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Start by giving them an overview about your current position
or activities then provide the most important and relevant
highlights from your background that make you the most
qualified for the role
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Why was there a gap in your
employment?
If you were unemployed for a period of time, be positive
about what you’ve been up to
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You should generally avoid any negative characterization of
your former employer since many prospective employers
would take the employer's side
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What do you know about this
organization?
Start by searching the company website and take particular
note of any recent news articles, events or contributions
they have made to the community
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Essentially, the interviewer wants to know whether you
care enough about this position and the business to take
the time to do your homework
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A sample answer: "My education has focused on not only
learning the fundamentals, but also on the practical
application of the information learned within those classes”
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Then ask if they would like to hear
more examples
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How would you describe yourself?
The best way job candidates can answer 'describe yourself'
in an interview is by mentioning a few positive adjectives or
phrases that describe their personal characteristics or
attitude, focusing on the qualities that make them an ideal
match for the job and the company
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If possible, include quantifiable results to demonstrate how
you use your best attributes to drive success
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How do you deal with pressure?
An interview is always a combination of questions
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By asking this question, they propose to know how the
candidate will handle the tasks in the pressure situations
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• Usually you can tell the truth
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• You have a colleague or friend in the company who
suggested you apply or mentioned they were hiring
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What is your greatest strength?
This is one of the questions that employers almost always
ask to determine how well you are qualified for the
position
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When you are asked questions about your strengths,
discuss attributes that will best qualify you for the specific
job and set you apart from the other candidates
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What is your ideal work
environment?
With this query, they’re really trying to assess your personality
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Talk about your work-style and try to word your answer so that
it blends in well with the company’s vision
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What makes you unique?
When interviewers ask you to tell them what makes you
unique, they are trying to delve a little deeper into your
character and personality
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By Explaining why your background makes you a good fit
will let employers know why your traits and qualifications
make you well prepared
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Can you explain why you changed
career paths?
Don't be thrown off by this question
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More importantly, give a few examples of how your past
experience is transferrable to the new role
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• Researching the company or organization you are applying to is
an integral part of the application process, and this question is an
evaluation of whether or not you have already done such an
essential task
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But it is not just
a yes/no question
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• A sample answer: "Yes, I'm very much a team player
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For example, on a recent
project“
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Talk about the
strength of the team above the individual
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Why are you leaving your current
job?
• Some of the most common, and easiest to explain, reasons
for leaving a job include:
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Desire to learn
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Desire to take on less responsibility
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Desire for a career change
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Company reorganization has led to change in job content
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How would your boss and coworkers describe you?
• First of all, be honest (remember, if you get this job, the
hiring manager will be calling your former bosses and coworkers!)
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• Highlight traits that are most applicable: People have lots
of great personality traits
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• The hiring manager wants to: Learn about your career
goals and how this position fits into your plan
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• Be specific about your goals and expectations, discuss how
you believe your qualifications are in-line with those
required of the position, and be ready to explain why
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• Your answer about your dream job should be comprised of
accomplishment of your skills, experiences and much
more
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• And the position that will allow you to achieve your goals
will be your dream job
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Where I have do not have to work for a
continuous 8 hours and so on” giving such a reply to
an interview question? This is totally a wrong impression
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What other positions are you
looking at?
• We believe it’s best not to name names
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• On the other hand, if you say you are not looking at any
other position, it might seem far-fetched or make you look
like you’re not aware of your market worth and ability to
get a job elsewhere
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• In your answer, mention the aspects of the company that
appeal to you and align with your career goals
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• The hiring manager wants to: Learn about your career
goals and how this position fits into your plan
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• Examples of good responses include:
• Stress is very important to me
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• I actually work better under pressure and I've found that I
enjoy working in a challenging environment
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How would you assess your
writing and communication skills?
• This is not a question that mid or senior-level applicants
ever get asked
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• If you’ve had experience communicating with full-time
employees in your internship, let them know
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Why should we hire you?
Interviewers generally bring this up to offer you another
opportunity to explain why you’re the best candidate
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Best answer can be,
a) You can do the work and deliver exceptional results
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c) You possess a combination of skills and experience that
make you stand out from the crowd
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What are your salary expectations?
• What They Want to Know: The hiring manager wants to
know what you expect to earn
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If you under price yourself, you may get shortchanged with
a lower offer
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” Or, “If this is the right job for me, I am
sure we can come to an agreement on salary
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Why are you currently unemployed?
• What they really want to ask is: “Were you fired and if so,
why?” People are reorganized and fired all the time for
reasons that have nothing to do with their individual
performance
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• Whichever category you fall into, be sure to spin the best
story possible without being defensive
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• Here is a sample of how to respond: "The key quality in a
successful manager should be leadership the ability to be the
visionary for the people who are working under them
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What kind of work environment do
you like best?
• No matter what the work environment at the company, be
honest in your answer
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• Research the company's work environment
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Knowing the fact
that my hard work and perseverance will help me achieve
greater professional success is what keeps me going
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• Working and completing the task with co-workers gives me a
feeling of contentment
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• Come prepared with ideas for how you'd make one aspect
of the company something that is, of course, related to the
job function of the position in question better
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• By asking to tell me about a mistake you make, an interviewer
wanted to notice that if you admit your weaknesses
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• You should focus on how you dealt with the mistake and what
you were able to learn from it
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” Or, “If this is the right job for me, I am sure we can
come to an agreement on salary
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• In case you still do not have any idea about a reasonable salary for
the job role, you can simply answer to accept the package as per
industry standards
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• Usually you can tell the truth
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• You have a colleague or friend in the company who
suggested you apply or mentioned they were hiring
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What's a time you disagreed with a
decision that was made at work?
