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I also like the question "Now that you've interviewed me and seen my abilities, how do you feel my working here will impact the team/company? What will I help out the most with?" I found it to be an effective question at turning it around, but it also makes them think about just what I could accomplish for them. It gives me a good gage of how well I did before I even leave the interview.

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I feel that question is far too upfront for an interview, definitely an initial interview anyways. You're not asking where they think you could fit, you've phrased it as where do I fit?. It's an interview, not a job offer.

This wouldn't happen in a phone screen. This is for the on-site interview after I've already gotten a positive feel for it.

Maybe I didn't word it perfectly, but it is partially out of a desire to know how they think I would benefit the company. Am I just another redundant cog in the machine, or am I really going to play a key role? I guess it is a good point to still make it in hypothetical language.

The problem with this question is that you are probably talking to a HR flunky at this point. It's a good question if you are interviewing with a particular department, but not something your average recruiter is going to have a clue about.

Oh I totally agree. I really dislike interviewing with anyone that I'm not going to be working with. It seems like that is a one way interview in that case. Why ask questions if the people who are answering them have no clue what the answers really are?

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