This week I want to share with you 5 more common interview questions that can be asked in the interview. I suggest you add them to your file marked, “Interview Questions”.
Find a partner, friend or fellow career support person you can practice with.
Executive Job Search Action Plan:
- Write the questions in your computer file marked, “Interview Questions”.
- Write/type several versions of possible answers to the questions based on your resume and professional background.
- Wait 24 hours until you go back and review your answers.
- Now after reviewing your answers, edit and improve the strongest answer of the group you have created.
- Not role play a loud with a friend, partner or career support person.
- Record and or video tape your answers. Listen with an open mind to the recordings.
- Go back and refine your answers based on what you learned and heard from the recordings.
- “Rinse and Repeat” these processes until you are relatively happy with your answers.
- Practice your answers before each phone and face to face interview.
10.Remember to speak clearly, succinctly, and with a strong confident voice.
Below you will find questions 26-30 of the 50 most common interview questions.
26. What kind of person would you refuse to work with?
Do not be trivial. It would take disloyalty to the organization,
violence or law breaking to get you to object. Minor objections will
label you as a whiner.
27. What is more important to you: the money or the work?
Money is always important, but the work is the most important. There is
no better answer.
28. What would your previous supervisor say your strongest point is?
There are numerous good possibilities:
Loyalty, Energy, Positive attitude, Leadership, Team player, Expertise,
Initiative, Patience, Hard work, Creativity, Problem solver
29. Tell me about a problem you had with a supervisor.
Biggest trap of all. This is a test to see if you will speak ill of
your boss. If you fall for it and tell about a problem with a former
boss, you may well below the interview right there. Stay positive and
develop a poor memory about any trouble with a supervisor.
30. What has disappointed you about a job?
Don’t get trivial or negative. Safe areas are few but can include:
Not enough of a challenge. You were laid off in a reduction Company did
not win a contract, which would have given you more responsibility.
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Use these common interview questions to practice for the interview
Have a great week, and great interviews.
I believe in you!
Warmly,
Eleanor
Eleanor Anne Sweet
The Job Search Expert. ™
The Expert in Job Search Solution ™
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