2006-12-14 10:47:43 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Business & Finance ➔ Careers & Employment
A open ended question is one designed to get you to open up and tell about yourself or surrender more information. Most people when they are nervous will give only yes or no answers during an interview...they don't want that. They want to know about you and why you think you should get the job.
2006-12-14 10:55:18 · answer #1 · answered by budweiser79 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Interviewers tend to ask questions that require the person to say more than yes or no, that is an open ended question. The reason behind this is that an interviewer wants to hear how your thought process works, how do you respond when you are asked something. Do you just blurt out something in a panic, do you speak well or use profanity in a stressful situation? If you just pause for a moment after they ask you the question to think about how you want to answer it you'll do just fine. Having a little pause of silence is not the worst thing to have happen. Just don't make it a long time. Think the question through and then give your best answer.
2006-12-14 10:56:34 · answer #2 · answered by hr4me 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hr4me's answer covered it pretty well. While some think the interviewer is being tricky with open ended questions, think of it this way. The interviewer is the customer- you are the seller. He wants to know about your product, which is only partially described by bare statistics. Don't you want to be more than a statistic?
As a person who has been hiring people for many years, I can tell you that the interviewer who doesn't do that is not qualified to make employment decisions- he's just a basic collector, not someone evaluating your real potential. It tends to reduce all applicants to basic data. If you have very much going for you- the open questions give you the chance to shine. If you don't...
2006-12-14 11:42:38 · answer #3 · answered by pegasusaig 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
An open-ended question is one that doesn't not have a yes or no answer. They ask you them to learn more about you and your work habits.
2006-12-14 11:02:19 · answer #4 · answered by Shannon B 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
An open-ended question is used to see how well you can think. The answer will vary.
2006-12-14 10:55:53 · answer #5 · answered by jeremy_esposito 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Look on a career site like monster. There should be an interviewing prep section.
2006-12-14 10:55:09 · answer #6 · answered by chelleedub 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To get an answer of more than 'yes' or 'no'. For example: Tell me about a time when you had a disagreement with another employee? How did you resolve your problem. We figure if you can give us an example and how you solved the problem, you could/would be able to do it again.
2006-12-14 12:08:50 · answer #7 · answered by TLC 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
while they desire to be responsive to what motivates you, they could be eager to be responsive to if it takes somebody gazing you or are you self prompted to do your activity. they desire you to do your activity and be responsive to what your activity is with no need to be reported. on your 2d question, evidently like they could be eager to be responsive to your targets. Like in the journey that your eager to be in administration or something. while they ask approximately being an asset to the corporation, they're finding for strategies to be a competent worker to them. in case you artwork perplexing, be at artwork daily, be good, and something you're able to do later to help the corporation out, like provide concepts on the thank you to decrease expenses, or combating damages, it is the type you you would be a effective asset to an corporation.
2016-12-18 13:40:47 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
To play with your mind.. and they're probably a bad interviewer who has nothing better to ask.
2006-12-14 10:52:02 · answer #9 · answered by Wicked 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