FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

HERE  SOME FREQUENTLY ASKED INTERVIEW QUESTIONS ARE POSTED MY KNOWING MANNER

         When you are called for a personal  interview, many types of questions spring
across your mind, especially if you are an inexperienced job seeker. Here are
some tips on answering the most frequently asked questions in a personal
interview:

1. Tell me something about your self. 
   Go prepared for this question, as this is the most frequently asked question in the
   interview. Answer it covering your work experience, educational qualifications and a
   little information about your family background. Try to focus on key areas of your
   work while talking about your professional experience. This is an open ended
   question and can help you in taking the interview in which ever direction you want it
   to go. You should know where to put a full stop to provoke the desired question from
   the interviewer.
2. Why does this role interest you? Or why have you applied for this job?
   Keep the focus of the answer to this question on your skills, experience and personal
   qualities. Link the job requirement to your skills rather than talking about the
   challenges, career and progression.
3.  Why do you think should we take you for this job? 
   Don’t panic if you are asked this question. Make sure that you have understood the
   job profile well before you go for the interview. Relate your qualifications and work
   experience with the job requirements. If there are any new things that you are
   expected to perform in the new job, say that you are always open to learn the new
   things and take up the new challenges.
4.  What motivates you at work? 
   You can say that competition and new challenges motivate you at work.
5. Why do you want to leave your present job or why did you leave your last
   job? 
   The reasons for switching the job could be numerous. The best answer to offer for
   this question is to say, "for better prospects". Now they can ask you another
   question, what do you mean by better prospects? To this you can say, better
   prospects in terms of experience, and exposure.
   If you have been made redundant, put your words across very carefully. Your wrong
   words can give an impression that only you were the one whose position was made
   redundant, which hardly might be the case. May be you can say something like,
   "Over last 8 months a lot of restructuring was going on in the company and 40
   positions became surplus. One of them was mine. I have learn t a lot during my
   tenure at XYZ Company and I am sure I can add a lot of value to a position like the
   one we are discussing about".
6. What is your greatest strength? 
   Interpret this question as, what is your greatest relevant strength? Or Why should
   we hire you? Tell them a strength that they want to buy. For this you will need to
   properly understand the job profile and keep your answer ready. For example, if the
   job needs you to have convincing answers ready for the any type customer’s
   questions, you can sell "your presence of mind" or if you are required to change you
   sector or industry you can offer "your adaptability" as an answer. It is important to
   keep ready at least 2 examples of the mentioned strength.
7. What is your greatest weakness? 
   There are 3 ways to tackle this question. Judge the situation and use one of them.
   First way: Use your sense of humor. If the interview is proceeding in the light way
   and you have built up a good rapport with the interviewer, you can get out of it by
   saying "Ice-cream".
   Second Way: If you have to answer this question seriously, give a weakness which
   doesn’t relate to the job under discussion. For example, you can say, I have been
   using a camera since childhood but I still don’t know how to mend it. If it is spoiled, I
   will need to take it to an expert.
   Third way: Understand the requirement of the role under discussion and say that
   your friends accuse you of having that weakness but you think that it is important for
   you to perform your work effectively. For example, if the job needs a detailed study
   and leaving a single step might need you to re-run the whole process say that "My
   colleagues accuse me of having a too much eye for detail but I have experienced
   that to do this work you need to go into details rather than cutting corners. I have
   worked with people following a shorter
8. What is your greatest achievement? 
   The underlying agenda is to know what personal qualities were required to achieve
   it. Don’t go back too far to answer this question as this might give an impression
   that you have not achieved anything since then. Find a relevant answer in the recent
   past for this question. If you are a fresher and have been a topper of your college or
   university, you can say that during the interview.
9.  Are you ambitious? 
   You can say that I am very ambitious in the way that I don’t like to get a feeling of
   stagnancy. I want that I should always be getting new experiences and learning new
   things.
10. What qualities would you look for in a candidate for this position?
    To answer this question, you need to analyze the requirements of the job profile
    before appearing for the interview. The answer to this question would estimate your
    understanding of the role under discussion.

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