13- Job Interviewing. Interview Questions

1. First Questions

- Tell Me about Yourself

- Please Introduce Yourself

- Tell Me a Little About Yourself

- Tell Me Something about Yourself

2. Work History: Experience & Skills

- What Experience Do You Have In This Field?

- Tell me about Your Work Experience

- What Are Your Skills?

3. Current Employment Situation
- Why Did You Leave Your Last Job?
- Why Do You Want To Leave Your Current Job?
- Why Do You Want To Change Your Job?
- Why Are You Looking For A New Job?
- Why Were You Fired?

4. Have you Done Your Homework

1. Performance at Work

- How Do You Handle Pressure and Stress?

- What is your ability to work without Supervision?

- Do you Take Initiative in the Workplace?

- Tell me about a Suggestion you have Made that made the Difference?

- How have you Handled Difficult Situations & Challenging Experience?

- What is the most difficult situation you have faced and how you solved it?

- How Do you Deal with Conflict?

- How Do You Handle Pressure and Stress?

- How Do You Handle Stressful situation?

2. Your Personality Traits – Characteristics

- How would you Describe Yourself in three words?

- Personality Questions and Answers

Sum Up Questions

Why you over all the other candidates

- Why Should We Hire You?

- What can you bring/contribute to the company?

- What makes you different from the other candidates? What makes you unique?

- Why Should we Choose You? What Sets you Apart from Other Applicants?

- Why Are You Qualified for this Position?

- Why Are You the Best Candidate for this Position?

- Why Do You Think You Are Suitable For This Job?

- Why Are You The Best Person For The Job?

Some directions on Answering four of the above Questions

1. Tell me About Yourself?

This is a very common lead in for many interviewers. This is such an open ended question that it could be answered just about any way you wanted to, but the key here is that there really is only one right way to answer this trick question. You can begin by asking the interviewer if there is any particular part of your career that he/she would like you to focus on. If the answer is no then you’ll have to make your own decisions. Whatever you do not give the interviewer a history lesson of your personal life. Remember, all they really want to know if what you can do for the company.

2. What Motivates You?

The perfect answer is that you are motivated when you are aiding your employer to achieve their goals.
Try to give a solid example of how you would succeed at doing this. For example, “I love to solve problems. When a problem occurs, I’ll dissect the problem and then begin to break it out and resolve the problem. Here’s another example, “I love making money for the company I’m working for. I’m inspired and motivate to meet a sales goal and exceed it. I’m very ambitious and I’ll work continuously to achieve a company goal.”

3. Tell me what you least Like About Your Job Now

Don’t make the mistake of saying there’s nothing you don’t like about your job now, because the interviewer isn’t going to believe that. And of course, you don’t want to say bad things about your current employer cause that could go against you too! A trick to get around this is to talk about the bureaucracy and how it weighs down getting work done, or how the systems are inefficient and how that frustrates you.

4. If we offer you the job, how will you see yourself spending your time?

Prior to the interview you should go over the job description to get all the details about the job being interviewed for. Most companies post job descriptions on their websites. That way when you are asked this question you’ll be able to summarize what’s expected of you and impress the interviewer that you know what the jobs about, what will be expected of you, and what your take on the job is. For example, as a call center clerk I expect to handle between 30 and 40 calls an hour.

With the best answers at your fingertips you can practice and make sure you are ready for the interview.
Let your confidence shine.