The interview questions hiring managers want candidates to ask
Submission deadline: 19 September 2025
First Publish Dates: 3-7 November 2025
Candidates are often encouraged to ask questions at the interview, but many struggle to know what to ask. This month we invite Endorsed Employers to share their insights (and showcase how their WORK180 profile can support candidates in this capacity!).
About the interview questions campaign
We’re asking eligible Endorsed Employers to provide the testimonial from a hiring manager or recruitment professional to respond to the following.
The questions to answer
Supply the testimonial from one employee that answers the below questions:
- What’s the one question a candidate can ask during an interview that would make you think, “This is someone we want on the team”? And why?
- What specific qualities or skills are you seeking in a candidate that goes beyond the job description?
- What’s one question candidates should avoid at the interview?
Word limit: Maximum 300 words in total.
Potential article headlines
(These are only examples and will depend on the actual content submitted)
- X questions hiring managers wish you’d ask (but most don’t!)
- The secret questions that impress hiring managers the most
- Get the inside scoop: What hiring managers REALLY wish you’d ask them at the interview
To submit your organization’s advocacy campaign contribution, complete the form below.
Please make sure your submission includes the name, pronouns, role title, and a picture of any person(s) we can attribute the answer to in the article.
FAQs
What type of images do you need?
Please ensure any headshot photos are high resolution (minimum 1MB), ideally taken against light and neutral backgrounds, with the individual’s face visible and not blurry, to ensure we can use them in the campaign.
Ensure to include a description of all images in the image file name, including the name, role title and pronouns of the pictured people.
How will the advocacy campaign content be shared?
The advocacy campaign content may be curated into any number of formats, including long-form articles, shorter carousel-style stories, videos, or infographics. Each content piece will then be shared across a variety of marketing platforms including our website, social media channels and newsletters. Where relevant we will also broadcast through our partner network and syndicate affiliations.
Will all my content be included?
Due to the high volume and variety of submissions for each focus area, we are unable to include every word of every supplied Endorsed Employers’ content. We will carefully adapt, edit, and curate the content to meet the needs of your organization, but also the needs of our audiences, while always maintaining the veracity of what has been supplied.
We rely on all our Endorsed Employers to provide content relevant to the topic details — the more relevant the content provided, the more space it will be given in any individual feature. Our team will be in touch if we need further clarification on your submission.
I need to speak to someone, who should I contact?
Please reach out to your DEI Account Manager, or campaigns@work180.co if you have further questions.
How will I know when a campaign is live?
Once the main campaign content piece is published, you will be provided with the links.
Please feel free to share these across your own channels. If there are specific hashtags that we are using for the campaign, we will provide these to you to utilize when sharing across your own social media platforms.
Will I get to view the campaign before it goes live?
No. The time between drafting, building the content, and publishing is very tight. This along with the number of stakeholders involved in each campaign, and the number of campaign content pieces a single submission may be involved in, it simply isn’t fair or feasible to allow any one client to approve the content before it’s published. We ask that clients get all the content they submit to be approved prior to submitting.