Learning to Ask Good Questions

Training interviewers in questioning techniques is not just a matter of coaching them in the use of the appropriate type of questions. It is suggested that most of us are inept at the skill of questioning because of reluctance to intrude, which is cultural in origin, because questioners are too egoistic and simply not interested in any information that might be forthcoming, and because asking questions is sometimes too difficult. It is further suggested that trainers should pay attention to attitude change training as an important part of interpersonal skills development that involves questioning techniques,to which end a set of training aims is listed.