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125 CU HI TR LI KHI PHNG VN XIN VIC BNGTING ANHBasic Interview Questions I1. Tell me a little about yourself.2. What are your strengths?3. What are your weaknesses?

4. What are your short term goals?5. What are your long term goals?6. What do you want to be doing five years from now?. !f you "ould "hange one thing about your #ersonality$ what would it be and why?%. What does su""ess mean to you?&. What does failure mean to you?1'. (re you an organi)ed #erson?11. !n what ways are you organi)ed and disorgani)ed?12. *o you manage your time well?13. +ow do you handle "hange?14. +ow do you make im#ortant de"isions?15. *o you work well under #ressure?

Basic Interview Questions II1. (re you better at anti"i#ating or rea"ting to #roblems2. (re you a risk taker or do you like to stay away from risks?3. Why should ! hire you?4. Tell me about ,-s... Tell me about a time you made a mistake.5. Tell me about a time you made a good de"ision.6. Tell me about a time you made a #oor de"ision.. Tell me about a time you fired someone.%. Tell me about a time you hired someone.&. Tell me about a time you failed to "om#lete an assignment on time.1'. Tell me about a time you found a solution to save the "om#any money.11. Tell me about a time you aimed too high.

12. Tell me about a time you aimed too low.13. Tell me about a time you made a great sale.14. Tell me about a time you went over budget.School Related Interview Questions1. What e/tra"urri"ular a"tivities were you involved in?2. Why did you "hoose your ma0or?3. !f you redo "ollege again$ what would you ma0or in?4. What "ourse did you like the most?5. What "ourse did you like the least?6. +ow will your #erforman"e in your worst "lass affe"t your #erforman"e on this 0ob?. +ow would your best friend des"ribe you?%. +ow would your #rofessor des"ribe you?

&. +ow would your mother des"ribe you?1'. Why are you a##lying for a 0ob that you didnt ma0or in?11. *uring "ollege$ how did you s#end your summer va"ations?12. What did you learn from your internshi#?13. *id you do any internshi#s?14. !f you "ould learn something su"h as a new skill$ what would it be?Work Related Interview Questions I1. !f you "ould start your "areer over again$ what would you do differently?2. *uring your #erforman"e reviews$ what "riti"ism do you hear the most?


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3. Tell me about your last three #ositions?4. Tell me about your last #osition?5. What is your management #hiloso#hy?6. What was your favorite 0ob?. Tell me about the best manager you ever had.%. Tell me about the worst manager you ever had.

&. What "ould you have done to im#rove your relationshi# with a manager you didnt like?1'. What were the most memorable a""om#lishments in your last #osition?11. Why do you want to leave your "urrent 0ob?12. Where did you tell your boss you were going?13. (re you "urrently em#loyed at the last #la"e listed on your resume?14. What is the title of the #erson you re#ort to?15. !n your #revious #osition$ how mu"h time did you s#end ...16. !f you dont leave your "urrent 0ob$ what do you imagine you will be doing in several years?1. !f youre very ha##y with your "urrent 0ob$ why do you want to leave?Work Related Interview Questions II1. !f you have #roblems or "om#laints with your "urrent 0ob$ why havent you brought it to theirattention?

2. ive me a s#e"ifi" e/am#le at your last #osition where...3. What do you feel an em#loyer owes an em#loyee?4. What do you e/#e"t from your manager?5. Would you like to have your bosss 0ob?6. What did you hear about us?. What do you know about our #rodu"t?%. +ave you managed #eo#le in any of the #ositions youve held?&. What ty#es of #eo#le do you have trouble getting along with?1'. Who do you think are our two ma0or "om#etitors?11. Why do you like sales?12. *o you see that sta#ler? onvin"e me to buy it.13. +ow long have you been looking for a 0ob?

14. Why havent you re"eived any offers so far?15. !f you dont understand your assignment and you "ant rea"h your boss$ what would you do?Work Related Interview Questions III1. !f everyone on the team is a veteran$ what will you do to fit in?2. +ow do you intend to learn what you need to know to #erform well for this 0ob?3. !f your su#ervisor tells you to do something that you believe "an be done in a different way$whatwould you do?4. !f youre told to do something that you feel is illegal$ what would you do?5. !f you were unfairly "riti"i)ed$ what would you do?6. What are you looking to gain from your ne/t 0ob?. What as#e"ts of this 0ob interest you the most?

%. !f you are given work from your manager that is boring and tedious$ what will you do?&. +ow long do you #lan on staying with this "om#any?1'. +ow do you e/#lain the fa"t that you freuently "hange 0obs?11. Tell me about a time you had a big disagreement with your boss.12. What do you do when there is no work to do?13. What do you do when there are too many things to do?14. What do you do when you feel burned out?15. +ow do you balan"e both your family and your 0ob?


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16. ouve been with one "om#any your entire "areer. *ont you think you will have a toughtimead0usting to a new environment?1. What have you heard about our "om#any that you didnt like?1%. *o you want to work for a small or large "om#any and why?Working With People Interview Quetions1. What do you do when youre having diffi"ulty solving a #roblem?2. What do you do when you have a #roblem with a dire"t?3. What do you do when you have a #roblem with your boss?4. What do you do when you have a #roblem with your 0ob?5. What do you do when you have a #roblem with a "oworker?6. +ow do you handle "onfli"t?. +ave you fired anyone?%. What do you do when a worker is giving the team more #roblems then hel#ing?&. When do you know enough is enough when dealing with a subordinate that doesnt seem to behel#ing?1'. *o you like to work by yourself or with others?11. +ow do you get along7

Miscellaneous Interview Questions1. What do you do to stay in sha#e?2. What do you like to do when youre not in the offi"e?3. Whats the most re"ent book you read?4. What is the most re"ent movie you saw?5. *id you have any trouble finding this #la"e?6. Will working on weekends be a #roblem?. +ow do you feel about overtime?%. +ave you filed for bankru#t"y?&. *o you own or rent your home?1'. *o you have any outside in"ome?11. *o you earn any in"ome from investments or hobbies?

12. (re you willing to travel?13. (re you willing to relo"ate?14. 8ay ! "onta"t your "urrent em#loyer?15. 8ay ! "onta"t your referen"es?16. !s there anything else you want to add?1. What kind of salary are you looking for?1%. Thats a high salary for this #osition9 Where did you "ome u# with that figure?1&. +ow mu"h do you "urrently get #aid?2'. When are you able to start?21. (re you "onsidering any other offers right now?22. (sking ,uestions

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Basic Interview Questions I1. "ell !e a little aout #oursel$."ou should take this o##ortunity to show your "ommuni"ation skills by s#eaking "learly and"on"iselyin an organi)ed manner. :e"ause there is no right or wrong answer for this uestion$ it isim#ortant toa##ear friendly.Short %nswers


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ets say ! am interviewing for a management #osition. ou should mention traits that areim#ortantfor managers.;( "ou#le strengths ! have are #lanning and e/e"ution$ and working with #eo#le. !ve alwaysbeen verygood at #lanning and detailing all the ste#s.


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hel# in work effi"ien"y.;;8y goal is to always #erform at an e/"e#tional level. :ut a short term goal ! have set for myselfis toim#lement a #ro"ess that in"reases work effi"ien"y.;&ong %nswers;8y short term goal is to learn everything ! "an about marketing. ! want to find a #osition where !

"an"ontribute what !ve learned through edu"ation and to gain real life e/#erien"e. ! believe the ne/t"ou#le of years will be very im#ortant to me and my immediate goal is to learn and be"omeskilled inall as#e"ts of marketing.;;8y short term goal is to get into a management #osition. The last five years of my "areer$ !ve"on"entrated on learning and a"uiring all the skills needed to #erform e/"ellent work. Be"ently$!vetaken more res#onsibilities in management be"ause ! eventually want to be"ome a sales manager.!me/"ited about the last few assignments ! "om#leted be"ause it involved working with vendors and#artners while managing a small grou# of workers. Ao ! ho#e to be in a management #osition

within ayear or two and ! feel !m doing a diligent 0ob by volunteering for e/tra work to gain moree/#erien"e.;The first e/am#le is a #erson straight out of s"hool. earning is a good short term goal to havebe"auseit shows that you will be trying hard in your 0ob. The se"ond e/am#le is more detailed be"ausethat#erson has several years of e/#erien"e. (nybody "an say they want a management #osition$ butthis"andidate is taking it a ste# further by showing the ste#s he is taking to a"hieve the short termgoal.Thus$ it be"omes a stronger answer.

+. "What are #our long ter! goals("This uestion is asked to see how serious a "andidate is about his or her "areer. Aome #eo#lemight notknow their long term goals$ and some #eo#le might have long term goals of be"oming ri"h andretiringearly. Those are in"orre"t answers for this uestion. The ty#e of answer you want to give is anambitious answer that shows you really love your "areer. ( good interviewer will read betweenthelines and find out if a #erson is going to be a hard worker or 0ust a medio"re one. :eingdes"ri#tive andshooting for a big goal is something interviewers want to hear.Short %nswer

;! would like to be"ome a dire"tor or higher. This might be a little ambitious$ but ! know !msmart$ and!m willing to work hard.;;(fter a su""essful "areer$ ! would love to write a book on offi"e effi"ien"y. ! think workingsmart isim#ortant and ! have many ideas. Ao after gaining more e/#erien"e$ !m going to try to write abook.;;!ve always loved to tea"h. ! like to grow newer em#loyees and hel# "oworkers where ever !"an. Ao


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in the future$ ! would love to be an instru"tor.;Tong hC# bCi 8uaCbuon44Dyahoo."om hE" "F" bCn thGnh "Hng 26'62''%&;! want to be"ome a valued em#loyee of a "om#any. ! want to make a differen"e and !m willingtowork hard to a"hieve this goal. ! dont want a regular "areer$ ! want a s#e"ial "areer that ! "an be

#roudof.;&ong %nswer;8y long term goal is to be"ome a #artner for a "onsulting firm. ! know the hard work involvedina"hieving this goal$ and ! know that many #eo#le fail to be"ome a #artner. Thats not going tosto# mefrom working hard$ learning everything ! "an$ and "ontributing to a "om#any where !ll be"ome avaluable asset. ! know its not a guarantee$ but be"oming a #artner is a long term goal of mine$and !going to work towards this goal throughout my "areer.;This e/am#le shows a "andidate with a big goal. This #erson identifies the diffi"ulty of the goal

andshows the ste#s reuired to a"hieve this goal. *es#ite the diffi"ulty$ this "andidate shows he orshe willnot get dis"ouraged with diffi"ult situations and will never give u#. !t is a short answer that goes alongway.,. "What do #ou want to e doing $ive #ears $ro! now(""Where do #ou see #oursel$ in $ive #ears("This is a similar uestion to the short term uestion$ but you should answer it a little differently.+ereare some e/am#les.Short %nswers

