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It’s common advice among job seekers: when you’re interviewing, you need to interview the employer right back. After all, you’re the one who is potentially going to fill this position, so you need to know if it’s going to be a good fit, right? Except that while salary ranges, benefits and schedule flexibility are important details you deserve answers to, hiring managers don’t appreciate questions like these until at least your second interview (or maybe even after they’ve made you an offer). During your first interview, the “impress me dance” is still in full swing. When a potential employer asks if you have any questions, they don’t want inquiries about parking validation; they want to see if you’re prepared, educated and inquisitive. Here are six questions to ask at the end of your interview that will help you master the twisted tango of getting hired: 1. If I were to start tomorrow, what would be the top priority on my to-do list? The answer to this question will give you...

By Anwar Iqbal , Dawn News Sunday, 21 Jun, 2009 WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama, in an exclusive interview to Dawn, has said that he believes the Pakistani state is strong enough to win the military offensive against the extremists. In this first-ever one-on-one interview by any US president to the Pakistani media, Mr Obama assured the Pakistani nation that he has no desire to seize Pakistan's nuclear weapons or send US troops inside the country. The US president also emphasised the need for resuming the dialogue process between India and Pakistan, which was stalled after the Mumbai terrorist attacks in November last year. The interview covered a wide-range of subjects — from the controversy involving the Iranian presidential election to Mr Obama's speech in Cairo earlier this month in which he called for a new beginning between the Muslim and the Western worlds. The venue, the White House diplomatic room with murals of early settlers, brought out the importanc...