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Toward the end of an interview, most employers ask if a candidate wants to ask questions about the company or the job position. Many candidates miss the opportunity to ask questions during a job interview. They think not asking questions will make a good impression on the employer and increase their chances of landing a job. Not true.

Asking relevant and thoughtful questions increases your chances of receiving a job offer. Plus, it can help you better understand the company you want to join and decide if this job is a good fit for you.

While there is no correct number of questions to ask in an interview, most of the time, three or four well-chosen questions will be enough.

Below you will top six post-interview questions that you might want to ask during the interview with a product team:

1. Why does a company want to hire a UX designer?

You will usually get the answer to this question before or during the interview, but if it doesn’t happen, you should definitely ask this question. Understanding why the company hires a UX designer will help you evaluate if this role is right for you. For example, suppose you learn that the organization needs a person who will dedicate most of their time to user interface design, but you want to work more on product strategy and conceptualization. In this case, this role is likely not for you.

2. How would you describe the ideal candidate for this position?

You will hear what skills and experience the employee find most valuable. Knowing your strong and weak sides can help you evaluate your chances of getting this job, and if you have strong chances, you can convince a hiring manager that you’re the right person for this role.

3. Can you describe a typical work day for this job?

This question will help you understand the daily UX design activities you expect to do and the type of work you need to practice (i.e., remote-first, full-time office, part-time office with presence hours, etc.).

You will

• Understand how this position fits into the company. Who you will work with (your team), and who you will report to (your management). You will know what departments a UX designer is expected to work closely with and how UX designers interact with stakeholders.
• Evaluate the level of UX maturity in this organization. If you receive a vague answer to this question, it will strongly indicate low UX maturity in this organization. It means that the design process in this organization might be chaotic.
• Learn if it’s a new role. The interviewer can only assume how you will work in this position if it’s a new role. In this case, you can ask about plans for the future for this role.

4. How did the organization’s last project go?

The purpose of this question is not to hear the story of the success or failure of the last project but to learn more about the organization’s design process. Your goal is to understand the upsides of that process (know the areas where everything works fine for this company) and struggles (identify current challenges and gaps in the design process). You can try to sell yourself if you focus on how your experience can help the organization fill the gaps.

You will also understand:

• Project duration. You will know when the project started and ended and calculate product durations based on that.
• Product design culture. You will know if the company has a user-led or product-led culture.
• Understand leadership in an organization. You will know who and how makes design decisions. How do managers interact with UX designers, and who has the final word when it comes to product design decisions.

5. What does a career path look like for this role?

Career development is one of the reasons why we apply to different job positions. This question will help you understand and assess your career opportunities in this position. You will likely hear how the organization supports professional development (i.e., what training programs this organization offers).

6. How will my performance be evaluated in this role?

Every organization uses different metrics when they evaluate employees’ performance. You need to be aware of metrics (KPIs) that work for the organization you apply to.