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Interview Tips: Job Interview Questions to Prepare Yourself For, Part 3

November 4, 2009

This week we have assembled a list of questions that might be asked in a job interview.  (Find the first and second set of possible questions here and here.) Practicing your answers to these questions is a good way to prepare yourself for a job interview.

POSSIBLE JOB INTERVIEW QUESTIONS:

• When looking at all of the positions you have held, where have you been the most successful?

• What did you like the most about your most recent job and what did you like the least about it?

• Tell me what personality traits you have that will help you succeed in this field?

• What do you think it takes to be successful in this field of work?

• What was the worst job you have had? The best?

• How long will it take you to start showing a profit for our company?

• Do you foresee any complications you might have in completing the job requirements as we have described them?  Would you be able to overcome them, if any?

• Any concerns you personally have that might not allow you to do the job to your fullest potential?

• What does ‘Customer service’ means to you?

• Describe one instance in which you received POOR customer service, and one instance in which you got OUTSTANDING customer service.

• Please describe a time when you were praised by your manager for something extraordinary you did for someone else in the team.

• Do you have good oral and written communications skills? (In more than one language?)

• How good are you at writing business correspondence?
(Note: Everyone always replies: “I’m really good at writing letters”.  However, this is not necessarily the case. That’s why some companies test this ability, including our company.  Be prepared for this question, and with the answer.  If you are not good at writing letters, be honest and say something like: “I would like to get better at writing letters and would love the company’s help if I’m hired.  That’s a personal goal of mine.”  Again, honesty is the best policy.  Keep in mind that the interviewer can read your body language and whether you are comfortable writing letters or not. At this point, there could be a surprise for you.  The company might ask for a written exercise as part of the interview process.)

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