How do i answer the following interview type questions?

Question

1. How do your organise your work?
2. How do you keep up-to-date with the latest technologies?
3. Do you treat everybody the same?
4. How do you ensure you meet customers needs?

Would also appreciate if you have the answers to any other typical questions asked in interviews.

Answer 1

1. Tell the truth about how you actually do this.

2. You read papers/on-line articles about that business (make sure this is TRUE)

3. No. You try to 'reflect' the way people treat you in the way you treat them. If someone is obviously very laid back, then you try to be more 'laid back' youself. Research has shown this is the best way to do well in business.

4. The critical thing in meeting your cutomer's needs is to UNDERSTAND your customer's needs. So you would talk with them to establish what it is they need, and then you match what you have to meet that need. If you can give a potential customer EXACTLY what they want, you can almost charge them whatever they have to spend without going broke!

Good luck.

Answer 2

It's more about what's at the heart of the questions. So #1: they want to know if you can multi-task and get things done. I could care less if your desk looks like a bomb blast and you do your work alphabetically...do you get it done? #2 Am I hiring someone who's an expert in technolgy from 10 years ago? #3 Do you treat everyone the same is asking if you're adaptable. People have different needs and they want to know that you can quickly change gears. #4 is alot like #3. Here's a good time to tell a story about the crappiest customer you've ever worked with...and how you kept your cool and made them happy.

Hope you get the job!

Answer 3

To all of them, the answer the employer wants to hear is,"I will be a loyal slave because I am desperate for the shitty wages you pay", although these words do need to be hidden in more subtle answers.
Just use a bit of common sense, the answers to these questions are quite simple and unless you're totally useless you can't get them wrong, it's most likely that the employer will be looking at the way you come across and express yourself, communicate well, appear approachable and sensible and you can't go wrong.
I used to really worry about interviews and didn't get anywhere until I started going into them just being myself and being calm, the key is not to be intimidated by the interviewer, and show a bit of self confidence.

Answer 4

It's no good doing in to an interview with someone else's answers. The interviewer will see through you straight away. Be honest! Tell them how you work. In all my interviews I have been completely straight with people. My current manager appreciated the fact that I didn't try to oversell myself with pre-prepared bullshit. No-one is perfect and if you go in there with textbook answers you will sound false. Be prepared to show that you are still learning and that you have a lot more to offer. A bit of humility and a keen attitude will generally take you far.

Other tough questions that you need to think about are;
Why do you want to work for this company?
Why should we give you the job?
Give an example of when you have met an obstacle and what you have done to overcome it.

Sound keen, give them loads of eye contact (even if you generally avoid it) and smile at them. Show yourself in your best light. You need to let your personality shine. You could be up against others with better qualifications than you (as I have been twice) but if they like you and they think they can work with you they are much more likely to take a risk with someone less qualified than go with someone who has all the grades but comes across badly.

Good luck! And remember, by getting an interview you have already beaten 90% of applicants. On paper it looks like you could do the job. It's up to you to show them you are the right person for them.

Answer 5

And suppose you got the job? If you haven't got the intelligence to work it out for yourself, how will my giving you the answers help when they find out you can't do the stuff yourself?

Answer 6

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Answer 7

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