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    27 Most Common Job Interview Questions and Answers:: 1. "Tell Me A Little About Yourself."

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    The document provides advice and suggestions for answering 27 common job interview questions. For the question "Tell me a little about yourself", the document recommends connecting the dots from your resume and explaining why you made certain career and education choices. For the question "What are your biggest weaknesses?", the document advises choosing an actual weakness you are working to improve rather than providing a disguised strength. For the question "What are your biggest strengths?", the document suggests providing specific examples from your background that demonstrate the strengths rather than just claiming attributes.

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    27 Most Common Job Interview

    Questions and Answers:


    Shared by: https://www.inc.com/jeff-haden/27-most-common-job-interview-questions-and-answers.html

    1. "Tell me a little about yourself."


    If you're the interviewer, there's a lot you should already know: The candidate's
    resume and cover letter should tell you plenty, and LinkedIn and Twitter and
    Facebook and Google can tell you more.

    The goal of an interview is to determine whether the candidate will be outstanding in


    the job, and that means evaluating the skills and attitude required for that job. Does
    she need to be an empathetic leader? Ask about that. Does she need to take your
    company public? Ask about that.

    If you're the candidate, talk about why you took certain jobs. Explain why you left.
    Explain why you chose a certain school. Share why you decided to go to grad
    school. Discuss why you took a year off to backpack through Europe, and what you
    got out of the experience.

    When you answer this question, connect the dots on your resume so the interviewer
    understands not just what you've done, but also why.

    2. "What are your biggest weaknesses?"


    Every candidate knows how to answer this question: Just pick a theoretical
    weakness and magically transform that flaw into a strength in disguise!

    For example: "My biggest weakness is getting so absorbed in my work that I lose all
    track of time. Every day I look up and realize everyone has gone home! I know I
    should be more aware of the clock, but when I love what I'm doing I just can't think of
    anything else."

    So your "biggest weakness" is that you'll put in more hours than everyone else?
    Great...

    A better approach is to choose an actual weakness, but one you're working to


    improve. Share what you're doing to overcome that weakness. No one is perfect, but
    showing you're willing to honestly self-assess and then seek ways to improve comes
    pretty darned close.

    3. "What are your biggest strengths?"


    I'm not sure why interviewers ask this question; your resume and experience should
    make your strengths readily apparent.

    Even so, if you're asked, provide a sharp, on-point answer. Be clear and precise. If
    you're a great problem solver, don't just say that: Provide a few examples, pertinent
    to the opening, that prove you're a great problem solver. If you're an emotionally
    intelligent leader, don't just say that: Provide a few examples that prove you know
    how to answer the unasked question.
    In short, don't just claim to have certain attributes -- prove you have those attributes.

    4. "Where do you see yourself in five years?"


    Answers to this question go one of two basic ways. Candidates try to show their
    incredible ambition (because that's what they think you want) by providing an
    extremely optimistic answer: "I want your job!" Or they try to show their humility
    (because that's what they think you want) by providing a meek, self-deprecating
    answer: "There are so many talented people here. I just want to do a great job and
    see where my talents take me."

    In either case you learn nothing, other than possibly how well candidates can sell
    themselves.

    For interviewers, here's a better question: "What business would you love to start?"

    That question applies to any organization, because every employee at every


    company should have an entrepreneurial mind-set.

    The business a candidate would love to start tells you about her hopes and dreams,
    her interests and passions, the work she likes to do, the people she likes to work
    with ... so just sit back and listen.

    5. "Out of all the other candidates, why should we hire you?"


    Since a candidate cannot compare himself with people he doesn't know, all he can
    do is describe his incredible passion and desire and commitment and ... well,

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