This document provides 10 smart questions to ask hiring managers in a job interview. The questions seek to understand performance expectations and how they may change over time, identify the company's main competitors, learn what the hiring manager enjoys most about working at the company, determine if the role involves teamwork and details about potential teammates, get a sense of a typical work day, understand the most challenging and favorite parts of the job, identify the biggest current obstacles and how things may improve once removed, learn the next steps in the interview process, offer to provide any other helpful information, and clarify exactly what would be expected in the role if hired.