In general you must be prepared. You must know about the company, the interviewer, the industry and as much as possible about the job being offered. You must know about the company’s problems, opportunities and needs. You must become the solution – then the job is yours.
Another tip for interview success – give personal examples whenever possible after directly answering the question. Think of perhaps 10 or 20 stories from your corporate or professional past. These stories should be examples of when you overcame difficulties, solved problems, achieved or beat targets, thought of new ideas and so on.
When you answer the questions put to you by the interviewer, it is often worth personalising the answer by giving a positive slanted story from your past to show your positive characteristics. After all, the interviewer is looking to your past for some guide as to how you will perform in the future.
Always turn each question round to make you look like a positive, energetic team member that is constantly learning from all your experiences, especially ones that might otherwise be less than positive for other, less talented, employable candidates.
You might also from time to time decide to take control of the situation by turning the question back towards the interviewer. Indeed this may be the very quality the interviewer is looking for from a successful candidate. In particular this technique is very appropriate for seemingly vague open ended questions or demands. A good example is if the interviewer asks you to do something like:
Q. “Tell me a story”
This is the kind of aggressive question particularly used to interview sales people. Your response must be to respond to the interviewer with a question asking him/her what they want the story to be about. Otherwise you might be about to go dangerously off track.
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Another tip for interview success – give personal examples whenever possible after directly answering the question. Think of perhaps 10 or 20 stories from your corporate or professional past. These stories should be examples of when you overcame difficulties, solved problems, achieved or beat targets, thought of new ideas and so on.
When you answer the questions put to you by the interviewer, it is often worth personalising the answer by giving a positive slanted story from your past to show your positive characteristics. After all, the interviewer is looking to your past for some guide as to how you will perform in the future.
Always turn each question round to make you look like a positive, energetic team member that is constantly learning from all your experiences, especially ones that might otherwise be less than positive for other, less talented, employable candidates.
You might also from time to time decide to take control of the situation by turning the question back towards the interviewer. Indeed this may be the very quality the interviewer is looking for from a successful candidate. In particular this technique is very appropriate for seemingly vague open ended questions or demands. A good example is if the interviewer asks you to do something like:
Q. “Tell me a story”
This is the kind of aggressive question particularly used to interview sales people. Your response must be to respond to the interviewer with a question asking him/her what they want the story to be about. Otherwise you might be about to go dangerously off track.
Common Interview Questions and How to Deal with Them
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