• Everyone disagrees with the boss from time to time, but in
asking this interview question, hiring managers want to
know that you can do so in a productive, professional way
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• Tell the one where your actions made a positive difference
on the outcome of the situation, whether it was a workrelated outcome or a more effective and productive
working relationship
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You seem to change jobs frequently
• Average job tenure is growing shorter and shorter but that
doesn’t mean hiring managers don’t get worried when they
see someone that can’t hold a job down without changing
every year or two
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• If you can provide context about inevitable job changes that
weren’t your fault (e
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you had to move across the country
to be with your spouse, the company closed down), that will
put the interviewer at ease
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Do you have any questions?
• Interviewers expect you to ask questions—it signals that
you’re invested and serious about the job
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• By this point, you’ll likely have already covered most of the
basics about the position and the company so take time to
ask the interviewer questions about their own experiences
with the company and gain tips on how you can succeed if
hired
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Where do you see yourself in five
years?
• You may be wondering why hiring managers ask this very
common question
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• Recruiting and training new employees is a considerable
investment of time and money
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• They also want to know that you’re realistic in your
promotional expectations
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Tell me about the toughest decision you
had to make in the last six months
• The goal of this question is to evaluate the candidate's
reasoning ability, problem-solving skills, judgment, and
possibly even willingness to take intelligent risks
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Everyone makes tough decisions, regardless of their
position
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What was your role?
• Prepare for this by having some specific examples ready
from when you worked on a group project
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• What’s more important is that you knew your role on a team
and that you performed well in your role
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If not, no worries
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Interviewers may ask you about your
hobbies, interests, and extra-curricular activities outside of
work if they are truly interested in you as a candidate for
the job
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• Therefore, share something that adds value to your skills
such as travelling and meeting people if you are appearing
for a client-meeting role
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What do you consider to be your
biggest professional achievement?
• It’s the perfect opportunity to talk about your most
impressive experience
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• Find out how you overcame infighting between
departments, or how so many of your direct reports have
been promoted
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Don't talk about
how you can't get along with other employees
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• Instead, focus on the positives a move will bring
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Talk about what you want to
learn
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If the job requires you to be on
a plane once a week (or even a month) and that’s just not
going to work for you, it’s better to figure that out sooner
rather than later
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Answers like this
show that you have experience with this kind of travel
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” While you
probably don't want to literally say that, the idea is to convey
competence to deal with difficulty and hopefully pressure is
not a problem for you
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• Hopefully, you have self-selected into this kind of job and
applied to the company and role with your eyes open about
those realities and believe you can thrive in an environment
that demands a lot of you
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Do you have any other questions for
us?
• You should take the chance to show that you're thoughtful, and
ask a question that illustrates your insight and curiosity
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Tell me how you think other people
would describe you
• To help you decide how to describe yourself in an
interview, consider these examples:
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I am passionate about my work
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I am highly organized
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I’m a natural leader
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I am an excellent communicator
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What can we expect from you in
your first three months at a job?
• No doubt, that employer already set your task list about what
you should do after getting the position, however, at the same
time, he will also interested to know about your plans
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I will work hard and meet the deadlines in
completing the assigned tasks
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• Consider including a brief example that emphasizes your
work style First, consider what your work style really is
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• This question is really getting at whether your personality
is a fit for the role and the company so try to answer
accordingly
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What's your management style?
• The interviewer wants to know if you'll fit in with their work
environment
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• For example I adjust my management style to meet the needs
of the people I'm managing
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First, describe the particular situation that
frustrated you, and then explain how you handled that
situation
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Keep your explanation
brief and to the point
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As you answer, keep your tone even or
light that is, you don't want to seem fired up just recounting
the situation
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Can you tell me about a difficult work
situation and how you overcame it?
• This question is often used to assess how well you perform
under pressure as well as your problem-solving abilities
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• Questions like this lets you show off your personality, and
allow you to be a real human being
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• Depending on what's more important for the role, you'll want
to choose an example that showcases your project
management skills (spearheading a project from end to end,
juggling multiple moving parts) or one that shows your
ability to confidently and effectively rally a team
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What are your goals for the future?
• This question is designed to find out if you’re going to stick
around or move on as soon as you find a better opportunity
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• You can answer like, “My future goals involve learning as much
as I can until I eventually take on a leadership role
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I would love the opportunity to
manage a team and shape them into successful workers
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Do you prefer working
independently or on a team?
• This is a common question when a hiring manager wants
to assess whether you will be a good fit, culturally
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• You can say something like, “I enjoy both
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Depending on the project that
needs to be done, I can work independently to complete
my tasks on time, but I also enjoy brainstorming and
collaborating with my colleagues
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What was your salary in your
last job?
• When the interviewer asks for what was your salary at a
previous job he is deciding two things on your answer
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If
they are okay with that, they will offer you the same, or in
another case, they might provide more than before
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You can also share examples of skills you have improved,
providing specific instances of how you have recognized a
weakness and taken steps to correct it
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Share what you're doing to
overcome that weakness
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• In other words, if someone asks about your hobbies outside of
work, it’s totally OK to open up and share what really makes
you tick
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Going out to walk, shop or a movie
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These are the extremely
generic things I do outside of work
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