Job Interview - Best Prep Questions
As
professional recruiters, we have learned over the years that there is a
question we can ask almost any job applicant perspective to determine their
level of willingness to cooperate with the hiring process, and their ability to
adjust their preconceptions about the process Recruiting practical aspects of
finding a professional job.
Everyone answers a question about it. The question:
"Who can submit their best references, you - the person who actually lived
experiences, or me," Well, the obvious answer is "you", the
person who lived his experiments But this is bad?. answer. Illustrating why so
many people are struggling with job interviews, he often wonders why things did
not come out later better. Why your recruiter a better person to present his
credentials to yourself? Because a recruiter will organize their credentials to
appear as a solution to the needs of the employer. Usually when the candidates
present their own curriculum and support credentials curriculum in an interview,
presenting their experience in a way which is more flattering, not necessarily
the most effective or the logic of the task. This article examines how a
candidate can organize and present their credentials in a job interview, it is
to your best advantage. The best way to prepare for a job interview is to learn
that questions are likely to arise in a job interview, and have default answers
to these questions - answers that illustrate both their skills and success and
present their experiences as a solution in search of work.
Often, face
to face interviews are preceded by a telephone screening, if a key human
resources representative or other job candidates contacts directly on the phone
to ask some basic questions. While the strategies outlined in this document are
applicable on the phone and on-site job interviews, the objectives are
different. In the telephone interview, the objective should be to quickly
illustrate his interest in the job and the skills to help generate a job
interview. With face to face interview, the objective should be to achieve a
job offer. The attempt to get a job different from the job. The candidate for
the job by themselves selling the company as the best fit and motivated
candidate, is likely to leave the job interview with an offer in hand.
CONSIDERATIONS
largest job interview :
No time - be
early
It is
important to get to the interview 20-30 minutes early. Obviously, the end sends
a negative message about you the interviewer. Many investigators do not respond
to candidates who are late. Plan ahead. Investigate traffic patterns relative
to the date of the interview. Do not expect the interviewer to be sensitive to
delays caused by traffic congestion or accident of unexpected traffic. They
expect to be allowed for such eventualities as they do.
LOOK
DRESS AND PROFESSIONAL
Women: A
skirt, dress or a suit or pantsuit are most appropriate for the candidate. Make
sure your clothes are clean, neat and pressed and good sense. Avoid
controversial clothes, nothing too revealing or too trendy. You want to look
professional, not like you are there to get a date or express a fashion
statement.
Men: A
dress suit, shirt and tie is the best clothing for the male candidate. Make
sure your clothes are clean, neat and ironed. Avoid colors, jeans, flashy
shirts or tennis shoes. Bring own hair (including facial hair), clean and well
maintained.
Oh, and
please cover tattoos and piercings. While his particular friends can enjoy the
modern fashion of body art, most likely, a new employer is not impressed, in
fact, these expressions may look like some immature thing - regardless of how
you may feel their topic. If this type of corporate behavior are uncomfortable
for you, find another employer who is more open to these expressions of un-needed
personality. Otherwise, be professional, professional dress, behave
professionally.
PREPARE
Have a pen,
notebook and extra copy of your resume and references with you. Note the
questions you have that relate to employment and enterprise. Place objects in a
location that will be easy for you to get to where you need it during the
interview. If you currently use a day planner / week, bring with you as well. You
should try to get the interview well rested, with a clear mind and a plan for
the presentation of his credentials and related documents as references.
ENTHUSIASTIC
interviewer GREET
Smile, be
friendly, not nervous, offering a firm handshake and say something nice, like. "Hello,
nice to meet you and thank you for the opportunity to visit with you today"
Show your enthusiasm for the opportunity to work for your business. Remember, you
interview for a job that requires specific skills and genuine enthusiasm - if
not expressed in the interview, which many can not believe you have the
strength to work.
No
point peak NEGATIVE
Interviewer
work is all about completing the task with the right person. Believe me, the
most job interviewers do not want to hear about your tin collection of old
container, or how you came to lift last year on vacation. An interviewer wants
all your attention on your work requirements. His personal habits distracted
from this focus. These personal remarks may include topics such as smoking, chewing
gum, or nervous finger foot movement, tapping a pencil or fork, hum, whistle, stretching,
clean nails, clean your throat, "UMS" excessive in conversation, or
focus too much time on unrelated subjects. Do not make negative comments about
their employers or past and present colleagues. Negative comments will not help
your cause, and will look as if you blame others for the bad results.
FUND
COMPANY SEARCH
Learn
everything you can about the company and the functions of the job that
interests you, such as income levels and associated benefits. Family and
friends are often sources of information about the company you are looking for
a job. But they do not rely on rumors, try to talk to someone in society on the
need and expectations of the job you are looking for. And use more than one
comment of the source about the company you are considering. All good things to
learn about the business, make sure to mention the interviewer as a way to
express your long-term interest in the job you are seeking. Be prepared to
answer questions about why you want to work for your company, providing
sensible reasons that are concrete results.
PREPARE
TO QUESTIONS
You do not
want to confuse the interviewer with too many questions. Remember, you are
interviewing them, so be ready to answer all your questions intelligently. But
challenging the interviewer with some of their own questions - to determine
those issues before arriving at the job interview. Maintain good eye contact
when you ask your questions. Do not get into long discussions. The idea is to
engage the interviewer, to show that you can take charge when needed and get
the information you need. You should try to create a list of questions that go
to the heart of the work you need.
Maintain
a good attitude
Be
confident and competent and you express a good attitude. But they do not appear
more confident in their abilities. Stay relaxed, answer the questions honestly.