;!n five years$ ! see myself as a valued em#loyee of a "om#any. ! want to be an e/#ert at my#ositionand start training to be a manager.;;!n five years$ ! want to be a senior analyst. ! want my e/#ertise to dire"tly im#a"t the "om#any ina#ositive way.;;8y goal is to be"ome a lead in five years. (lthough not everyone gets #romoted to this level$ !believe! "an a"hieve this goal through hard work.;;(lthough ! really en0oy working hands on as a me"hani"al engineer$ ! want to eventuallybe"ome amanager. ! want to "ontinue gaining e/#erien"e$ and after learning many different as#e"ts$ ! see

myselfin management.;&ong %nswers;@ive years from now$ ! would like to see myself in a management #osition. !m going to belearningand gaining #ra"ti"al e/#erien"e until then$ but eventually$ ! want to be"ome a marketingmanager. !know there are a lot of things to learn$ but !m going to be working hard for the ne/t five years. !believe o##ortunities "ome to great workers and !m going to try to be one of them.;


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;@ive years from now$ ! want to be a senior sales manager. !m "urrently training to be"ome amanager$and if ! "ontinue to work hard$ ! feel !ll have a management #osition soon. (fter gaining severalyearsof e/#erien"e as a sales manager$ ! want to be in a #osition where ! "an train and #rovide mye/#ertise

to newer sales managers.;:oth answers dis#lay "hara"teristi"s of working hard. The se"ond e/am#le also mentions that heor shewants to train newer managers. This is a good answer be"ause it targets one good trait aboutu##ermanagement7 the ability to train managers.-. "I$ #ou could change one thing aout #our personalit# what would it e and wh#("This uestion is another variation to the weakness uestion. ou "an #rovide a similar ty#e ofuestionunless it is the same #erson asking them. To answer this uestion$ think of a #erson you res#e"tand thetrait they have that you really like. ! used to have a manager that was very #atient and e/#lained

thingsvery "arefully. ! really liked this trait$ so !m going to #rovide the long answer by using thise/am#le.:ut first$ lets look at some short answers.Short %nswers;! get easily frustrated at #eo#le who dont work very hard. :ut ! know #eo#le have differentworkstyles and different work habits. Ao if ! "ould "hange something$ ! would like to be moreunderstanding.;;! have high e/#e"tations and ! have these e/#e"tations on others. ! think if ! was moreunderstanding$ !"ould hel# other workers im#rove instead of being disa##ointed.;

;! would like to be more of a risk taker. ! always do my work and "om#lete it at an e/"e#tionallevel$but sometimes taking a risk "an make the work even better. !m working on this by thinking theissuethrough and weighing the #ros and "ons.;;! would like to be more of an e/trovert. !m a little uiet and a little "loser to the introvert side. !would like to "hange this be"ause ! would a##ear more friendly.;&ong %nswer;! wish ! was more #atient with #eo#le. ! remember a manager ! had a "ou#le of years ago. +ewas very#atient with everyone.


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"hange for the better by remembering the a"tions of my #ast manager whenever !m in a similarsituation.;This is a little long$ but if you "an s#eak smoothly$ it shows off your "ommuni"ation skills. (lso$the"ontent of the answer is not that bad. They want a #ersonality #roblem$ and this answer isshowing

im#atien"e while indi"ating that you understand diffi"ult "on"e#ts easily. !t also shows that youareworking on "orre"ting the bad behavior./. "What does success !ean to #ou("There are many things you "an say. This ty#e of uestion doesnt have a wrong answer. (llanswerswill be "orre"t. Ao the best answer is how good you "an make the answer. ( medio"re answerwill besomething like "om#leting a #ro0e"t on time. ou "an say this$ but add another twist to make theanswer a little better. +ere is an e/am#le.Short %nswers;To me$ su""ess means to have a goal$ #lan the ste#s to a"hieve the goal$ im#lement the #lan$ and

finally a"hieve the goal.;;Au""ess means to a"hieve a goal ! have set for myself.;;Au""ess means to #rodu"e high uality work before the deadline.;;Au""ess to me is knowing that my "ontributions #ositively im#a"ted my "om#any.;&ong %nswer;Au""ess to me means "om#leting a task and when looking ba"k$ thinking ! "ouldnt have done itbetter. To su""eed is to "om#lete a task or assignment on time in an e/"ellent manner. :ut thatsonlyhalf of it. The results should be good and the #eo#le involved should gain a valuable lesson ore/#erien"e. @or e/am#le$ if it was a grou# #ro0e"t$ and only two #eo#le out of four really did thework$! wouldnt "all that su""ess. !f everyone #arti"i#ated and worked together #roviding a valuable

deliverable then its a su""ess. Ao ! think both the result and the #ro"ess should be great to "allsomething a su""ess.;This answer is showing that you believe in delivering great uality work. 8oreover$ it is im#lyinghowmu"h you value team work. !f you value teamwork highly$ then it is safe to assume that youwouldmake a great team #layer.0. "What does $ailure !ean to #ou("This is uite sim#le. ! dont see many right answers so this is what ! suggest. ou "an believe intwo ofthe following. Ine$ you believe that failure is not a"hieving your goal no matter what. Ir two$you "an

believe failure is only when nothing is learned from the failure. ! believe in the latter$ but youdonthave to agree with me.Short %nswers;@ailure is when ! do not rea"h my goal.;;! think to fail at something is making a mistake and not learning anything from it.;;To me$ failure means to have a goal and not do anything about it.;;! think failure is not rea"hing your #otential. !f you do not use the resour"es you have and theresour"es around you$ thats failure be"ause the work or goal "ould have been done better.;


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&ong %nswer;! think its harder to fail than it is to su""eed. The reason is$ if you fail in a #ro0e"t$ you "an learnavaluable lesson from your mistake. earning from the mistake will allow you to im#rove future#ro0e"ts$ or to sim#ly not re#eat them. Just be"ause ! believe this$ doesnt mean ! believe itsa""e#table

to fail at a #ro0e"t$ but 0ust in "ase$ ! would try to learn everything ! "an7 even when the endresultwasnt that good. Ao$ failure to me means making a mistake and having learned nothing from it.;Kobody wants a failure. Ao you "an feel that answering like this will be risky. +owever$ this is asolidanswer that most #eo#le agree with. !f the #erson doesnt like this answer$ then you might notwant towork for this #erson.


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+owever$ !m not #i"ky and dont need to have things in a "ertain way. ! 0ust want things to beorgani)ed. Ao yes$ ! "onsider myself organi)ed.;This e/am#le should only be done if you are "onfident with your "ommuni"ation abilities. !f youa##ear awkward or if you sound like you are reading this ty#e of answer$ it "ould have a negativeeffe"t. !nstead$ you should make a generi" answer if you are un"omfortable with this ty#e ofanswer.

he 3ollowing ' 4sers11."In what wa#s are #ou organi2ed and disorgani2ed("This is another variation to the #revious uestion. This uestion is a little better be"ause theuestionwants you to identify an area you are disorgani)ed. 8ake sure to em#hasi)e the organi)ed #ortionofthe answer. !f you are truly an organi)ed #erson$ then it is really tough thinking about an area youaredisorgani)ed. Ao thinking ahead of time will allow you to make a good im#ression with a solidanswer.Short %nswers;!m very organi)ed with my time and work$ but my desk is a little disorgani)ed.;

;Ain"e ! work with many files$ ! like to kee# my desk organi)ed. ! always have everything in a"ertain#la"e so ! "an find things easier. The area !m disorgani)ed is #robably my "om#uter deskto#. !usuallyhave so many i"ons everywhere. ! should organi)e it a little$ but !ve never needed to.;;! organi)e my s"hedule the best. !m used to many meetings so its im#ortant for me to beorgani)edwith my s"hedule and time. The area ! need to im#rove is #robably my file "abinet. ! started tosortthings al#habeti"ally$ but when !m busy$ ! start #utting things in there. !t started getting hard tofindthings$ but this is something !m going to fi/.;

&ong %nswer;Ih7 thats a good uestion. Well$ !m organi)ed in almost everything ! do. !m very organi)edwithmy s"hedule and time. ! like to work effi"iently$ and being organi)ed with my time hel#s me. Thearea! feel !m disorgani)ed is #robably my desk. ! like to work fast and dont kee# my desk area astidy assome #eo#le ! know. This however doesnt #revent me from doing my 0ob well. ou know some#eo#le "an have files and #a#er all over their desk but some how know e/a"tly where everythingislo"ated. ! think !m one of those #eo#le. +owever$ if ! know !m having a "lient or a guest$ then !would definitely make things more tidy.;

This answer brings a little humor to the uestion. !t lightens the mood and makes a #erson seemrealinstead of a##earing to be #erfe"t. +owever$ if the 0ob you are a##lying for reuires "onstant"ustomerintera"tion$ then this answer will not be good. This answer would be better for an offi"e 0obwhere notmany #eo#le will see your desk.1'."5o #ou !anage #our ti!e well(""In what wa#s do #ou !anage #our ti!e well("


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The first uestion is a little easier. The se"ond uestion is more diffi"ult be"ause it reuires ane/am#le.!m going to give an e/am#le for the se"ond uestion and you should be able to use it for the firstuestion as well.Short %nswer;! know ! manage my time well be"ause !m never late to work$ and !ve never missed a

deadline.;;!m good at managing my time. ! stay busy both at home and at work and being able to managemytime is ne"essary for me to do everything that ! want to do.;;! manage my time well by #lanning out what ! have to do for the whole week. !t kee#s me ontra"kand evens hel#s me to be more effi"ient.;&ong %nswer;8anaging my time is one of my strong traits. ! #rioriti)e my tasks and this allows me to stayahead ofs"hedule.


