the candidate has told them they're leaving