Be interested in the job and the company. Lighten up a bit and use a little
humor! Your partner should make you feel that really wants the job and your
business. Show some serious interest in what is considered a serious candidate.
No offer of interviews with other companies unless prompted.
SPECIFIC
QUESTIONS WAITING
To answer
questions that have a default response, consider offering a straight forward
and quick response, and keep it simple. Avoid yes / no, unless you provide an
example to illustrate your answer. In fact, if possible, try to offer their key
answers in a format: Strategy-then-example. In that sense, if you were to
discuss aspects of how to build a working team of colleagues, it could respond
with a brief comment on its overall strategy of how to build a team and follow
it with a quick example real time how recently this strategy and the results. Something
like that -. "I build a team making sure everyone involved understands our
investment goals, time, and its influence on these objectives When did you last
spring, as we launch a new product, the goal was to sell more products by the
members of the training team to increase sales of the new product to existing
customers - more sales increased 20 percent in one month. "
"TELL
ME ABOUT YOURSELF"
Most people
think that their personal lives are important, so when asked the question to
talk about everything from their children to their wives to their religion and
even his favorite hobby or television. Investigators employment want to hear
some of that, or do not feel they did a good maintenance. But the truth is that
the interviewer is more interested in obtaining the skills and experience for
the position. So keep your personal area comments and to answer these personal
questions, turn your answers so that its response reflects the skills and
knowledge required for the job. After all, you are interviewing for the job, not
a hobby partner.
"WHAT
ARE YOUR STRENGTHS"
This is the
main time to express how your skills and experience match the requirements and
needs of the job you seek. Be specific, but not spend an hour. Keep your words
simple. Give as many answers as possible before the interview, so you can be
comfortable when you explain your skills. Again, be brief and use examples.
WHAT
ARE YOUR WEAKNESSES?
Mature
thinkers tend to know their weaknesses. That is why most job interviewers ask
this question. Will you admit that you have weaknesses, and if so, how do you
handle that? Is excessive weakness that can succeed on the job you want? This
means, know in advance how you will answer this question. For example, many
hard workers are accused of working for many hours. Sometimes it's to do with
the workload, it is sometimes just a matter of poor time management. So if you
say you are accused of being a genius "workaholic" who answers to
admit that I was not working hard, but still hold a reasonable job of this for
you and your team, so that you and your team (if any) is active but is not
really behind in their work. So admit a weakness or two, but how to express
their results do not suffer.
Describe
your management style?
If you are
looking for a position oriented management, describe your management style. Is
it practical? Is a benchmarking? Delegated and verify the results? Whatever
your style, describe precisely not generic. Do not offer answers lead times, supply
management-oriented responses; Hourly wages include comments as answers. "I'm
always on time at work, I always did my work, I receive with others" and
other things like this are the attributes of a manager of waiting for people
who depend on them Make your managerial responses Describe your ability and
success when delegates;.. his success with a precise analysis and intelligent
reporting and how these relationships operate; outline strategies used to
motivate or influence the members of the team. Be detailed but short answers.
"Why
do you want to leave your current job?"
There is
nothing wrong with leaving a job for a better one. Make sure the interviewer
sees you as being in that state of mind. If there are serious ongoing problems
in your current or recent work, do not spend time discussing them, keep the
focus on how you are a good match for the task at hand, and how is motivated to
improve and advance. A good answer might be something like: "I am always
looking to improve myself have heard positive things about your company and
this particular work, so I wanted to explore my options.".
"Where
you want to be in five years'
It is not a
trick question, as most people believe, it has two sides: 1) to show how
ambitious you are. 2) Are you faithful. It is correct to say that you want to
move, if this is the case. But do this with education, good generic answer may
be something like:. "I want to be a better manager than I am now" Or,
"I would actively work to promotions in the company."
OTHER
MUST be prepared to answer:
Obviously, there
are many scenarios to try to cover the hiring of all matters relevant interview
here work. However, there are some basic questions that are likely to occur, and
which are expected to generate pre-fabbed answers, so they can offer an
intelligent response and related work, if these issues arise in the
conversation. Give your answers to each question.
How will
you be an asset to our society (good opportunity to mention the past
achievements, without being pretentious.)
Why did you
choose this industry?
Describe a
leadership role related to you held.
What was
your biggest challenge in your career?
Give me an
example of a problem in their work, and how you solved it.
Tell me
about a project you launched and results.
What types
of situations are under pressure and how to deal with it?
Give me a
situation where you do not, how do you react to that?
How you
work with difficult people?
What has
been your greatest achievement?
What
challenges are you looking for in a position?
What
motivates you?
If you ask
people who know you're describing, what three words would you use?
Describe a
situation where you had to work with someone who was difficult. How did you
react?
What
features are most important for a good manager?
MI Tell us
about a project of his team are particularly proud of. What was your
contribution?
What kind
of environment do you like most?
What
features are most important for a good manager? How you showed one of them?
What makes
someone a good leader?
What are
your expectations of a good employer?
What do you
do in your spare time?
The idea
here is to leave nothing to chance. Literally write your answers in advance. Most
candidates do not follow this good advice, considering that they already know
the best way to present their credentials. Do not make the same mistake. Arrange
your answers in advance, put them into perspective of how your skills and
expertise best fits the job for which you are interviewing. By organizing these
simple to prepare your job interview tasks, you greatly increase your chances
of getting hired. Do not let your next great chance to work. Prepare for now.
Mark Baber
has 20 years experience as an Executive Search recruiter. For one-on-one job
search help visit: http://www.mcbaber.com
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