...Job Interview Success! Copyright © 2006 - by JobInterviewResumeLetters.Com & Accelerated Software Ltd All Rights Reserved; no part of this publication may be reproduced, store in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any other means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise without prior written permission by JobInterviewResumeLetters.Com or Accelerated Software Ltd from New Zealand. You may however provide this e-book free of charge in its original form to anyone via the internet, website, or other digital material (ie CD). You may also provide this file in its original form without modification as a “Free Bonus” to customers of any of your own products as long as the customer is not buying this e-book. This product is only freely distributed in its original form. www.jobinterviewresumeletters.com TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Introduction 2. Good Interview Questions 3. Tough Interview Questions 4. Behavioral Interview Question 5. Common Interview Question and Answer 6. Sample Interview Question 7. Good Answers to Interview Questions 8. Good Interview to Ask 9. Job Interview Question and Answer 10. Sample Interview Follow Up Letter 11. Sample Interview Thank You Letter 12. Free Job Interview Question 13. Questions to Ask During An Interview 14. Free Job Interview Tip 15. Job Interview Help 16. Job Interview Weaknesses 17. Interview Questions to Ask 18. Job Interview Dos and Don’ts 19. What to Wear to a Job Interview 20. Free Job Interview Tip ...
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...How to answer 23 of the most common interview questions By Paul Michael Let’s face it; no one likes the interview process. Well, certainly not the people being interviewed anyway. You have to be on your best behavior, you only get one chance to get it right, and it’s like taking your driving test all over again. Over the years I’ve been to countless interviews. To get my first job out of college, I attended some 15-20 interviews a week. Whether it was in Britain or over here in the States, the questions never really seemed to change from job to job. Not only that, but the answers to them are usually the same, with your own personal interpretation of course. Here I present 23 questions you’re likely to be asked, and how I have learned to answer them. Why 23? Because I had more than 20 and less than 25. Remember, being interviewed is a skill, and if you do the preparation you should ace it every time. 1. So, tell me a little about yourself. I’d be very surprised if you haven’t been asked this one at every interview. It’s probably the most asked question because it sets the stage for the interview and it gets you talking. Be careful not to give the interviewer your life story here. You don’t need to explain everything from birth to present day. Relevant facts about education, your career and your current life situation are fine. 2. Why are you looking (or why did you leave you last job)? This should be a straightforward question to answer, but it can trip you up. Presumably...
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...TEN TOUGH INTERVIEW QUESTIONS AND TEN SMART ANSWERS If only interviewees could have the slightest idea of the kind of questions interviewers will ask them, a lot more people would be able to overcome mental fear of the unknown which often produces the physical symptoms of nervousness. The best way to prepare mentally is to know what may be coming. Fear of the unknown can only exist when there is an unknown. Take the time to understand some of the standards when it comes to interviewing questions. The following are some of the most difficult questions you will face in the course of your job interviews. Some questions may seem rather simple on the surface such as ‘tell me about yourself’ but these questions can have a variety of answers. The more open ended the question, the wider the variation in the answers. Once you have become practiced in your interviewing skills, you will find that you can use almost any question as a launching pad for a particular topic or compelling story. Others are classic interview questions, such as “what is your greatest weakness”? Questions most people answer improperly. In this case, the standard textbook answer for the greatest weakness question is to provide a veiled positive such as: I work too much. I just work and work and work. Wrong. Either you are lying or, worse yet, you are telling the truth, in which case you define working too much as a weakness and really do not want to work much at all. The following answers are provided to give...
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...Behavioral Interview Questions * Give an example of an occasion when you used logic to solve a problem. * Give an example of a goal you reached and tell me how you achieved it. * Give an example of a goal you didn't meet and how you handled it. * Describe a stressful situation at work and how you handled it. * Tell me about how you worked effectively under pressure. * How do you handle a challenge? * Have you been in a situation where you didn't have enough work to do? * Have you ever made a mistake? How did you handle it? * Describe a decision you made that was unpopular and how you handled implementing it. * Did you ever make a risky decision? Why? How did you handle it? * Did you ever postpone making a decision? Why? * Have you ever dealt with company policy you weren't in agreement with? How? * Have you gone above and beyond the call of duty? If so, how? * When you worked on multiple projects how did you prioritize? * How did you handle meeting a tight deadline? * Give an example of how you set goals and achieve them. * Did you ever not meet your goals? Why? * What do you do when your schedule is interrupted? Give an example of how you handle it. * Have you had to convince a team to work on a project they weren't thrilled about? How did you do it? * Give an example of how you worked on team. * Have you handled a difficult situation with a co-worker? How? * What do you do if you disagree...
