time to ask questions

if you didn't ask the interviewer anything at the end of the interview, will it reflect negatively on the results of the interview? i had an interview kasi kanina and the interviewer asked me twice if i have any questions and in both instances, i answered NONE... not that i don't really have any questions but then when she asked me that, my question just suddenly disappeared... i couldn't remember it, in other words...

you will not fail the interview if you are unable to ask a question. while its NOT a negative, you may have lost an opportunity to score more points.

use this opportunity to do any of the following :

• opportunity to reverse what you think was a negative impression you may have made during the interview
• opportunity to further highlight your strengths and achievements. you can never have enough of good things
• ask about the health of their business. ask questions like did the company make money last year. did business improve. how is the business doing now? what were the drivers for success for the company.
• ask what the greatest threat to the business. this will give the impression you are truly interested in the company.
• and when you get an answer to any of these that you can use to further your cause, do so. lets say they tell you customer service was a challenge, tell them what you think about it.
• often, i use this portion to make the interviewer feel stupid. i do this only if during the interview i decide i don't like to work for the company or i find the interviewer too arrogant that he/she needs to be pulled down to earth. i grill the interviewer on something he/she has said that i can prove wrong. i make the interviewer defensive. sometimes i succeed, sometimes i fail but boy it does feel good being able to get back to the interviewer.