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ne"essary trait. ! think !m also good at anti"i#ating "hange by being attentive and observant.;Iverall$ this is a good answer. The last statement is a bold statement of being able to anti"i#ate"hange.!f the interviewer is im#ressed$ they might follow u# by asking for an e/am#le of how youanti"i#ate"hange. !f you use an answer like ! #rovided$ make sure you have an e/am#le. !f you dont have

one$then the answer you gave will be seen as a lie and you #robably failed.1*."6ow do #ou !ake i!portant decisions("There are many ways to answer this uestion$ and if you have a reasonable method of makingde"isions$ it will #robably be suffi"ient. Ine answer ! thought of in"luded not being afraid ofaskingyour manager. ou "an follow u# by saying even the best needs mentoring$ and you always wanttoim#rove. Ao basi"ally$ this "ould work as an answer$ but de#ending on the 0ob$ you might have abettershot with an answer like my e/am#le.Short %nswers;! make im#ortant de"isions by e/amining all the details and then weighing the #ros and "onsforea"h de"ision.;;! gather all the information ! "an find and based on the information$ !ll "ome to the best de"ision!"an. !f ! know a "oworker was in a similar situation$ ! wouldnt hesitate to find out the results tomakesure my de"ision is the best one.;;! believe all de"isions should be made by having all the information. !f you are missing anim#ortantdetail$ its easy to make a bad de"ision. Ao ! make im#ortant de"isions by having all of theinformation.;

;!m#ortant de"isions are made by knowledge through information and wisdom throughe/#erien"e. !llgather all the information ! "an find and then a##ly my e/#erien"e while analy)ing theinformation.With this "ombination$ !m "onfident !ll make the "orre"t im#ortant de"isions.;&ong %nswer;! think all de"isions are im#ortant$ and having as mu"h information about the de"ision is one ofthemost im#ortant as#e"ts. (fter e/amining all the fa"ts$ ! would think about the out"ome and"onseuen"es of ea"h a"tion and after weighing the #ros and "ons$ ! would "ome to the bestde"ision#ossible. +owever$ !m aware that some de"isions are not as bla"k and white. !n this situation$ !

wouldrely on my e/#erien"e$ or even work with my team members to "ome u# with the best de"ision.;This is a de"ent answer$ but ! think you might be able to think of a better one. @eel free to be"reativewith your answers be"ause those are the answers the interviewer will remember the most.1+."5o #ou work well under pressure("!n most "ases$ the best answer to this uestion is answering yes. Working well under #ressure is agoodtrait to have. +owever$ ! think if you answer that you work the same with #ressure and without


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#ressure$ the interviewer will be more im#ressed. +owever$ you will need to e/#lain in wordswhy thisis better. +ere are some of my answers.Short %nswers;! work well under #ressure be"ause ! use the #ressure to hel# me work more effi"iently.;;! en0oy working under #ressure be"ause ! believe it hel#s me grow. !n my #revious e/#erien"e$ !

always worked well during deadlines$ and ! always learned how to work more effi"ientlyafterwards.;;! work well under #ressure be"ause ! dont #ani". ! maintain self "ontrol and work as effi"ientlyas#ossible. !n all my e/#erien"es$ ! did well and ! always en0oyed the e/#erien"e.;;*uring times of #ressure$ ! try to #rioriti)e and #lan as mu"h as ! "an. (fter !m organi)ed$ !really 0ust#ut my head down and work hard in a smart way. ! dont let the #ressure affe"t me. Ao ! believe !workwell under #ressure.;&ong %nswers;To tell you the truth$ ! think ! work the same if theres #ressure or if theres no #ressure. ! try

and takeout negative emotional fa"tors and work hard regardless of down time or busy time. ! always#rioriti)eand organi)e my work$ and from there$ work effi"iently. !f the situation involved #ressure due toa la"kof time$ then the only differen"e in my work would be the e/tra time ! would need to #ut in tomeet thedeadline on time. Ain"e ! believe my normal work is great work$ then ! su##ose ! work well under#ressure.;! like this answer be"ause it is different than the standard answer. !f you are not "omfortable withthisanswer$ then you "an use the ne/t one.

;! have a "ou#le of friends who hate working under #ressure. ! dont know if its odd$ but ! reallyen0oyworking under #ressure. ! use the feelings of #ressure as a tool to motivate me to work harder andmoreeffi"iently. !n my last 0ob$ ! remember we had a #ro0e"t to "om#lete in 4 days where it usuallytook 1'days. There was a lot of #ani" by some team members$ but ! ensured everyone that if we"on"entrate onthe task and work real hard$ we "an "om#lete the #ro0e"t. !t took a lot of overtime$ and the lastday wewere in the offi"e until two (8$ but we managed to finish. !t was hard work$ but ! really en0oyedthat

e/#erien"e.;ou might not have e/#erien"ed this e/am#le before$ but what is #reventing you from makingsomething u#? To tell you the truth$ ! never e/#erien"ed it before either. There are some thingsyoushouldnt lie about be"ause they "an find out about it su"h as your L( or what s"hool youattended$but a story su"h as the one ! in"luded above "annot be verified by the interviewer. The only thingyouhave to be "areful about is being able to answer follow u# uestions.


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Basic Interview Questions II1."Which categor# do #ou $all under( % person who anticipates a prole! well or a personwhoreacts to a prole! well("This is a tough uestion be"ause both o#tions look #retty good. 8y re"ommendation would be toanswer de#ending on the #osition you are a##lying for. @or e/am#le$ if you are a##lying for a

ty#e ofanalyst or u##er management #osition$ then anti"i#ating a #roblem would be more useful.+owever$ ifyou are a##lying to be a nurse for a hos#ital emergen"y room$ then rea"ting to a #roblem well isstronger.Short %nswers;! think its good to be good at both. :ut in my e/#erien"e$ ! reali)ed ! rea"t to #roblems better.Whenever !m fa"ed with a new #roblem$ ! know what ste#s to take to deal with the #roblem.;;! believe !m strong in both$ but ! try to work more on anti"i#ating #roblems. !n this #rofession$itsvery im#ortant to anti"i#ate a #roblem and fi/ it before it be"omes a real #roblem.;;!m very observant and aware of whats going on$ so !m stronger at anti"i#ating #roblems.;

;!m good at dealing with #roblems$ so !m a #erson who rea"ts to a #roblem well.;&ong %nswers;! feel ! rea"t to #roblems well$ but !m mu"h stronger at anti"i#ating them. !m a ty#e of #ersonthat#ays attention to detail$ in"onsisten"ies$ and subtle signs. :asi"ally$ ! want to find a #otential#roblemand #ut measures in #la"e to "orre"t it before it ha##ens. !ts interesting to see how the #eo#lewho dealwith #roblems get rewarded for resolving the issue. What about the #eo#le who #ut the fire outbeforeit even started? Ao anti"i#ating #roblems before it ha##ens is what !ve always done and ! believeits

im#ortant in any work environment.;;:eing a nurse reuires many skills. Ine of the im#ortant traits is to be able to rea"t to #roblemswell.Bea"ting to a #roblem well reuires the ability for ui"k thinking$ ability to think of all theo#tionsavailable$ and maintaining self "ontrol in he"ti" times. !n my s#are time$ ! even think about"reative#roblems that might "ome u#. Ain"e a #roblem "an arise at any time and in any form$ ! try to beas"reative as ! "an and ! walk through the situation as if !m dealing with the #roblem. Ao this hashel#edme to be"ome very good at rea"ting to #roblems.;

The answer gets stronger with e/am#les$ so if you have e/#erien"ed something that you "ane/#lain$feel free to use in"lude it in the answer. (lso$ if you are unsure about how to say it$ rememberthat you"an ask us.'."%re #ou a risk taker or do #ou like to sta# awa# $ro! risks("This also de#ends on the #osition. :ut in most "ases$ ! believe someone who likes to take risks isa


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better "andidate. !f you "hoose to answer saying you are a risk taker$ you should in"lude why andhowyou take risks.Short %nswers;! "onsider myself to be in the middle$ but if ! were to "hoose from my #ast e/#erien"e$ ! wouldthink !

would "all myself a "areful risk taker.;;!m reliable and believe in stability and guarantees. 8y work will be based on fa"ts withoutassum#tions or guesses$ so ! tend to stay away from risks.;;! think its im#ortant to take some risks. ! kee# the o#tions o#en and if the reward 0ustifies therisks$ !would definitely try. Ao !m more of a risk taker.;;! take risks be"ause through #lanning and working smart$ its #ossible to redu"e some of the risk.Ao iftheres a reasonable "han"e of su""ess$ ! would take the o##ortunity.;&ong %nswer;! see myself as a risk taker. :ut before taking the risk$ ! always evaluate all other o#tions$ weighthe

#ros and "ons of su""ess and failure$ and after "areful "onsideration$ ! would definitely take arisk ifthe rewards were high enough. ! view staying away from risks similar to staying away from agoldmine surrounded by dynamite. If "ourse if you dont know what triggers the dynamite$ it wouldbeunwise to take that risk. :ut if you study the situation and know the lo"ation of all dynamite andtheway they are triggered$ then the risk is minimi)ed. Aome #eo#le would not e/#lore the o#tions toredu"e the risk$ but ! would definitely study ea"h situation and take a risk that would im#rove my#ersonal or "om#anys situation.;ou dont have to use the dynamite e/am#le. ou "an think of any other e/am#le. :ut ! used this

to"learly e/#lain what ! feel about taking risks. Kot only did ! "hoose to be a risk taker$ but ! alsoe/#lained how and when ! would take risks.)."Wh# should I hire #ou("! dont know if this is a "ommon uestion$ but ! heard many #eo#le use this uestion. !n all theinterviews !ve been through$ ! never re"eived this uestion$ nor did ! ask this uestion in anyinterviews ! gave. :ut$ there are a lot of #eo#le asking this uestion$ so #re#aring for it is a must.Toanswer this uestion$ you need to know e/a"tly what they are looking for. With this information$tie itin with your strong traits. This will verify that you are "om#letely ualified for the 0ob. Ae"ondand

more im#ortantly$ you need to stand out more than the other #eo#le interviewing for this #osition.! willgive two e/am#les for the long answers$ one for a #erson with a lot of e/#erien"e$ and the otherfor are"ent "ollege graduate.Short %nswers;!m a #erfe"t fit for this #osition. ! have the e/#erien"e and the traits you are looking for. In to#ofthat$ !m a great team #layer that gets a long with everyone.;


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Tong hC# bCi 8uaCbuon44Dyahoo."om hE" "F" bCn thGnh "Hng 26'62''%2';! should be hired be"ause !m effi"ient$ smart$ and friendly. !m great at solving #roblems andlove"hallenges. 8ost im#ortantly$ !m de#endable and reliable.;;There are two reasons ! should be hired. @irst$ my ualifi"ations mat"h your needs #erfe"tly.

