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Here are some good ones that I've asked that HR people seem to have liked:

  1. I've read the position description, but I'd love to hear in your words what you're looking for in this role. (They may actually already answer this right in the beginning if they give you a general overview of the position, but if they don't, you can ask them if you can ask them a question before you begin with the phone screening)

  2. Could you tell me a little bit about your experience working at [Company X] and how you got to where you are today?

I would ask at most 2 questions because phone screens are meant to be short and to the point. You don't want to ask a lot of questions and take up HR's time. The most important part are your answers to HR's questions, so work on solidifying those, making sure they are concise and brief, and you'll be good to go.

 

I focus on macro questions which are total softballs for HR people, makes them feel good. "How many employees across the whole company?", "How many office locations?", etc.

 

Bump. I found this a little bit awkward, and when HR asked (telephone) if I had any questions I just answered ''Nope". Afterwards, I realized that it might have been stupid to not ask anything.

How do you guys approach this? Should you still ask the HR something if you already have all the answers?

 

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