I had a second interview today for a job that I am very keen on getting, after the interview it struck me that somehow I must have done something wrong, infact it was during the question 'Do you have any questions?' I realised that I had somehow missed an opportunity or somehow screwed up. Even further it was after something said to me along the lines of 'well, you are just one of a number and we will have some feedback for you as soon as possible', followed again by 'Do you have any questions?'.
This sounded a lot like 'This is your last chance to ask us some deal breaking questions right now?' but I am hoping that this is just the way that I percieved it. Still I had no questions. Well, saying that I did have one question but that was asking wether they had used LINQ to NHibernate and then following up on that by saying how great LINQ is, which ended up sounding like an instruction (according to one of the interviewers, I am not sure if it was meant literaly however it made me feel uncomfortable, like I just gave an instruction to use LINQ to NHibernate, but this is not what I was indicating).
Although this was the only question I did ask, I don't think it was the right question, I failed to ask about the job, about what I might be doing, what my responsibilities would be and where I would fit into the team, it stands to reason that if your going to a job and the job details do not specifically answer these questions then maybe they should be asked.
The thing that I think stopped me from asking them is that I just assumed that, since I am going for a C# Developer role that I would pretty much be involved in writing C# Code in answer to some business idea, plan or problem, which is infact the case since I was already told that the position involves writing B2B enterprise applications.
Reflecting on myself after this interview, I think I may have babbled to much, when asked a direct questions, I seem to have gave an entire story rather than a direct answer, I am not sure why I did this, I think it may have been that I felt I had to prove something, which, I guess I did since thats what your supposed to do in job interviews? right?
I still feel, that getting this job will be the next step in my career, even though it ended on an anti-climax, assuming that the interview was a climax or a superficial climax for me and an anti-climax for them with me babbling on that it made me seem as if I am some big head who knows it all.
Anyway, I hope I get this job!
Disclaimer The opinions expressed herein are my own personal opinions and do not represent my employer's view in any way.