Ae"ond$!m e/"ited and #assionate about this industry and will always give 1''M.;;ou should hire me be"ause !m "onfident and !ll do the best 0ob. ! have a #roven tra"k re"ordofsu""ess starting from high s"hool until now. !m res#onsible and smart.This #osition reuires someone that will work well without su#ervision. ! know how to managemytime and organi)e my work well. Ao$ !m "onfident !ll be the best "andidate for this #osition.;&ong %nswers;This #osition is for a uality assuran"e manager$ !m "onfident !m the best #erson for this 0obbe"auseof my #ast e/#erien"e. (t (: Aoftware om#any$ ! was in "harge of a team that was

res#onsible forthe uality of three different a##li"ations. ! have intimate knowledge of uality assuran"e$#rodu"tsu##ort$ and even some "reative #ro"esses that will benefit a uality assuran"e team. !ve built ateamfrom s"rat"h and fully understand the #rodu"t develo#ment "y"le. @inally$ one of my traits is indevelo#ing and mentoring 0unior em#loyees. ! believe in transferring knowledge to everyone inthe"om#any and investing a little more effort into the #eo#le who work for me. Ao ! strongly believethat!ll be the best "andidate due to the "ombination of my e/#erien"e$ my managerial skills$ and mydesire

to #rovide growth in em#loyees.;;The reason ! a##lied for this #osition is be"ause the ualifi"ations mat"hed my strengths#erfe"tly. !mgood at 0uggling multi#le tasks$ !m very detail oriented$ and ! organi)e my time very effi"iently.:utthe truth is that many #eo#le have these traits. :ut if ! were in your #osition$ ! would hire myselfbe"ause of the #assion ! have for this industry$ and my o#timisti" #ersonality. 8y edu"ationba"kground and my strengths show that ! "an do this 0ob. :ut ! want to make more of an im#a"tthan0ust doing my 0ob. ! dont want to blend in with the "om#any$ ! would rather want my addition toim#rove it.;The first answer is using e/#erien"e and skills to "onvin"e the interviewer to hire him or her. !n

addition to talking about #ast e/#erien"es$ this e/am#le also em#hasi)es the strong ability tomentor#eo#le. The se"ond e/am#le is more on the #ersonal level and definitely more "reative.


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is very im#ortant during interviews. @inally$ the last senten"e is a good line that the interviewerwillremember. !t is "reative and bold.*.ell !e aout Q7s... 8 ell !e aout a ti!e #ou !ade a !istake.9ell !e aout:; ty#e of uestions are very #o#ular. !t is more effe"tive be"ause it is asking foran

answer that "omes from e/#erien"e. !f you dont have a #arti"ular e/#erien"e in one of theuestionsbelow$ make one u#. ou should #re#are ahead of time be"ause you dont want to make u# astoryduring the interview. !t will be too hard to sound believable. @inally$ you should know that someuestions will not be asked to "ertain 0ob ty#es. @or e/am#le$ if you are not in a management#osition$you #robably wont be asked how you saved the "om#any money. Ir if you are not in sales$ youwontbe asked about making a great sale.These ty#es of answers are usually long be"ause it is e/#laining an e/#erien"e. !f you want theinterviewer to understand the signifi"an"e of your story$ they will need to understand it. Ao all my

e/am#les will be a little longer than regular interview uestions. @inally$ a lot of these are myowne/#erien"es. ! en"ourage you to think ba"k to your e/#erien"e and "reate one. !m #roviding myanswers so you "an see the stru"ture and learn from my answers."ell !e aout a ti!e #ou !ade a !istake."The best answer for this uestion involves learning something from a mistake. !f you are havingdiffi"ulty thinking about a mistake you made that will be an effe"tive answer$ try to think of alessonyou learned that im#roved a good trait. 8aking a mistake is not good$ but sin"e you have to tellthemsomething$ you should tell them something that makes you look good. @or an e/am#le$ lets"reate a

s"enario where you learned how to be someone who anti"i#ates #roblems.Short %nswer;! was given a #ro0e"t to "om#lete in a week. ! understood the #ro0e"t$ but ! misinter#reted onese"tion.(fter "om#leting the #ro0e"t$ ! was told by my manager that it was done in"orre"tly. ! really madeamistake by assuming in"orre"tly in one of the se"tions instead of asking for "larifi"ation. !learned notto assume through the mistake ! made.;&ong %nswer;! had a #ro0e"t ! was working on$ and while ! was in the middle of ty#ing u# my do"umentation$my

"om#uter started a"ting weird. !t fro)e for a while and so ! rebooted. (fter 1' minutes$ the"om#utershowed a blue s"reen saying that there were #roblems and re"ommended that ! reboot the"om#uteragain. (fter another reboot$ everything a##eared to be ok. ! "ontinued my work and finished fortheday. ! s#ent two days on this assignment and when ! went to retrieve my data the ne/t day todouble"he"k my work$ my "om#uter wouldnt start u#. ( te"hni"ian "ame and found that my hard drive


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malfun"tioned. ! lost all the data and lost two days of work. ! was disa##ointed and thought !wouldnever trust a "om#uter again$ but there was a great lesson to be learned. ! had a "ou#le ofwarnings and! ignored them. @rom then on$ ! #ra"ti"ed being someone who "an anti"i#ate #roblems. ! nowthink of

#otential #roblems ahead of time and #ay attention to details along the way. !f ! a##lied thissooner$ !would have saved the data on another "om#uter and ! wouldnt have lost a "ou#le days of work.:ut !"ant say ! regret making the mistake be"ause it made me someone who "an anti"i#ate #roblemsbetter.;This is a minor mistake$ and you "an say it is really the "om#uters fault. :ut this is a goode/am#lebe"ause ! wasnt really at fault. The "om#uter was. :ut this e/am#le is wording it so it looks likethe#ersons fault and it e/#lains how a great lesson was learned. !n the end$ this "andidate be"ame abetter

#erson through this mistake. earning from a mistake is #robably the key #oint here$ and thise/am#ledemonstrates that.+."ell !e aout a ti!e #ou !ade a good decision.""ell !e aout a ti!e #ou $ound a solution to a prole!."This is a little easier than thinking about a mistake. ou should make sure to in"lude why it was agoodde"ision and the result should be obviously meaningful. ! also want to use this as an e/am#le ofanswering multi#le uestions. ! would use this same answer for either of the two uestions above.!twas a good de"ision$ and ! fond a solution to a #roblem. Lre#aring for every interview uestion inthe

world will be too mu"h work. Think of key e/#erien"es and a##ly them to multi#le answers. !nthe "asewhere it is the same interviewer$ then you might be for"ed to think of a new answer. Ao it mightbegood to think of "ou#le of answers.Short %nswer;*uring my last #ro0e"t$ we ran into a diffi"ult #roblem. This was high #riority so everyone wasinstru"ted to find a solution. ! started looking for more information on the !nternet$ ! even talkedto adifferent manager on a different team. This hel#ed tremendously and our #roblem was solved. !made ade"ision to use every resour"e ! "ould find$ and in the end$ it solved the #roblem.;

&ong %nswer;!n my last #osition at 8i"rosoft$ there was a time #eriod where our grou# was going to sli#rea"hingour milestone by one day. This was be"ause the day before e/iting the third milestone$ we founda#roblem in the #rogram. Ain"e we "reated a new build with all bug fi/es ea"h morning$ we hadtwo"hoi"es. We "ould either fi/ the #roblem and verify the #rogram the ne/t day after we buildagain$ or


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we "ould #ost#one the #roblem and fi/ it in the ne/t milestone. :oth o#tions didnt sound verya##ealing. ! suggested fi/ing the #rogram now$ and #erform another build to verify the fi/ insteadofwaiting for tomorrow. 8any times #eo#le are used to following a #ro"ess$ but in this "ase$ !"hallengedthe #ro"ess of building in the morning and reuested another build to verify the last bug fi/. !n

the end$we were able to "om#lete milestone 3 on time and fi/ed the im#ortant #roblem. This wassignifi"antbe"ause if we didnt e/it milestone 3$ then everyone waiting to start work on the ne/t milestonewouldhave to wait another day. !n essen"e$ this saved a days work for more than 3' #eo#le.;@or this e/am#le$ ! was "areful not to use too many te"hni"al 0argons that might not beunderstood. !also e/#lained the situation "arefully and e/#lained why the de"ision was a good one. Bememberthatsome of these answers will not work for you. !n this "ase$ if you never worked at 8i"rosoft andnever

e/#erien"ed this$ 0ust follow the ste#s of stating the #roblem$ e/#laining the "hoi"es$ why youmade thede"ision$ and finally why it was a good de"ision.,."ell !e aout a ti!e #ou !ade a poor decision."This uestion is similar to the mistake uestion. Ao first$ lets think about what lesson we want tolearn.( "ommon mistake is when #eo#le make assum#tions. !ll give an e/am#le where a #oor de"isionwasmade due to making a bad assum#tion. The answer will also in"lude what was learned and howthe#oor de"ision was used as a tool to be"ome a better worker.Short %nswer

;When ! was doing an audit for a small "om#any$ there was a #roblem with one of the a""ounts. !triedto "onta"t the "om#any to ask uestions$ but they were not there. ! made the de"ision to kee#lookingfor the answer. @our hours later$ they returned my "all and ! reali)ed it was a sim#le ty#o. !wasted 4hours of my day. !n this "ase$ ! was too sensitive about detail. Ao ! learned how not to be sodetailed and #i"ky.;&ong %nswer;!n my first month working at Tiffanys selling 0ewelry$ ! made a #oor de"ision by making anassum#tion. ( #erson buying an engagement diamond wanted to see some rings. !ts not #olite toimmediately ask for a #ri"e range$ so ! showed the #erson a variety of rings. +e #ointed to a ring

thatwas about twelve thousand dollars. The diamond ring he #ointed to was one of the moree/#ensiveones ! showed him.


