What is the best way to prepare for interview questions and answers while searching for employment?

Question

Searching for employment, and seeking possible questions and answers for candidates, and questions to ask the person conducting the interview.

Answer 1

The expectations of the company will have to met by the answers, which follows the following step, whatever may be the co.,:
1. Professional area in which the work is concerned
2. Experience gained from previous job, if any
3. Knowledge on the present co., and its functions generally
4. Why you chose to leave a previous co., or why you have not gone for further studies and seek employment
5. What you expect to gain from the work, if offered
6. A general question to assess your personality and your views on subjects concerning your attitude.
The above are asked and sometimes family background and about friends to assess the type of person you are. It is an exercise to know by the co., that they are offering the employment in your and their interests for long lasting relationships for many Cos., spend money and time on training
people.
VR

Answer 2

First, learn what the company does. Walking into an interview and going "So, what does XYZ Incorporated do?" is not going to make a very good impression.
Learn what positions the company has open and pick one that you're most qualified for. In other words, if you're a diesel mechanic, don't apply for a tool and die -maker position. Learn enough about the job so that you can ask at least a couple intelligent questions of your own during the interview. It comes across as interested and involved - and that's how you want the interviewer to perceive you.
Dress well. You don't have to wear a tux to an interview, but on the other hand, a t-shirt, jeans and dirty sneaks ain't gonna cut it. Whether or not the position you're applying for requires wearing a tie, it would be a good idea to wear a dress shirt and tie to the interview.
Clean up your raunchy language and your greasy behind! Sloppy language, slang, street talk, salty language don't cut it. You can speak well without sounding hoity-toity even if you aren't an English major. And if you're a guy, shave. Some employers don't mind beards and long hair, it's true - but you will find such employers to be a distinct minority. So besides the shave, get a haircut. Trim your fingernails and wash the dirt out from under 'em.
Don't friggin lie! If you got fired from your last job, don't lie and say you quit. Many potential employers will contact your previous employer whether they say they will or not, and if you've not been entirely truthful in your interview, you can kiss your chances goodbye. At the same time, you do not have to go into detail about middling crap, like how you and the foreman hated each others guts.
And don't make up stuff about your education and your job qualifications. They will check! Most of the time - I worked for an employer once who neglected to check on details in an interview in which the young man who was hired had claimed to have been a US Navy Seal. After talking with him for ten minutes, I knew he'd never so much as darkened a recruiter's door, much less having been a Seal with combat experience. When the young man could not perform as expected, this all came out - and he not only lost his job, he went to jail for criminal impersonation! Truth is your best friend, see!
Good luck.

Answer 3

1. Purchase a good book of interview questions. Check on Amazon.com.

2. Talk to people in your network who have interviewed for like jobs in like industries as the one you are interviewing for and ask them about the questions they were asked.

3. Practice answering candidate interview questions with family and friends.

4. Practice interviewing by interviewing for as many positions as you can even where you don't care if you get the job or not. There is no substitute for sheer practice and better to make mistakes and to learn where the risk is low.

Paraclete Performance

Answer 4

Become familiar with the company you are applying for; their product(s)/service(s) and their mission. Knowing something about their history and their competition will help.
In responding to an interviewer's questions, try to keep your answers brief. One tactic the interviewer may try is to ask a leading question and remain silent trying to get you to talk as much possible about yourself. They will do this in order to find out as much as they can about you. But what sometimes happens, the person responding to the questions will sometimes feel a need to say a lot and often will dig themselves into a deep hole which will not make them look good. So be careful, keep your responses brief.

Here are some questions you might want to prepare for:
1) Why are you seeking employment with their company? You might answer that you are looking for a challenging position where you can best utilize your previous work experience, training and education. You also want to be with a dynamic company that looks forward in meeting the needs of their customers.
2) What can you contribute to the company? Mention your strong points; e.g., work experience, training and/or education related to the company's business, your passion to excel and drive for quality, that you are goal oriented and results driven and doing whatever it takes to get the job done.
3) What are your short and long term goals? Short term you want to learn the business and become familiar with the many facets of the business and actively search for process improvements and better ways to perform the job you are applying for. Long term, you would like to be involved with the "bigger picture" in the company's operations in a management position (if this is what you want).
4) What are your strong points? You want to impress the interviewer with your dedication and loyalty to the company, dependability and reliability to perform the job, a passion for quality and excellence in the job and it's integration with the company (maybe there's a better way of doing the job and how it functions with the rest of the organization's objectives).
5) What are your weak points? This can be tricky. One example is to say that your attention to details sometimes require additional time (casual overtime) in order to meet deadlines.
6) Are you available to work extra time (week-ends/evenings)? If you can, let the interviewer know that you will work a reasonable amount of overtime in order to assure the timeliness of completing assignments.
7) What do you think you are worth (money-wiise)? Another tricky question. Don't give a dollar amount, but instead tell the interviewer that you feel you are worth what is commensurate with doing the job. Basically, this says that you want equal pay.

Good luck in your search.

Answer 5

Do some interviews with companies that you really don't care if you are hired or not. Get some practice so when you are with the "biggies" you will be more comfortable. Also do a little research on the web about the company you are wanting to get hired by. Ask questions that show you have a basic knowledge of their business.

Answer 6

Go to Google and type in interview questions and answers and you'll find sample questions and answers. Then role play with a friend or relative until you feel comfortable with the questions and answers. Research the company on the net so you can answer questions like "why do you want you want to work for us?" intelligently.

Answer 7

You'll want to know A LOT about the company your interview with. Check their website that's a good source of info. Also, be prepared to answer questions like: Why should we hire you for this position? Where do you see yourself in five years? Why did you leave your last position? Why do you want to work here?

Hope that helps.

Slainte,


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Answer 8

well eat and get comfortable before you do it.