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Wednesday, 18 June 2008


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24 Standard interview questions:  Part Three
24 Standard interview questions: Part Three
A continuing look at some common interview questions and helpful suggestions on how to answer them…
  • Tell me about your best or worst boss ever:  Do: focus on your ability to appreciate and respect different management styles, and adapt to each.  Do not: give examples of poor management or supervision.  You could risk criticizing the established management style of the individual asking you the question or the company.   If you state an example of your “best” boss, be careful not to suggest that you have a preference of management styles. 
  • How would your friends and family describe you?  Use pertinent adjectives like “grounded, self-reliant, determined, and focused…” and avoid clichés like “a people person…” or “a workaholic…”
  • What can you offer us that someone else can’t?  Given that you can’t possibly know the credentials of your competition, this question requires an answer focused on yourself, and what you feel are your greatest assets pertaining to the job in question.  It is not an opportunity to belittle or minimize other candidates, it is an opportunity to summarize yourself and highlight your qualifications.
  • How would your coworkers describe you?  Again, focus on the pertinent adjectives that bear significance to the role, like “goal-oriented, motivated, approachable…” rather than “they think I’m nice…” or “fun to work with…”
  • What else do you think I should know about you?  If you have been waiting for an opportunity to make a specific point about yourself, this is it.  If not, you may use this opportunity to segue to your own questions and open up a new topic, like “actually, I feel we’ve done a great job of identifying our compatibilities, but I was wondering, how will my performance be evaluated?
  • Can we contact your current/last employer?  This is either an attempt to find out if your employer knows you are leaving or it is an indirect request for professional references.   If the answer is yes, that’s fine.  But if your boss doesn’t know you are planning to leave, politely indicate this and state that you are prepared to provide professional references upon request.
 
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