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off$ he "ame in and e/"hanged the ring for one that was twenty five thousand dollars. !t was oneof therings that ! didnt show him. Ao basi"ally$ ! made a bad de"ision on selling him what he first#ointedout instead of showing him more o#tions. ! assumed that the initial ring he sele"ted was the #ri"erange

he was looking for. ! never made that mistake again and ! learned that ! shouldnt assume somu"h.;This e/am#le is geared towards sales$ but like ! said earlier$ make sure to "learly e/#lain thesituation$identify the de"isions$ e/#lain why it was a bad de"ision$ and most im#ortantly what you learnedbymaking a #oor de"ision.-."ell !e aout a ti!e #ou $ired so!eone."@iring someone is a diffi"ult task. >sually you will not be asked this uestion unless it is for amanagement #osition. ou should em#hasi)e a "ou#le of key things when you answer thisuestion.@irst$ you should be very #rofessional about firing someone. Ae"ond$ you should mention the

#ro"edures you took so the a"tion of firing is 0ustified. !ll give an e/am#le for someone who hasneverfired someone and an e/am#le for having fired someone.Short %nswers;!n my last #osition$ ! had four #eo#le re#orting to me. Ine of my dire"t re#orts failed to show u#ontime$ "om#lete assignments$ and really didnt "are about the work. ! tried to en"ourage theem#loyee$assign different ty#es of work to him$ and even sat down and showed him how to do things. (fter2months of trying$ ! had to let him go.;;Iur "om#any was down si)ing and ! had to let two #eo#le go. !ts easier when a #erson does a

terrible0ob$ but if everyone is doing there 0ob$ its more diffi"ult. ! had to sele"t the bottom two#erformers ande/#lained why they were being let go.;&ong %nswers;*uring my se"ond year as a manager$ ! had to fire one of my dire"ts. ! "ant say it was a diffi"ulttaskbe"ause not only did he not do his 0ob well$ he didnt want to try. !nitially$ we #ut him on#robationmonitoring his work$ we tried to give him different ty#es of work that he might do better at$ andweeven assigned a mentor to him. +owever$ even through all this$ he was a weak #erformer. !

"onsultedwith other management members and we all agreed it was best for the "om#any to let him go. !gottogether with an +B re#resentative and told him that he no longer has a 0ob here. +e wasntsur#rised atall. +e 0ust #i"ked u# his things and left.;;!ve never had to fire somebody yet. ! believe that a manager should mentor and lead all teammembers to be a solid #erformer. :ut ! know that there are some #eo#le who "ant or wont#erform


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des#ite managements best effort. Ao in that "ase$ ! would have to let someone go in a#rofessionalmanner following the #ro"edures set by the "om#any.;:oth of these are good answers. They mention that a manager should take a"tions to make theworkerbetter$ but sometimes turning something bad to something good is im#ossible$ so the only a"tion

is tofire someone. The #erson with e/#erien"e outlines the ste#s taken. @or e/am#le$ the #robation$assigning different work$ #roviding a mentor$ et". Then in the end he was fired. The se"onde/am#leshows des#ite e/#erien"e$ that he or she would fire someone in a #rofessional manner following#ro"edure./."ell !e aout a ti!e #ou hired so!eone."!f you hired somebody before$ you know you "ould have hired someone great$ or someone bad. !fyouhave both e/#erien"es$ you "an ask if they want to hear a bad hire e/#erien"e or a good hiree/#erien"e. Aometimes the uestion will be$ tell me about the time you made a bad hire. !n that"ase$

then you dont have to ask. !ll give an e/am#le of a good hire and a bad hire.Short %nswers;! found a resume on the !nternet that was a #erfe"t mat"h for one of our o#en #ositions. !"onta"ted the#erson and we talked for about 1' minutes. *uring that "all$ ! e/#lained why our "om#any was agreat#la"e to work and the o##ortunities we offered. (fter a "ou#le more "alls$ he agreed to "ome infor aninterview and we made an offer. +e be"ame a great em#loyee.;;! re"eived a resume but it didnt have all our reuirements. ! initially thought she wasnt a fit$ butafterlooking over the edu"ation ba"kground and the #revious work e/#erien"e$ ! thought this #erson

wouldhave more #otential than other "andidates. (fter interviewing her$ we e/tended an offer. Ahe wasaui"k learner and #erformed at an e/"e#tional level. Aometimes its im#ortant to see #otential andinthis instan"e$ it was a great hire.;&ong %nswers;!n the last "om#any ! worked for$ we had a re"ruiting team. They go through all resumes andsubmitthe ones that would be a good fit for a #arti"ular team. ! re"eived a resume and after looking itover$ !was uite im#ressed. ! "alled him for a #hone interview and after that we s"heduled a full

interview. +ea"ed almost every uestion given to him by 5 different interviewers. We made a reasonable andfairoffer. +e mentioned that he was "onsidering another "om#any. ! "alled him to tou"h bases withhimand reiterated the o##ortunities$ the great environment here$ and ultimately that we all lookedforwardto having him 0oin our team. ! tried to make the #hone "all more #ersonal and warm to show himthat


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our grou# was a #la"e to be "omfortable. +e 0oined our team and be"ame one of our strongest#erformers. !t took a little e/tra work$ but its im#ortant to take e/tra ste#s when you see someonewhois going to be great.;;! had one bad e/#erien"e when hiring someone. ! remember ! was following #ro"edures andverifying

everything ! "ould from #ast e/#erien"e$ "he"king "ommuni"ation skills$ #ersonality$ work ethi"$te"hni"al skills$ and some tough logi" #roblems. We even had 4 different #eo#le interviewing this"andidate. sing this same interviewing #ro"edure$ wehired

many great #eo#le. :ut this one turned out a little sour.;The first uestion is straight forward. This #erson took it one ste# farther by making a #hone "allanden"ouraging the "andidate to 0oin his team. :ut the se"ond answer is an e/am#le of doingeverythingright$ but seeing bad results. ou "an use something like this$ but if you do$ you must think offollowu# uestions su"h as$ ;what did you do to this em#loyee? What ha##ened in the long run? *idyou endu# firing this #erson?; :ut ! re"ommend you think of a situation that you #ersonally e/#erien"ed.Thenyou "an answer all follow u# uestions easily. :ut if you never hired anyone before$ then sim#ly

saythat. !t shouldnt hurt unless it is for a re"ruiting #osition.0."ell !e aout a ti!e #ou $ailed to co!plete an assign!ent on ti!e."!f you are a good worker$ then you #robably havent failed to "om#lete an assignment on time.:ut ifyou have a lot of e/#erien"e$ you might have some situations where e/ternal fa"tors "aused youto missa deadline. This is what my e/am#le will be about. :ut if you have an e/am#le where you failedto"om#lete an assignment$ make sure you give "lear reasons why you failed and what you learnedfromit. (lso$ if you "ant think of any$ then use an e/am#le from your university days stating. :ut if

you do$make sure you tell them that so far in your 0ob e/#erien"e$ you "om#leted all assignments on timeorahead of s"hedule.Short %nswer;Ine time$ ! had a #ro0e"t that was due on Tuesday. In @riday ! analy)ed our #rogress and ! wasaheadof s"hedule. ! didnt have to work over the weekend to "om#lete the assignment. In 8onday$ mymanager was si"k so ! had to attend several meetings that took all day. :e"ause of that$ ! didnt


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"om#lete my assignment until Wednesday. Kow$ ! try to finish my assignments a day or half adayearly be"ause something une/#e"ted "ould "ome u#.;&ong %nswer;With #ro#er #lanning and good e/e"ution$ ! think its hard to fail at meeting a deadline. :ut !remember one time in the middle of the #ro0e"t$ our "lients wanted to "hange one as#e"t of the

assignment that we already "om#leted. ! analy)ed the "hange reuest and told them that wewouldntbe able to make the date. ! estimated that it will take three additional days. They insisted that wefinishon the agreed u#on time s"hedule. ! told them wed try but "ould not #romise anything.


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analy)ed the information and reali)ed that one #ortion of the work given to them "ouldve beendoneby our grou# be"ause we already had the infrastru"ture in #la"e. Ao ! only s#ent half a day to setthis u#and in turn$ we were "harged 35M less for the se"ond #hase from the first one.;This is a sim#le story of an e/#erien"e. !t doesnt in"lude every detail on the ty#e of work that

wasoutsour"ed$ or what ! s#e"ifi"ally did during the half days of work. !f they "hoose to ask this$ then!will be #re#ared to answer it$ but this answer gives enough details to allow the interviewer tounderstand how you "ontributed in saving the "om#any money. (lso$ de#ending on the field ofwork$answers will vary. !f your 0ob s#e"ifi"ally oversees the finan"e$ then it is #robably im#ortant tothink ofa mu"h better answer s#e"ifi"ally for that #osition. Think of some s"enarios$ write them down$and feelfree to ask us if the grammar is "orre"t.11."ell !e aout a ti!e #ou ai!ed too high."This is another uestion where you "an turn this answer into a good e/#erien"e. ! am going to beusingthe answer as the one where you failed to "om#lete an assignment on time. This is good #ra"ti"eto usea similar answer by "hanging only a few senten"es to answer another tough interview uestion.:utfirst$ !ll give an e/am#le of a different short answer.Short %nswer;We had a new #ro0e"t that ! was interested in.


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"ase$ ! really aimed too high. ! should have been more firm telling them that we will need a fewmoredays.;This is a similar e/#erien"e we already used$ but you "hanged the beginning and the end to tailorit tothis uestion. Bemember that you "an use one answer for multi#le uestions. This answer should

makeyou look good instead of looking like you made a terrible mistake.1'."ell !e aout a ti!e #ou ai!ed too low."! have never been in sales$ but the e/am#le answer ! want to give is an e/am#le of answering theuestion while dis#laying good traits. Bemember to be "lear when e/#laining your e/#erien"eanddont assume that they will understand everything. ou should e/#lain it ste# by ste#.Short %nswer;There was a new #ro0e"t that ! was interested in. :e"ause ! had other res#onsibilities$ ! didntvolunteer. ! wasnt too busy$ but ! was worried ! wouldnt "om#lete the assignment on time. !reali)ed !missed a wonderful o##ortunity be"ause ! aimed too low.;

&ong %nswer;When ! was selling "ell #hones for Neri)on Wireless$ ! had a great month where ! rea"hed theuota in0ust two weeks. 8y goal is to always break uota by more than 1' #er"ent$ and this month$ ! newit wasgoing to be easy. ! s"heduled to take a week off to rela/$ and at the end of the month ! sur#assedtheuota by 31M. ! had an o##ortunity to break the lo"ations re"ord$ but ! didnt 0um# on theo##ortunity.! was basi"ally thinking that having a"hieved my original goal of 1'M was suffi"ient. :ut ! thinkwheno##ortunities arise$ ! should be fle/ible and willing to "hange my goal. ! aimed too low and !

missed arare o##ortunity.;This is not a bad mistake. ou "an say you were burned out$ or needed to take some time off$ orwantedto re0uvenate yourself. This answer doesnt show a failure$ but shows a great su""ess. !n thise/am#le$aiming too low resulted in great numbers and great results at the end of the month$ so there is noharmdone. !n the end you are indi"ating that you "ould have done even better$ that you are willing toreevaluateyour goals$ and that you are now able to see and 0um# on o##ortunities.1)."ell !e aout a ti!e #ou !ade a great sale."

This is similar to the uestion$ ;what does it mean to make a great sale?; ou "an "hange thewords alittle and use the answer for both uestions. The key to this answer is e/#laining what it means tomakea great sale$ and then giving a good e/am#le of a great sale that you made.Short %nswer;! had a "ustomer "ome in that was a little rude. +e had many uestions and "ut me off veryfreuently.


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! stayed #atient and e/#lained everything to his satisfa"tion. +e ended u# re#resenting a mediumsi)edbusiness that reuired a large order. ! feel this was a great sale be"ause ! treated this "ustomerwithres#e"t and #atien"e.;&ong %nswer;8aking a great sale "an be measured by how mu"h the "om#any made$ but ! think making agreat saleis how satisfied the "ustomer is. ( satisfied "ustomer will return and "ontinue to be a valued"ustomer$so its im#ortant to make sure that the "ustomer is satisfied. Ine day$ a "ustomer was debating ontwodifferent ty#es of wat"hes. Ine was O12'' and the other was O4''. This was a huge differen"e. !believe ! "ould have sold him the O12'' wat"h$ but instead$ ! laid out all the #ros and "ons forhim$and asked him uestions to find out the #ur#ose of the wat"h$ if it was for "asual wear or formalwear$and eventually hel#ed him reali)e e/a"tly what he was looking for. +e ended u# buying the O4''

wat"h. Aome #eo#le might think that was not a great sale$ but ! felt as a salesman and a #ersonre#resenting the "om#any that ! did a great 0ob in satisfying this "ustomer. !n the ne/t "ou#le ofyearswhile ! was working there$ he "ame and bought many more items and had other friends "ome into buymore #rodu"ts. ! "an "onfidently say that the O%'' in missed sale resulted in thousands more forthe"om#any.;This e/am#le has several key #oints. @irst$ this answer is telling the interviewer what you believeis agreat sale. Ae"ond$ it is giving a good e/am#le. @inally$ it is showing a good sign of an em#loyeeby

saying$ ;a #erson re#resenting the "om#any.; (ll salesman or someone who works with"ustomers isre#resenting their "om#any in some way. Aaying this "asually in an e/am#le is definitely#owerful.1*."ell !e aout a ti!e #ou went over udget."!f you go over budget$ it is a bad sign. !t "an mean you are not organi)ed$ do not #lan well$ or arenotgood with finan"e. Ao when you think of an answer$ make sure you 0ustify it with a good reason.+ereis an e/am#le of what ! am talking about.Short %nswer;*uring our marketing "am#aign$ we reali)ed how many "ustomers we were gaining through the

radioadvertisements. (lthough we didnt have budget for more radio advertisement$ ! still made thede"isionto #la"e our ad on three more stations. We in"reased sales by 25M for that month$ but ! ended u#goingover budget by 5M.;&ong %nswer;There was a #ro0e"t that had a stri"t 4 month deadline. ! didnt have enough em#loyees to"om#lete


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the task$ so ! had to hire tem#orary workers. ! was given a budget to either hire three e/tra headsforfour months or to hire four e/tra heads for three months. :e"ause of the im#ortan"e of the #ro0e"tandthe stri"t deadline$ ! "hose to hire 4 tem#orary workers for 3 months to give us a time "ushion atthe

end. We had a "ou#le of une/#e"ted obsta"les and it turned out that we needed the tem#oraryworkersfor another two weeks. We "om#leted the #ro0e"t on time and everything turned out well$ but inthisinstan"e$ ! went over budget by 5M. *ue to the im#ortan"e of this #ro0e"t$ ! didnt want to risksli##ingthe date.


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writing and more managing in regards to the maga)ine stru"ture$ what "ontents to add$ anddistributingwork among the 0unior members of the grou#. ! really en0oyed my e/#erien"e there and learnedaboutworking "losely together as a grou# to deliver a uality maga)ine.;!f you dont have work e/#erien"e$ then you will need to say something to show them that you

learnedsome valuable lessons su"h as team work. ! suggest you to refle"t on what you did during s"hooland"reate a list of what you learned.'."Wh# did #ou choose #our !a=or(""Wh# did #ou choose to !a=or in 6istor#("!f you are a "om#uter s"ien"e ma0or interviewing for a "om#uter #osition$ then they will not askyouthis uestion. :ut if you are an


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what else to do and you "ouldnt get into a better de#artment.)."I$ #ou redo college again what would #ou !a=or in("! already e/#lained this a little in another uestion about restarting your "areer. ou "an use thesameanswer here if you want$ but ! will give one more e/am#le of not "hanging your ma0or in the longanswer se"tion.

Short %nswers;! didnt reali)e ! was so interested in "om#uters until ! graduated "ollege. Ao if ! "ould sele"t adifferent ma0or$ ! would ma0or in om#uter A"ien"e.;;! liked the fa"t ! "om#leted my degree in


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but the "lass ! en0oyed the most is #robably a "ou#le of #sy"hology "lasses ! took. (lthough itdidnthel# me in any te"hni"al way$ ! learned a little bit about human behavior and learned how thebrainworks. ! started to understand the reasons for my strengths and weakness instead of 0ust knowingthem.

(lso$ it hel#ed me to understand #eo#le who are different than me.;This is a sim#le answer but a very good one. (n engineer is mostly te"hni"al and they might la"kskillsin human intera"tion. Ao an engineer saying their favorite "ourse was #sy"hology demonstratesthat this#erson has both te"hni"al skills and the ability to work with others better. !t lists several goode/am#lessu"h as understanding both strengths and weakness along with understanding different #eo#le.+."What course did #ou like the least(""What course did #ou struggle in the !ost("This is an easier answer be"ause you dont have to show off your strength here. (ll you have todo is

make sure you dont #i"k a sub0e"t that relates to your 0ob. !t is also safer to #i"k something thatmost#eo#le do not en0oy. @inally$ #i"king something that you are not good at is a""e#table if it is not askillreuired on the 0ob. 8y long e/am#le will be about a drama "lass.Short %nswers;! didnt en0oy history that mu"h. !t wasnt that diffi"ult$ but it didnt allow me to think"reatively.8ost of the "lasses ! took were about memori)ing dates and fa"ts. Ao history is my least favoritesub0e"t.;;! struggled in a musi" "lass the most. ! really en0oy listening to musi" so ! tried to learn a littleabout it.

:ut it was a disaster. 8y tone was off and ! "ouldnt tell if something was flat or not.;;8y least favorite "lass was #robably #oetry. *uring that "ourse ! struggled writing a real #oem. !reali)ed ! am not a #oet.;;! disliked my geogra#hy "lass. !t wasnt diffi"ult$ but ! sim#ly didnt find it very interesting.;&ong %nswer;@or me$ ! had a tough time in my drama "lass. ! didnt reali)e that ! was a terrible a"tor. ! didntthinkit would be that hard$ but week after week$ my instru"tor would #oint out #roblem after #roblem.+egave me a :$ but ! think it was be"ause of my effort$ not be"ause of my abilities. ! say thisbe"ausewhen ! saw myself on video$ oh my gosh$ it was terrible.;

ou are #utting yourself down a lot here$ but in this e/am#le it is a"tually good. !nterviewers areworried that a #erson who "an a"t well will be able to lie about many things during the interview.(#erson without a"ting skills will not be able to hide automati" body gestures that the interviewerislooking at. (lso$ this answer is good be"ause it shows that this #erson never gives u# and #uts ina lotof effort.,."6ow will #our per$or!ance in #our worst class a$$ect #our per$or!ance on this =o("


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This uestion is another o##ortunity to show many good traits. ou "an dis#lay traits su"h asenduran"e$ effort$ and willingness to work on things you dont like. This is very im#ortantbe"auseduring your "areer$ you will have to do many boring things. This long answer will dis#lay thatyou area #erson that will do good at any task.

Short %nswers;Ko matter if ! liked the "lass or not$ ! always tried my hardest. (s a result$ the lowest grade !everre"eived was a :. Ao !m "onfident that !ll be good at any task.;;! had one "lass where ! really struggled. ! asked more uestions and studied more. (s a result$ !didvery well. Ao even if !m struggling$ ! feel ! "an find ways to do a good 0ob by #utting in moreeffort.;;8y #erforman"e in my worst "lass will #ositively im#a"t my #erforman"e on this 0ob. !struggled witha logi" "lass$ but ! studied harder$ resear"hed more information$ and ! never gave u#.;&ong %nswers;! remember ! did terrible in my astrology "lass. ! didnt have mu"h interest in the sub0e"t and !reallydidnt know that ! would struggle in it. ! thought about 0ust doing enough to make it through$ but !de"ided that ! was going to #ut some effort into it. ! "ontinually asked uestions and studied moreforthis "lass than ! did in others. ! got a : for all my effort$ but at least ! didnt give u# and ! ke#t#ushingforward. Ao now ! know that whether ! like a #ro0e"t or not$ !ll do the best ! "an be"ause its myres#onsibility.;This answer shows maturity and the interviewer should like it.-."6ow would #our est $riend descrie #ou("This answer "an be short. >se key words that show how you are a good fit for this #osition. !f it if

asales#erson$ mention things like$ an easy #erson to talk$ good #ersonality$ and de#endable as thetraits.:ut if it is for a manager #osition$ then you "an use different words like organi)ed$ hel#ful$"onsiderate$and smart. Ao it all de#ends on the #osition. 8ost #eo#le will be honest and say what the bestfriendwill a"tually say$ but it is more effe"tive to "hoose the words so it relates to the 0ob. +ere aresomee/am#les.;Ih$ lets see7 ! think my best friend would des"ribe me as honest$ detailed$ and veryorgani)ed.;

;! think my best friend would say that !m very res#onsible. Whenever our grou# of friends hadto"oordinate an a"tivity$ they always relied on me.;;8y best friend would #robably say that !m warm$ friendly$ and understanding.;!t doesnt have to be long$ but dont blurt out the answer without thinking. Then it makes ita##ear asyou are thinking about it instead of saying an answer you already #re#ared./."6ow would #our pro$essor descrie #ou("


