A job search involves mastering your resume, sending it to the potential employers and getting invitations for the interview. However, if you have been called for the interview, you must put into adequate time and efforts to brighten your chances of selection. The interview invitation already indicates that you have managed to impress your potential employer but the real challenge is to impress the interviewer during the interview. To succeed in an interview, one must start his interview preparation in advance. It is important to look out for expected interview questions.
Interview preparation questions can be from different categories like:-
• General questions
• Job specific questions
• Questions by function
• Behavioral interview questions
• Work history questions
• Questions about new job and the company and
• Questions pertaining to a specific job.
A candidate must think of all the segments and questions that are expected to be asked during the interview. For example, if we talk about interview preparation questions related to the candidate,
some of the common ones are;
• What is your greatest weakness?
• What motivates you?
• What do people most often criticize about you?
• Why we should hire you?
• What is your greatest strength?
• Do you take work home with you?
• What according to you are the most difficult decisions to make?
• How would you describe your work ethics and philosophy?
• How do you handle stress and pressure?
• What has been the greatest disappointment in your life?
• What type of work environment do you prefer?
Similarly, when it comes to interview preparation questions related to your work history then, some of the questions you must be prepared for are;
• Details of name of the company, position title and description, dates of employment.
• What were you likes and dislikes about your previous job?
• Questions related to your co-workers and superiors.
• What were your expectations for the job and to what extent were they met?
• What were your biggest achievements and failures in your previous job?
• What were your responsibilities?
• Why are you leaving your job?
• What major challenges and problems did you face? How did you handle them?
One of the important components of interview preparation questions is to anticipate questions about the new job and the company and practicing the answers. Some of the usual questions you are likely to face are;
• Why are you interested in this job?
• What is so interesting about this job?
• How and what can you contribute to the company?
• Why do you think, we should hire you?
• What applicable attributes / experience do you have?
• What challenges are you looking for?
• Why are you the best person for the job?
• What do you know about this company?
These are some of the crucial interview preparation questions. Being prepared with these questions and their answers will increase your credibility with the interviewer and subsequently your chances of landing the job. Good luck!