Wednesday 3 August 2011

Common Interview Questions

These are some of the most common questions which you will have to face. These questions will be there no matter what job you step into. Make sure that you read these questions and reply it to them in your own words. This process not only gives you confidence but it also makes you acquaint with the questions being asked.

1) Describe about yourself
Answer to this question should be short and simple. Don’t make it a one liner per se but describe yourself. Here you will have all the chances to impress the interviewer so make sure that you tell about your achievements, projects done and positions held.

2) How was your work experience in your previous company?
This is a trick question in which you should be explaining about your work experience in your previous company. Be as much positive as you can during this question. Make sure that you tell about your technical and managerial experience. Work environment, meeting of deadlines, party`s, encouragement, motivation factors which made you to work should be stated.

3) What made you to leave ABCDEF Company?
Always the biggest mistake made by many people is to express negative feelings about your previous company. Rather express about positive side of your problems. If you are getting low pay make sure that you say that I looked for better pay structure than my current offering based upon the experience which I have.

4) Why this company and what made you to apply for this company?
This is the chance to tell about the research you have done on the company you have just applied for. Express everything you know about the company in an orderly fashion, don’t pick a point from here and there to impress the interviewer. Important interviewer knows much more about the company than you.

5) To how many organizations did you apply for?
Tricky question make sure that you be honest with him. Don’t spend too much time in this area. Tell about why you applied for this organization and in which way you can offer your experience to this concern.

6) Can you provide references about your work?
Be honest with this question and also make sure that you have documents which suffix about your work experience. Give your work experience documents from your previous employer which will suffix.

7) Tell me about your work?
Detail about your work area. This is one of the most important answer be as brief as you can and make sure you tell the interviewer about how you would like to expand you career and put your experience for betterment of the company. Technical knowledge and team play qualities should be described.

8) Did anytime in your career you fired any one and what was the reaction?
Important question for team leads, superiors, etc. While answering this question always remember that firing someone requires a detail description of why you had done it be specific and answer this question. Don’t take negative stance or positive stance organization should be the prime concern.

9) Why should we hire you into our organization?
In this question interviewer is not testing you but he is asking you to detail about your job profile and its relevance with the job description of the company. Make sure not to get defensive about this question.

10) What do you hate in your work place?
Explain all that hates you around the work place or in your own work place it can be cluster of papers all around, neatness, music or sound, camera, mobile ringtones, etc. Don’t be pessimist and take negative stance.

11) Can you please explain me about your project and its benefits?
In this question the interviewer is testing your technical knowledge and wants to know about your project don’t expect him to be dumb he already knows about it. Make sure that you be as detail as possible.

12) Was this project interesting?
Trick question he wants to know whether you were involved in the project and team played with others. Be specific and detailed explaining him all that he wants again which is basically your work experience. Tell him how you guys enjoyed after the project.

13) How long will you work with the organization?
Make sure that you answer this question with utmost clarity. Be honest and at the same time don’t make him/ her provoked to disqualify you. If you are planning for a retirement say it after ten years I will be retiring.

14) What were the timings of your previous organization are you flexible?
Interviewer wants to know about your late night shifts and shift timings. Tell him about how you completed the project by working late night or working on odd days which can impress him.

15) What is your passion?
Tell about your passion and how you are constantly developing it. Passion is something which you would like to do so express optimism and positive attributes while answering this question.

16) Will you relocate or take tours?
Answer this question honestly because that’s what you will be assigned with in your new job, tours and changing places. Make sure that you answer him honestly. A little bit of travelling is always present in jobs.

17) Any questions you would like to ask me?
There should be questions to ask your interviewer. Otherwise you might have understood everything clearly and picture perfect or else you are dumb to understand anything. They should be related to your future employment.

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