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Aame thing here$ but you "ant "hoose any words. ou have to "hoose one that relates to s"hoolwork.Aele"t words that are general and that a##lies to most ty#es of 0obs.;! think my #rofessor would des"ribe me as a great team member and "onsistent in my s"hoolwork.;This is good be"ause s"hool has grou# #ro0e"ts. !t shows team work e/#erien"e and it also

mentions"onsisten"y.;8y #rofessor told me one time that ! was like a fireball. ! always had a good attitude that#ositivelyaffe"ted other students in grou# a"tivities.;;8y #rofessor always told me that ! was very "reative. +e liked my #a#ers be"ause it showed that!really thought about the #roblem and ta"kled it in a different way.;0."6ow would #our !other descrie #ou("ou "an use more #ersonal words here be"ause your mother knows you in a different way.;! think my mother would say !m very friendly be"ause ! had a lot of friends and that !m veryfo"used

be"ause ! always finish what ! start.;This answer is showing two different ty#es of "hara"teristi"s. Ine is more #ersonal and one is agoodwork trait. !t also shows reasons by saying be"ause7 Iverall$ these ty#es of uestions are notthatsignifi"ant and a short answer that is good should be fine.;Ain"e ! was the oldest out of three$ ! think my mother would des"ribe me as res#onsible andsomeonewho is looked to for answers.;;8y mother told me ! was always smart. When ! was younger$ she was sur#rised to see (s in myre#ort "ard. (fter awhile$ she would be sur#rised when ! didnt re"eive an (.;1."Wh# are #ou appl#ing $or a =o that #ou didn;t !a=or in("

"Wh# didn;t #ou pursue a career in #our !a=or("!n the >nited Atates the statisti"s for a #erson "hanging "areer #aths is very high. !ts somethinglike anaverage #erson will "hange "areers five times. hanging 0obs is one thing$ but "om#letely"hanging"areers is a big move. Ao this uestion is not that signifi"ant. !f everyone worked in the industryas theirma0or$ then this uestion is more im#ortant$ but be"ause everyone "hanges 0obs freuently$ its nobigdeal. ou 0ust have to use this o##ortunity to show them how mu"h you like the "urrent industryyouare in.

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;! was #lanning on going to *ental A"hool so ! ma0ored in :iology. (fter working with"om#uters$ !reali)ed how interesting and "hallenging it was. Ao ! studied "om#uters on the side be"ause !wanted a"areer working with "om#uters.;&ong %nswer;! en0oyed ma0oring in #sy"hology$ but ! didnt want to be"ome a #sy"hologist. ! 0ust found thesub0e"tto be very interesting. !t also hel#ed me to understand a wide variety of things. @or my "areer$ !wantedto be doing something ! was good at and what ! en0oyed doing. ! had an o##ortunity to work at asmaller logisti"s "om#any as an administrative assistant. *uring that time #eriod they were shorthanded and ! a"tually got to do some #lanning and organi)ing for one of the smaller "lients. !didntlead anything$ but ! reali)ed how mu"h ! en0oyed the work.


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@inally$ taking some "om#uter "lasses for the summer is a great way to #re#are for work life andit wasa summer well s#ent. 8ake sure you have an answer that shows #rodu"tivity.1'."What did #ou learn $ro! #our internship("!f you worked as an intern$ your resume will say it. our resume should also in"lude a list ofwhat you

learned during your internshi#. ou "an answer this uestion re#eating what was on the resume$butusing full senten"e and with more enthusiasm.;!n my final summer va"ation$ ! had the o##ortunity to work as an intern for a #ubli" a""ountingfirm.!t was only for 3 months$ but ! learned a lot about #erforming uarterly ta/ servi"es for small andmedium si)e "om#anies. ! also learned to deal with time #ressure and learned how to #rioriti)ework tobe more effi"ient. !t was a great e/#erien"e that ! know will hel# me when ! start my "areer.;1)."5id #ou do an# internships("ou should be asked this uestion if your resume doesnt have any internshi# e/#erien"e$ or ifthey

didnt look at your resume. !f you do have internshi# e/#erien"e$ then you "an answer$ that youdo andsay the same answer as the one #rovided with the uestion$ what did you learn from yourinternshi#.:ut if you dont$ you "an sim#ly answer that you didnt do any internshi# but give a good e/"use.;es. ! did two internshi#s. The first internshi# was for Johnson and Johnson. ! worked in thedistribution team$ and my se"ond internshi# was for Atarbu"ks. (t Atarbu"ks$ ! had theo##ortunity towork on overseas venture.;;! did one internshi# for !:8. ! was on the develo#ment team "reating a##li"ations for businesssolutions.;;! love to travel and ! reali)ed that when ! start my "areer$ ! wont be able to travel for long

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as#e"ts of a""ounting and ! think auditing would be very interesting.;;The ne/t thing ! want to learn is how to make web #ages. ! think this skill "an be used anywhere.!f !want a #ersonal web site$ ! would make it myself. (nd if my grou# at work needed an internalweb siteto organi)e a"tivities$ ! would be able to make one.;

;! want to learn the different ways to market globally. !n my marketing team$ ! learned everythingabout marketing on a lo"al level$ but ! would really love to learn about marketing to different"ountries.;&ong %nswer;! use the "om#uter on a daily basis and know how to use everything ! need to be good at my 0ob.:utsometimes something goes wrong with the "om#uter for no reason at all. :e"ause !m not a"om#uterengineer$ ! have no idea whats going on. :asi"ally$ ! have to wait for a te"hni"ian to fi/ it.*uringthese times$ ! want to ki"k the "om#uter out of frustration. 8ostly$ it ends u# being a #roblem !"ould

have fi/ed if ! new the details of how a "om#uter works. Ao even though its not in my 0obdes"ri#tion$! want to know how to fi/ "om#uters at a basi" level.;! heard from many #eo#le who dont know "om#uters that well that they get frustrated with them.Aowanting to ki"k the "om#uter is understandable and it is a little humorous. Wanting to learn alittlemore about the "om#uter is always good and it would definitely hel# out with future work by nothaving to wait for a te"hni"ian.Work Related Interview Questions I1."I$ #ou could start #our career over again what would #ou do di$$erentl#("This de#ends on several fa"tors. !f your university ma0or is different than your "areer "hoi"e$ then

you"ould answer that you would "hoose a different ma0or to #re#are you for your "hoi"e in "areer. Irifyou started at a small "om#any and didnt have many o##ortunities$ you "an say that you wouldhavestarted at a larger "om#any. This is not a signifi"ant uestion so a regular answer should suffi"e.Short %nswers;! started my "areer at a small "om#any. ! feel ! would have benefited more if ! started at a larger"om#any. ( large "om#any usually #rovides training that ! didnt re"eive$ so ! would like to havestarted my "areer in a larger "om#any.;;! didnt know how mu"h ! liked working with "om#uters until ! finished "ollege. !f ! had knownearlier$ ! would have liked to have worked with "om#uters earlier in my "areer.;

&ong %nswer;Well$ ! ma0ored in "hemistry and now !m working in the marketing de#artment for atele"ommuni"ations "om#any. ! had a lot to learn in the beginning$ but ! ui"kly learned what !neededto know to be an effe"tive member of the marketing team. +owever$ ! always felt that if !ma0ored inbusiness or marketing$ ! would have started off with a better foundation. !m great at what ! do$but if !"ould start over again$ ! would #robably "hoose to have ma0ored in business administration.;


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This is an a""e#table answer be"ause the answer doesnt dis#lay any #roblems in the workhistory.8any #eo#le "hange "areers or go into a field that is unrelated to their ma0or. This is "ommon$ soanswering this uestion using this answer is "ommon. !f you dont want to use this "ommonanswer$then thinking about a s"enario early in your work "areer that you would have done differently

might bemore effe"tive.'."5uring #our per$or!ance reviews what criticis! do #ou hear the !ost("This uestion is #rimarily for #eo#le with work e/#erien"e. !f you are fresh out of "ollege$ thenyouwill not be asked this uestion. The answer to this uestion should not dis"lose any real faults.!nstead$try to think of something that doesnt sound too bad. +ere is what ! hear at my reviews and this ishow! would answer this uestion.Short %nswers;! heard that ! need to be #roa"tive. ! always #erform at an e/"e#tional level$ but ! didnt

volunteer foradditional work. ! wasnt a""ustomed to it so !m glad that ! re"eived this "riti"ism. ! now#ra"ti"ekee#ing an eye out for additional #ro0e"ts ! "an take on.;;*uring my review$ my manager told me to voi"e my o#inions more freuently. +e always likedmysuggestions when ! told him$ but in grou# meetings$ ! usually let my manager s#eak. Kow$ ! feelmore"onfident that ! "an suggest my ideas in grou#s.;;8y manager told me that ! should send more u#dates. +e told me ! did my #ro0e"ts well$ andthat !was never late$ but he would like more u#dates so he "an re#ort to his manager.;

&ong %nswer;! a"tually like to re"eive "riti"ism be"ause it gives me information on how to im#rove. :ut themost"ommon "riti"ism ! hear is hard to "orre"t be"ause ! disagree with the "omment. !m told that !shouldbe more visible. !m told that ! do great work and ! do a lot of e/tra work$ but in a largeorgani)ation$its im#ortant to visibly stand out. !m not a #erson who likes to be se"luded in the offi"e. ! like togoout and "ollaborate$ ! like to work with #eo#le$ and ! email my "oworkers with valuableinformationthat will hel# with their 0ob$ so ! "ant say ! agree$ but ! always try to be more visible.;

This "riti"ism is a"tually a "ommon "omment used by managers if they "ant give you a goodreviews"ore but have nothing bad to say about you. !n large organi)ations$ you are measured againstyour#eers. That means if you do well$ you might get a bad review s"ore be"ause everyone did better.ikewise$ if you are 0ust medio"re and everyone else is terrible$ you will get a good review s"ore.:e"ause of this system$ !m regularly told to be more visible. Ao when ! answer this uestion$ !makesure to ba"k u# my disagreement with e/am#les of being visible.


