Avoid Question that are easy to determine

Asking questions such as these will make you look uninformed or lazy:
What does IBM stand for?
Who is the company’s chief executive officer?
Where is the company located?
Does the company have a Web site?
Why? Because the answers are as close as the company’s Web site or
annual report. Don’t ask the interviewer to state the obvious or do your
job for you. At best it will raise questions about your ability to engage,
and at worst it will cost you the job offer.

2)Avoid “Why” Questions

“Why” questions—queries that start with “why”—often come off as
confrontational. Interviewers can get away with asking you “why” questions.
After all, they are interested in your thought processes and the
quality of your decisions. But when the situation is reversed, “why”
questions from the job seeker sometimes make the interviewer defensive.
Not good:
Why did you consolidate the Seattle and Dallas manufacturing facilities?
It comes off as a challenge. Better:
I am interested in the company’s recent decision to consolidate the Seattle
and Dallas manufacturing facilities. In a Wall Street Journal article,
your CEO stated the wisdom of keeping manufacturing facilities
close to customers whenever possible.Yet this move creates distance between the company and some of its customers. Can we talk about this decision
for a moment?

3.Avoid Asking Questions That Call for a Superlative

Questions that call for a superlative (“What is the best book of all
time?”) make people hesitate and also put them on the defensive. When
faced with a superlative, the interviewer’s mind gets vapor-locked and
he or she hesitates.
Poor: What is the biggest challenge for the company/team?
Better: What do you see as three important challenges for the
company/team?
Poor: What is the absolute best thing about this company?
Better: What are a couple of things you really like about the
company?
Avoiding superlatives gives the interviewer wiggle room to answer
questions more personally.

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