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...11 Shining in the Interview Multiple-Choice Questions 1. The term “primacy effect” is related to what aspect of the interview process? a. Being the first to bring up the salary expectations b. First Impressions c. Closing the interview d. Asking good questions 2. Which factor was shown to have the greatest impact on the interviewer’s lasting perceptions of the applicant? a. The applicant’s attitude b. The applicant’s appearance c. The interviewer’s mood during the interview d. The applicant’s job qualifications 3. Which of the following is viewed as a major “no-no” if you want to make a strong first impression in an interview? a. A limp handshake b. A little humility c. Making eye contact with the interviewer d. Showing up for the interview a few minutes early 4. Managing an interview conversation effectively requires all of the following nonverbal communication actions except: a. smiling often and naturally b. keeping your hands on your lap to avoid distracting gestures c. making moderate levels of eye contact with the interviewer d. maintaining good posture while seated 5. Fillers and credibility robbers are problems associated with which aspect of the interview? a. Opening the interview b. Nonverbal communication c. Verbal Communication d. Closing the interview 6. The first item that most applicants are asked to respond to in an interview is: a. “Tell me...
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...Desktop Support Technician Interview Questions Getting a respectable post of desk top support technician requires a tough interview with the employer with tough desk top support technician interview questions. There are so many unpredictable interview questions that a candidate will be asked. Most of the interview questions are asked to check the behavioral activities of candidate. For the above job description you need to be well prepared for the interview. 1. Suppose you are installing power management on your XP Computer system. Power management should be under the control of: The answer of this question is Operating System. If you know the answer of this question, simply give the answer otherwise say your interviewer clearly “No”. 2. Which file should always be pointed in root folder for Active Partition of Windows XP? The answer to this question is Boot.ini. This is also a simple question. Be true with your answer whether it is YES or NO. 3.If a user calls that he is not able to get online when he connects to internet connection on a XP Computer system. Explain what should you do? Well guys again an opportunity for you. You should rebuild the TCP/IP protocol on the client’s computer system. 4. If the monitor shows a Blank Blue screen after restarting your computer, what would be the best way to resolve this major problem? You should restart your computer, keep pressing F8 key to go to advanced Menu options and choose the option “Last Known Good Configuration”...
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...Here are the 30 most common interview questions and how to answer them. Q: Can you tell me a little bit about yourself? Nearly every interview that you go to will kick off with this basic question. You want to keep your answer concise but information-packed. Briefly explain your educational and employment experience with one or two sentences. (After all, the employer can already see that in your resume.) Follow up with additional information about what you are passionate about (relevant to the job) so that you impress the employer immediately with your enthusiasm. Keep all irrelevant personal information out of your answer. Q: Why are you interested in working with this company? There are several different things that an employer may be trying to get at when asking this question. Address them all in your answer, and you’ll have a successful interview. Those things include: * What do you actually know about our company? * What skills do you bring to the company? * Why are you even looking for a job in the first place? * Why are you looking at getting a job that is below the status / pay of a previous job you’ve held? Answer this common interview question by doing your research about the company and position before the interview and choosing a fact about the company that really interests you. Highlight this fact in the interview as a reason you want to work with the company, and then explain concisely how your skills dovetail with this. If you are applying...
