Common Interview Question

Prepare for your job interview by practicing your answers to these common questions:

1.    Tell me about yourself: this is often used to break the ice. This is different than just sharing about your personality. Your answer should be brief, and relate to you qualities that would help in the job. 

2.    Why are you interested in working for this company? How do you think you will fit here? Talk about positive things you know about the company and how they fit with your goals. This shows you cared enough about the interview to prepare for it. 

3.    How do others describe you? You can prepare for this in advance by asking friendad and people you have worked with how they would describe you. The employer wants to understand how you would fit with their team.

4.    What are you strengths? Use this question to show how your qualities could be used on the job and could benefit the company. List out your strength ahead of time and think about what´s needed on the job.

5.    Give an example of how you solved a problem in the past:  the employer wants to know the process you go through when problems crop up. Sate the problem and describe the steps that you followed to reach the solution.

6.    Give an example of a time you were part of a team project: Your answer could be from work, or other areas, such as community projects, school, family, sports, or theater. They want to understand how you operate with co-workers and if you communicate well.

7.    What is your major weakness? Answer this possibility by showing how you handle, or overcome a weakness.

8.    Tell me about your education? highlight classes your especially liked, and training, degrees or certification you´ve earned.

9.    Where do you see yourself in ten years? Talk about the skills and knowledge you hope to gain to make a contribution to the organization.

10. Give an example where you showed leadership and initiative: Talk about a situation from a past job, volunteer work, or personal experience in school or other activities when you thought about the needs of others helped or led. Imitative is about taking action that wasn´t required or expected.