It’s a highly anticipated question. That we all expect to be asked in an interview but, despite the importance of the question, so few candidates manage to respond with anything compelling.

That concludes the interview. Have you got any questions you’d like to ask me?

50% of the time interviewers ask the question because they feel obliged to, 50% of the time they truly want to see whether you’re engaged in the interview, whether you’ve researched the company and whether you are the kind of intriguing, exciting candidate that they’d like to hire.

So what if there was a question or two that you could ask in an interview that would instill confidence and impress your interviewer? Thank us later; below is a list (compiled by the team at Resume Shoppe) of 7 powerful interview questions to ask when you’re hit with the ever anticipated “Have you got any questions you’d like to as me” by your interviewer: