Be Prepared for These Tough Interview Questions

Some interviewers are tougher than others. It helps a great deal to know some of the questions that you are likely to be asked. This article details some of the most difficult & some tips that will help you to answer them. Fail to plan & plan to fail more than just a buzz phrase really good advice to get you through that tricky interview

Tell me a little bit about yourself. An old question but one designed to start to open you up. Find out if they want to know about your career or you as a person try & keep control of the interview if possible. If you can’t bring yourself to ask for clarification start talking about your recent achievements in a job role appropriate to the company that you are sitting in front of. Be prepared to answer this one it’s almost certain that you’ll get asked this

Why are you interested in this role? A bit of a banana skin this one they are looking for your motivation. You need to talk about the challenges that you believe you will be facing & also point to achievements that you have delivered in the past referencing them to how they will benefit the new company

Tell me about the company that you used to work for. Flashing lights here right now they are looking to see if you will bad mouth them. No matter what happened at that company you must come across as positively as possible. Any negativity on your part will be seized upon as they are looking for the real reason why you left them. They are also looking to see if you can be trusted. Watch out for this question it could trip you up

What package are you looking for? Keep your cool this question means that they are interested in you or they wouldn’t ask it. Whilst discussing salary isn’t usually a good idea they started this discussion so it’s fair game. A good response is to ask them what sort of package they had in mind or what was the last holder of the job being paid?

In business do you have to tell the truth. Of course the answer is yes you do have to tell the truth. This is an advanced interview question designed like a scalpel to open you up. Any interviewer asking this sort of question is one to be respected be on your guard. You should never ever have to lie in business any company that asks you to do this & you should run a mile

What is the worst thing about you? A massive trap this one you feel like you need to say something but what? Try to answer by focusing on something innocuous. For example I can work a little too hard sometimes & people who don’t put in the same effort don’t like being shown up. Corny answer? They asked the question

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