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...Acing the Interview How to Ask and Answer the Questions That Will Get You the Job! by Tony Beshara Amacom © 2008 288 pages Focus Leadership & Management Strategy Sales & Marketing Finance Human Resources IT, Production & Logistics Career Development Small Business Economics & Politics Industries Intercultural Management Concepts & Trends Take-Aways • Looking for a job is hugely stressful. • To get hired, you must become proficient at the job interview process. This takes practice, so attend as many job interviews as possible. • Using a prepared script, phone companies to ask for interviews. • Anticipate the questions you will be asked at an interview, and prepare credible, compelling responses. • Employers want people who can do the work, don’t want too much pay and are not risky. • Your likeability is more important than your job qualifications. • Ask the interviewer questions that elicit information you really need about the job. • Imagine yourself in the interviewer’s chair to gain a clear perspective on what attributes they seek. • Don’t think that a job interview is a conversation between equals. First, you have to prove yourself. • Don’t shoot yourself in the foot at the end of the interview by asking the interviewer if they would like to know more about you. Rating (10 is best) Overall 9 Applicability 10 Innovation 6 Style 7 To purchase abstracts, personal subscriptions or corporate solutions, visit our Web site at www.getAbstract.com, send an e-mail...
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...Behavioral Interviews General Tips Most candidates approaching finance interviews stress over the technical questions. However, answering a behavioral question in a “less than desirable way” or fumbling around without a legitimate answer can do even more damage than missing a technical question. Analysts will spend 80+ hours per week with their co-workers, so proving you are someone they will enjoy being around is more important than proving you know how to work your way through a discounted cash flow model. That does not mean that we suggest you not thoroughly prepare for the technical aspect of the interview as well! Once you get the job, your firm will put you through a rigorous training session. Your company will assume you have little prior financial knowledge so they are not looking for the next finance wizard or CFO — they are looking for someone they will be comfortable working with for the next two years and who will be able to handle the demands of the job. First impressions are crucial so as you walk through the door and give your interviewer a firm handshake, make sure to wear a friendly smile and relax if you are nervous. You won’t die, we promise. Try to turn any nervousness into positive energy that can be interpreted as enthusiasm for the position. The person across the table could be sitting there for eight straight hours interviewing 16 kids in a row. He/she will get bored if there is no passion in your voice and no conviction in your speech. This...
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...initial steps toward a new career by attending college for a Bachelor’s degree, however, while I am taking courses I need to find another occupation. First, I need to revise my resume so that it stands out among the other applicants. Websites, such as Monster.com, have tutorials and instructions on how to write exceptional resumes and cover letters. They also save the finished product which makes it easier for me to apply to several jobs with just a few clicks. Next, I will attend job fairs in addition to searching online and looking at classified ads in the paper. Lastly, I will prepare myself for the interviewing process by researching what types of questions I will be asked and the best ways to answer them. Because interviews give me anxiety, I will research ways to cope with my fears and aid in a more successful job interview. I searched both the school library and online for information on how to write a resume, who is hiring, and how to be an excellent interviewee. Then I made sure that my sources of information were up-to-date. I also made sure that they were valid by researching the author and comparing the information with the other sources. When researching the websites, I took the time to look at peoples’ reviews of which job hunting websites were the most highly regarded. I will use the above information to write a better resume and cover letter. According to Neuman (1999), “An increasing number of companies no longer have people read resumes. Instead, the companies...
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...How to ace the case interview Up front planning The case interview is only one dimension of the recruiting process, but it is typically the part that raises the most anxiety. We hope this guide will help you to prepare for the case so that you can be confident and enjoy the interview. You must have the ability to: • Break a complex problem into its component parts • Apply business judgment to identify value • Generate a creative range of solutions to a problem’s component parts • Identify the most likely/attractive solutions through logical reasoning • Generate thoughtful questions and ask for clarification of case data, as necessary • Translate analysis into actionable recommendations • Effectively communicate solutions in a concise and persuasive manner Preparation: A case study consists of a business problem taken from a real life business situation, or an example drawn from your resume. It focuses on your analytic approach to the problem, rather than specific business knowledge. First and foremost, you can succeed in a case interview without specific industry experience. Don’t panic if the case you are given is based on an industry with which you are unfamiliar. Remember, we are interested in how you analyze the problem, not how much you know about the industry. Practicing for the case interview is helpful. Practice by constructing examples from your resume and walking through steps 1—5. Finally, the answers mentioned demonstrate only one way to respond to the...
