From the course: How to Rock an Interview

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End on a positive note

End on a positive note

- [Host] Tell me, Pam, anything else you want to make sure to mention? - [Pam] Sometimes people are surprised to hear, and you mentioned in your last question things to do that are more universal and also things not to do that are universal, so I think one of the things not to do that a lot of people do is, at the end, I said it's great, ask smart questions. And so there's some advice floating around somewhere out there that says ask a question like is there anything about me that you have concerns about in terms of this position, or there's variations on that. Basically, getting the interviewer to tell you what objections do you have to me, and I think it's a bad idea. And I see where it came from. I think it came from sales, because when you're a salesperson, this idea of surfacing objections so that you can address them makes perfect sense. Well, why don't you want to buy this product? Well, if they say it's pricing,…

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