Three Questions Leading to the Right Table
The ability and willingness to assess and deal with risk is often a critical differentiator between success and failure. Once you’ve been offered the job—and only after you’ve successfully dealt with the only three interview questions—do in-depth due diligence to make sure it is right for you. This involves mitigating organizational, role, and personal risks by answering three questions:
- What is the organization’s sustainable competitive advantage? (To get at organizational risk.)
- Did anyone have concerns about this role; and, if so, what was done to mitigate them? (To get at role risk.)
- What, specifically, about me, led the organization to offer me the job? (To get at personal risk.)
