What does it mean to be in a state where questions arise?

[Introduction]

Hello. I am Tee. It all started when I recently found an article titled something like 'How to ask reverse questions during job interviews' and felt a sense of discomfort. Personally, I believe that questions strongly reflect a person's attitude and level of understanding. In the case of job hunting, I wonder if template questions just make recruiters feel fed up, thinking, 'This question again...?'

Reflecting on myself, I thought about how I come up with questions, and I have summarized that state here. I think this has a wide range of applications, as I used it not only for job hunting but also for research.

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A state where you can ask questions = A state where you can visualize things with high resolution

Here is the conclusion right away. I thought that 'a state where you can ask questions = a state where you can visualize (yourself doing the task) with high resolution'.

For example, when being taught how to perform an experiment,

Senior: 'Do you have any questions?' Junior: 'No, I don't.'

This is a common scene, but I think it's not that they 'don't have (questions),' but rather that they 'can't think of any (because they haven't imagined the level of actually doing the work themselves).' When the junior actually tries to do the experiment, many questions arise, such as 'Where were the reagents again?' or 'Which button on this device should I press?' *Please do not misunderstand; I am not blaming the junior for being in a state of 'having no questions'.

Therefore, when receiving an explanation, if you listen to it at a level where you ask yourself, 'Can I perform this experiment with confidence even if my senior isn't here?', many questions will come to mind. *Even then, questions will still arise when you actually try to do it, like 'Wait, what do I do here?'...

Applying this to research and job hunting, in the case of research: 'Am I really trying to solve that problem?' 'Where am I likely to get stuck if I use that method?' In the case of job hunting: 'How will I work?' 'How do I want to contribute to the company?' If you keep these things in mind, I think questions will naturally arise.

Supplementary Note 1: Questions express the questioner's attitude and imagination

Since questions express a person's attitude and what they are imagining, 'Is there overtime?' -> (I don't want to work overtime) 'Is there work on holidays?' -> (I don't want to work on holidays)

If you ask these things 'first,' your attitude of 'thinking about your own convenience first' is conveyed to the other party.

Conversely,

'I have studied XX at university, and I would like to be useful in the XX area of your company. Can I make use of this?'

If you ask this, the attitude that 'this person is coming here with the intention of contributing to our company' is conveyed.

Of course, a single question only conveys a fragmented attitude, but after a few rounds of Q&A, your attitude will definitely be conveyed.

Therefore, (although it is highly abstract), the important thing is 'What are you thinking?'.

Supplementary Note 2: Not being able to think of questions = having a shallow understanding of the information and not being able to visualize it with high resolution yourself.

In my case,

I consider not being able to think of questions to mean that my understanding of the information is shallow and I cannot visualize it with high resolution.

Therefore, if I listen to someone and cannot think of any questions, I take it as a "sign of shallow understanding" and try to visualize it more clearly.
※Please rest assured that I do not think this about the people I am talking to, haha. It is strictly a sign for myself.

[Conclusion]

I have summarized how I go about thinking of questions.
That is all. Thank you for reading.