vendredi 13 février 2009

How To Deliver Brilliant Interview Answers To Common Questions

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By Edward Baker

Want to know the secret to standing out in your interview? It's giving the best answers to common interview questions. How you handle these can make or break your job interview. The secret is being prepared. Here are five common interview questions and how to answer them, so you stand out from the crowd.

What are you main strengths? What is your greatest weakness? So the strengths question should be easy - line this one up and let it roll... However the weakness question can be a dangerous one. Be honest and be positive.

Tell me about your background can appear to be a testing interview question. It is difficult to know what angle to take or how to keep the answer confined. Your task is to sell your best features. This question is a gimme - you have complete control over your response and you should take advantage of that. Prepare a list of your most compelling features and practice talking about htem to yourself.

"Why are you looking to move from ...[your present company]?" Don't do what many candidates do in answering this style of interview question, which is to put down their current job or boss or company. You need to sell the idea that you are a team player and a positive person. Tell them the truth - what a concept. Tell them the story of how your career is progressing - but use the terms that allow you to sell yourself in the most positive light.

Tell us about when you dealt with ...[this problem]. This is a typical introduction to a competency based interview question. Have two or three examples prepared in advance through which you can sell a number of different skills and attributes. You can use this question as an invitation to talk about that example in the terms that you have designed in advance.

How would your colleagues talk about you? Use stories to respond to this question. Prepare a few in advance through which you can sell a variety of skills. Have some quotes ready prepared, such as "Jack, who worked with me when I was at Crazy Joe's used to say that I was always his go to guy for problem solving." When you couch it in these terms, the interview panel will pscyhologically "believe" that Jack had said that to them himself.

Some more quick tips: Stay upbeat and positive; always be honest; prepare in advance. Best of luck in your interview.

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