Interview questions.
Questions may be asked during an interview:
Why did you decide to seek a job interview with this organization?
Tell me about a problem you had in your last jobs and how you resolved it?
What led you to choose your field or major, your career?
Tell me about yourself.
What are your career goals, and how are you preparing to achieve them?
What do you consider to be your greatest strengths and weaknesses?
If you would have interview with a former job employer, would he rehire you?
How do you determine or evaluate success?
Outline the contributions you believe you would make to our company.
If you would be asking questions on this interview, what qualities would you look for?
What has been your experience in presenting the results of your research or other job?
How do you work under pressure?
What salary do you expect?
Those comes less during interview:
What languages do you speak?
What programs on PC do you know?
Have you got driving license?
Have you got a car?
Are you married or have a girlfriend? Do you expect to have a baby?
What a book are you reading now?
What newspapers, magazines do you read?
Why should I hire you after this interview?
Questions which you can be asked
Interview question: Why have you chosen be interviewed for this job (company, area of science)?
Answer: Here you’re expected to give ponderable arguments like opportunities of professional development, useful experience.
Interview question: Have you received other job proposals?
Answer: If yes, tell about it, it may raise your value in the eyes of your potential employer, but don’t forget to mention that this position is more interesting for you.
Interview question: Have you attend any other interviews?
Answer: Say yes or no, but you don’t have to specify where and when it happened.
Interview question: Will you be able to stay long hours and go on business trips?
Answer: Be honest, if you have children or you’re studying, you will hardly be able to meet such requirements, so you’d better clarify it from the beginning.
Interview question: What are your strong points?
Answer: Emphasize those qualities which can be important for this particular job, communication skills are irrelevant if you’re applying for the position of PC operator, but they do matter if you want to be a sales manager. Prove having such qualities by giving examples from your previous job experience or studies.
Interview question: What are your weak points?
Answer: Use the question to make an accent on your strong points, say something like “Oh, people say I’m a workaholic…”
Interview question: Why do you want to get this particular job? Why should we choose you?
Answer: This is the moment when you are expected to use all the information you gathered about the company and industry, the applicants are often rejected because they don’t show any interest in company’s activities.
Interview question: Why did you leave your previous job (or decided to leave it)?
Answer: It doesn’t worth mentioning a conflict with superiors, or criticizing them. You’d better give such reasons that you don’t see any more opportunities for yourself, or the company you worked for was closed and you were made redundant, or you don’t have a possibility to obtain new knowledge, or use your expertise in full…
Interview question: What do you want to become in, say, 5 years?
Answer: Here you should give rather give an evasive answer, for instance – I would like to stay in this company, but holding a higher position.
Interview question: What salary and benefits you’d like to get?
Answer: I would advise to avoid a direct answer, saying that it’s not the question to be discussed in the first place, then try to find out how much the firm can propose. If the interviewer insists, give an amount average for your field or a little bit above it.
Interview question: What will be your first steps if you are given this job?
Answer: Applicants to managerial positions are often asked such question, try to show that you are familiar with the situation and ready for initiative. But don’t exaggerate saying you’re going to completely demolish working process and redevelop it from the very beginning. This can be interpreted as lack of respect to those who managed the company before you.
Interview question: What are your major accomplishments?
Answer: Give examples of your accomplishments during last 5 years, proving them with figures if possible. You may say something like “I managed to increase sales by 25%” or “I developed 5 new machines’.
Interview question: What a boss should be like?
Answer: The real intention of the interviewer is to find out whether to you’re inclined to come up against superiors, so suitable answer could be “a competent strong leader, who can teach me and would give me a chance to work on my own”
Questions you might consider to ask during job interview.
What characteristics do you look for in interviewed applicants?
What training and supervision is provided?
Company oriented interview questions :
Can you tell me about the history of this job and why it is opened for an interview?
What are your company’s greatest challenges?
What are the strengths of the organization or department I'm interviewed for?
What is the management philosophy of this company what are the career opportunities in this organization for position we have interview for?
What kind of on-going training is available after interview? Can you clarify your professional development philosophy?
What are the long range planes for this organization?
What are prospers for promotion in the future?
In what areas of the organization do you expect growth?
How and when will be evaluatuation of interview results? What criteria will be used?
What are your expectations for the first six months of this job?
What is the job ethic of this organization?
What percentage of time will be devoted to individual responsibilities versus team-oriented functions?
Does job have any daily, weekly, monthly or annual deadlines? Are deadlines negotiable?
Does the organization have a process for sharing creative ideas?
How will the selection process proceed after interviews?
When might I hear from you regarding interview decision?
Preparation for the job interviews requires learning about the organization and its products and/or services. Try to find out on interview what the position pays. Further, assess your skills, abilities, experiences, and accomplishments, so you can “sell” yourself effectively during the interview.
Salary questions you should not bring up on interview. Also interview questions such as vacation and what are benefits can't be raised until the interviewer has done so or has let you know that he/she is interested in you.
Write down the interview questions and find what you aren’t prepared for and information about the job itself, salary and benefits helpful for you to choose between jobs.
Within a day or two after the interview, your question about the result may be answered by sending the interviewer a brief thank you note. Use a standard business letter format and express thanks and desire to hear from the organization soon.