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)."ell !e aout #our last three positions("This ty#e of uestion is generally asked by la)y interviewers who want to hear you talk for awhile. (better uestion would be to se#arate the three #ositions and ask them one by one. :ut some#eo#le willask this uestion$ so you should definitely #re#are for it. ou "an use this as your advantage. !f

youdont have many good things to say about your se"ond #osition$ you "an briefly "omment on itands#end more time talking about the other two #ositions. !ll give an e/am#le in the long answer$but hereare some short answers first.Short %nswers;!ve only had one #osition. !n my last #osition$ ! worked as a marketing analyst for Aouth(meri"anmarkets. ! worked "losely with #artners in hile and (rgentina.;;!ve only held two different #ositions. !n my first 0ob$ ! was a lab manager for (: Aoftware"om#any. ! monitored 5' "om#uters and #erformed diagnosti"s regularly. !n my last #osition$ !

was anetwork engineer fi/ing network #roblems and trouble shooting bottlene"ks.;;! worked as a translator for the =ing ounty "ourt house. (fterwards$ ! worked as a translatorforhos#itals. 8y last #osition was translating hel# do"uments for a software "om#any.;&ong %nswer;The first #osition ! held was working at Badio Aha"k as a salesman. ! learned a great deal aboutretailstores$ about sales and working with "ustomers$ and be"ame more inde#endent. ! thought !learned agreat deal and en0oyed my work$ but ! wanted to e/#erien"e different ty#es of work. Ao ! startedworking for Neri)on. ! had an offi"e 0ob and did a variety of different tasks su"h as #lanning$ data

entry$ and organi)ing #ro0e"ts. ! learned a little about the offi"e setting$ but ! wanted to get ba"kintosales. Ao ! was given an o##ortunity to sell "ell #hones for Neri)on at a retail store. ! used my#ast salese/#erien"e and worked hard be"oming one of the to# sales #erson three years in a row. !ve beenthereever sin"e.;! havent worked at three different #ositions$ so ! 0ust made one u#. The uestion is #rettygeneral$ sothe answer is #retty general. !t does em#hasi)e sales skill and "oming ba"k to the ty#e of workthat this#erson en0oys. :ut you should think of something that is related to the #osition you are

interviewingfor. Inly thing you should be "on"erned about it "learly e/#laining your #ast three #ositions$what youlearned there$ and if you did something notable$ in"lude that as well.*."ell !e aout #our last position( What did #ou do and how did #ou do it( Include thepeople#ou worked $or and the people #ou worked with."This uestion is a little better than asking about the last three #ositions. !t is more dire"t andfo"uses on


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getting more information about the last #osition. ou might not get this uestion with so mu"hdetail. !tmight 0ust be$ ;Tell me about your last #osition.; :ut you "an use the other uestions as a guidewhenanswering this uestion. ou should mention what you did$ how you did it$ how you work in ateam$

what you learned$ how well you did your 0ob$ et".Short %nswers;! was a staff auditor for a small a""ounting firm. ! #erformed audits for small to medium si)ebusinesses. This involved meeting the "lients and retrieving data reuired to "om#lete the audit. !worked "losely with my su#ervisor that #resented my findings of the audit to the "lients.;;! worked for a large insuran"e "om#any as an agent. ! made sales to new "ustomers and #rovided"ustomer servi"e to e/isting "ustomers. ! worked with three other #eo#le in my grou# and wehel#edea"h other by sharing ideas and e/#erien"es.;;! was a #rogram manager for a manufa"turing "om#any. ! was in "harge of "ost analysis"on"erningdifferent uantities of manufa"turing. ! also worked on #lanning the #ro"edure for the ne/t

deliverables.;&ong %nswer;!n my last #osition$ ! was a senior auditor. 8y duties in"luded auditing governmental businessesandKative (meri"an tribes. @or all the audits ! was "ondu"ting$ ! was the in "harge auditoroverseeing theaudits of other team members and doing a #ortion of the audit myself. ! have e/#erien"e in"ondu"tingan audit from beginning to end without su#ervision and ! worked with "ontrollers and seniora""ountants on a regular basis. (long with working with e/#erien"ed and knowledgeable "lients$!also had to work with 0unior level a""ountants that didnt know all the details of auditing. ! was

"learand "on"ise in asking for what ! needed. !n the last year ! was working as the senior auditor$ !#lannedand organi)ed ea"h visit to our "lients site. ! regularly trained and managed new members of ourteamand ! was the go to #erson for te"hni"al auditing uestions.;The uestion wanted detail so the answer has to be a little long detailing some of the highlights ofthelast 0ob. ! in"luded the ty#e of #eo#le ! worked for$ the #eo#le ! work with$ the 0ob des"ri#tion$andin"luded that ! was a great team member and a leader at the last #osition. 8ost of you will not bein the

a""ounting field$ so you "ant use this e/am#le. :ut you should follow the ste#s of being detailedandshowing off your strengths.+."What is #our !anage!ent philosoph#("This is another uestion only for managers and above. ou "an make this short or long$ but in theleastit should be an answer that stands out. Think of a guideline that you follow as a manager that youthinkis a good #hiloso#hy to follow.


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Short %nswers;! think management should #rovide guidan"e$ dire"tion$ leadershi#$ and finally set an e/am#le tosubordinates.;;8y management #hiloso#hy is to #rovide an environment that leads to #rodu"tive em#loyees. !a"hieve this through "onfli"t management$ kee#ing the morale high$ #roviding en"ouragement tolow

#erformers$ and also rewarding the strong #erformers.;;! believe in setting an e/am#le. 8y favorite managers in the #ast were the ones that workedsmart andeffi"iently. ! learned a great deal and found that leading by e/am#le is a strong way to influen"edire"tsto work diligently.;&ong %nswer;:efore ! was in management$ ! had many ty#es of managers. ! learned a lot from observing theirmanagement styles. ! also learned a lot from the bad managers ! had. ! had a manger who wasneverthere$ another that didnt "are$ and another that had a #hrase similar to$ Pdo as ! say$ not as ! do.Ao the

traits ! a"uired are from my good managers su"h as working smart instead of working long$ butthe#hiloso#hy ! always think about is from my bad managers. Ao ! believe ! should lead by e/am#le$#rovide guidan"e and growth by giving im#ortant feedba"k$ and to be a""essible to everyone.;!f you want a shorter answer that is to the #oint$ you "an "onsider this one.;! believe management should #rovide guidan"e for em#loyees to do their 0ob well. This in"ludesseveral meanings. @irst$ it means management should #rovide "hallenging tasks related to the 0obthatgives em#loyees e/#erien"e. This also stret"hes their abilities and brings growth. (lso$ byguidingem#loyees to do their 0ob well$ it benefits the "om#any by having #rodu"tive em#loyees.;,uestions that are related to what you think should differ #erson to #erson. Ao think what your

management #hiloso#hy is and write it down. Lut more thought into it and then you will be abletoe/#lain e/a"tly what you mean. !f you have no idea$ then "onsider what ! wrote down in my twoe/am#les above.,."What was #our $avorite =o("! have never been asked this uestion$ but ! know some #eo#le who ran into it. That means youshouldat least give it a little thought so you "an think of a good answer ahead of time. The best way toanswerthis uestion is to sele"t a 0ob that is most similar to the 0ob that you are a##lying for. @ore/am#le$ if a#erson who is a##lying to be a finan"ial analyst says their favorite 0ob was being a salesman$ then

theanswer is basi"ally useless and not effe"tive at all. Bather$ you should say that you like your lastmarketing 0ob be"ause you have #assion for it and you really en0oy it. 8any #eo#le failinterviewsbased on la"k of enthusiasm. Ao make sure you show them that you love the 0ob you are a##lyingfor.;8y favorite 0ob was working as a finan"ial analyst. ! wanted to #ursue other areas of finan"e so !a""e#ted a #osition as a finan"ial "onsultant. (fter a while$ ! reali)ed how mu"h ! en0oyed mywork as


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a finan"ial analyst so !m looking for a finan"ial analyst #osition.;;The last #osition ! held was my favorite 0ob. ! really en0oy all as#e"ts of a""ounting andauditing.+owever$ ! dont want to limit myself to 0ust governmental a""ounting so ! want a #osition where! "anbe doing similar ty#e of work but in a larger setting.;

;8y favorite 0ob was the last #osition ! held in the marketing de#artment. Thats why !ma##lying forthis 0ob. !ts similar to my last #osition and ! really en0oyed it.


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effi"iently. +e showed me how to be the best em#loyee through his a"tion and through theindividuallessons he gave me. ! was so ha##y to have had a great manager early in my "areer.;This is an easy answer for me be"ause ! was truly ama)ed at my first manager. ! made sure toe/#lainwhy he was the best manager and what ! learned from him. (nother reason why it is im#ortant to

beable to answer this uestion is be"ause most great em#loyees were taught by a great manager./."ell !e aout the worst !anager #ou ever had."Just like learning from a good manager$ you should learn from bad managers as well. When youtell thereason why your manager was bad$ make sure to in"lude that you learned not to be like that.Short %nswers;!n my last #osition$ ! had a manager who didnt like to give instru"tions. ! managed to figure alot of itout$ but ! would have saved a lot of time if my manager gave a sim#le 5 minute overview on the#ro0e"t.;;! had one manager that was very disorgani)ed. Whenever ! ask a uestion$ he would look around

hisdesk for a "ou#le minutes looking for information to give to me. ! like to be organi)ed so this traitreally bothered me.;;Ine manager didnt like talking to #eo#le. +e always had his offi"e door "losed and wheneveranyoneasked a uestion$ he seemed disturbed. +e was very intelligent and #rodu"ed a great deal of work$butas a manager$ ! believe you should be a##roa"hable by your dire"ts.;&ong %nswer;The worst manager ! had was when ! was working at a database "om#any. ! didnt like mymanagerbe"ause he was never available. When ever he was given an assignment$ he always delegated the

workwithout e/#laining the details. We were told to figure it out. ! believe that you "an learn fromfiguringsome things out by ourselves$ but it was obvious that this wasnt his intention. :ut the worst thingabout it was that ! didnt know that he was bad until ! "hanged to a different manager. +e ke#tfeedingus false ho#e saying we are "lose to being #romoted. :asi"ally it was a way to kee# us motivatedtowork e/tra hard. Aure it worked for a while$ but ! didnt gain anything else out of it e/"e#t whatnot tobe as a manager.;This is a #retty easy answer that 0ust e/#lains the behavior of a bad manager. !f you havent had

manymanagers$ then it might be diffi"ult to think of one. :ut you should definitely think of an answerevenif you have to bend the truth a little. (lthough my e/am#le was ordinary$ you "an make a betteranswerby listing out what you learned through your bad manager.0."What could #ou have done to i!prove #our relationship with a !anager #ou didn;tlike("


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This uestion "ould be a follow u# to the uestion about having a bad manager. !n my "ase$ !didntknow he was a bad manager until ! swit"hed managers. :ut here is a generi" answer that shows#rofessionalism.Short %nswers;!f ! "ommuni"ated my #roblems earlier$ ! feel we bot

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