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...find with interviews is that the job candidate can give you all the right answers, but are they deceiving you just so they will be hired. Are their answers to the interview questions honest, or just what they think I want to hear? Interviewing can be helpful in the selection process, but it should not be the only step (Longenecker,2014). GBC is a very small company at this point, so the owners (Scott, Wayne and Myself) would be the ones in charge of recruitment and hiring for the company. I would do most of the work, but would keep them involved in the process and the three of us would make the final selections. There would be 5 steps in GBC Cleanings’ hiring process. The first step we talked about last week, and that would be determining exactly what the company needs and then posting a job on an employment website. This would be something that I would handle for GBC. The second part of our process would be reviewing the applications and selecting the best candidates for the job. This would be handled by all three owners, because Scott and Wayne know more about what they are looking for in a custodian or equipment operator. I would definitely want their input during this process. The third part of our hiring process would be setting up and conducting interviews. This would actually be a two step process in itself. There would be two interviews, one with me, and then one with either Scott or Wayne. I think it is very important to conduct more than one interview, it gives you...
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...Ten Tough Interview Questions And Ten Great Answers 1. Tell me about yourself. My background to date has been centered around preparing myself to become the very best _____ I can become. Let me tell you specifically how I've prepared myself . . . 2. Why should I hire you? Because I sincerely believe that I'm the best person for the job. I realize that there are many other college students who have the ability to do this job. I also have that ability. But I also bring an additional quality that makes me the very best person for the job--my attitude for excellence. Not just giving lip service to excellence, but putting every part of myself into achieving it. In _____ and _____ I have consistently reached for becoming the very best I can become by doing the following . . . 3. What is your long-range objective? Where do you want to be 10 or 15 years from now? Although it's certainly difficult to predict things far into the future, I know what direction I want to develop toward. Within five years, I would like to become the very best _____ your company has. In fact, my personal career mission statement is to become a world-class _____ in the _____ industry. I will work toward becoming the expert that others rely upon. And in doing so, I feel I will be fully prepared to take on any greater responsibilities that might be presented in the long term. 4. How has your education prepared you for your career? As you will note on my résumé, I've taken not only the required...
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...DIVERSITY INTERVIEW ASSIGNMENT Your assignment is to interview someone who is culturally different from you. During this activity exercise, you will have the opportunity to engage with an individual who identifies themself as coming from a background or culture that is not your own. PART I: FINDING YOUR INTERVIEWEE Using the list below, review the potential categories of identity. In one color, highlight the categories that you identify with. Then find someone that identifies with a different term(s) than you. Highlight those terms with a different color. For example, if you are African American, find someone who is European American, Caribbean American or from another country. Or, you might interview someone who identifies as middle or upper middle or upper class if you come from a working class background. If you are Hindu, you might interview someone who is Jewish, Muslim or Christian. If you identify as heterosexual, you might interview someone who identifies themselves as bisexual, transgender, lesbian, or gay. Class: Middle-class Upper-class Working-class Religion: Atheist/Agnostic Buddhist Christian Hindu Jewish Muslim Other: ________________ Nationality: U.S.-American Other:___________________ Age: Senior Citizen Race/Ethnicity: African American Asian American European American Native American Southeast Asian Caucasian American Hispanic American Middle Eastern American Other:___________________ Gender Identity: ...
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...interviewing more effectively... A few days ago we talked about the showing your skills through stories, and how giving extremely detailed examples was a key to leaving a great impression... Today we're going to talk about curveball questions and prepare you for some of the most common brainteasers encountered in finance interviews. First off, it's important to realize WHY the interviewer is asking you this type of question. There are many theories, but usually they fall into one of two categories: 1. They want to see how you react under pressure 2. They want to see how your thought process works and how confident you are If you think about it, asking an unexpected question is a great way to get insight into your personality. Are you confident and assured but still wrong? Are you thoughtful but a bit more cautious and unsure? The first thing you should do when given a curveball question is to stop and think. If you blurt out an answer with minimal thought, it just shows a lack of confidence because you are not comfortable with silence. Even if you're correct, rushing to the answer can hurt you. Better to say, "Can you give me a moment to gather my thoughts?" and then take ~10-15 seconds. Then, if needed, ask follow up questions or start explaining your rationale. Here is an example: How many degrees are there between a clock's two hands when the clock reads 3:15? STOP! It sounds easy, right?? The fact that is sounds easy should set off alarm bells in your...
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