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What questions should you ask the interviewer?

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Insight

Ask questions that show you prepared, that you heard what they said in the room, and that you want their judgment — not questions whose answers are in the posting. A reliable pattern is PRAR: Provenance (something you researched), Reflection (a callback), Accolade (a specific true compliment), Request (“I would value your advice on…”). Prepare five; you may only get two.

Guidance

  1. Provenance: one fact from a filing, product, talk, or news you actually read.
  2. Leave a blank for Reflection until you are in the room (“Earlier you mentioned…”).
  3. Accolade must be specific and true. Skip empty praise.
  4. Request: advice, not “do I have the job?”

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Rules: Do not invent employers, job titles, dates, metrics, team sizes, or outcomes. If something is missing, ask me or write [unknown]. Keep hedges such as "approximately" and "more than" exactly as I stated them. Never turn a qualitative result into a number.

Generate 5 interview questions using PRAR (Provenance, Reflection, Accolade, Request). I will pick 3. Use only research I provide. Do not invent company facts. Include at least one that can use a callback once I am in the room (mark the blank).

Interviewer role / name if known:
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Company notes I actually have:
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What we already discussed (if any):
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