Apply for jobs can be stressful. Much of a job offer relies on the interview. So how can you make sure you are prepared for the questions they are going to ask you? This article informs the readers of 10 difficult interview questions and tips on how to approach them when asked. Marketing oneself is very important when entering the job market, so proper answers to these questions will build a good picture of yourself to a potential employer.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/meghancasserly/2011/07/27/the-10-toughest-interview-questions/
Oh my gosh! THANK YOU for posting this! Any sample interview questions I can get my hands on are much appreciated.
ReplyDeleteQuestions 5 and 6 stood out to me, because they fall under the Behavioral Interviewing approach. I definitely find these questions to be the most difficult because they ask you to think about situations in your previous jobs and/or academic groups. I've had an interview that was completely behavior-focused before and it totally caught me off guard. Before the interview, I was thinking about THAT job and how I was suited for it--not reflecting on past jobs. So I agree that these questions are good ones to be prepared for!
The strengths and weaknesses questions are always on mymind because its one of those topics where you dont want to say a weakness that will hurt you but you want to show that you are improving upon something or know that it is something that you will work hard on in the future. Also you cant forget to talk about how you could be an asset to the company rather than just how the job will benefit you
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for posting this article - so helpful for people looking for a job! At my internship last year I was involved with some of the hiring process of a new Director of Development and they asked some bizarre questions as well in order to evaluate how well people could think on their feet (as your article points out). My supervisor asked applicants if they could pick any animal to represent themselves what they would choose. Initially, I thought this was really strange, but then I realized that how people answer off-the-wall questions such as these can really say a lot about how people view themselves, but also acts as a predictor of future behavior (going along with Jillian's behavioral interviewing connection). I see these questions as a creative way to really learn a lot more about a person than what you see on their resume. Besides, interviews are meant for discussing things that the interviewer doesn't already know.
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