101 Toughest Interview Questions and Answers that win the Job

• 1: Understanding the Interviewer’s Concerns
• 2: Formulating Your Responses
• 101 Toughest Interview Questions
• Concern #1: Can You Do the Job?
• Concern #2: Who Are You?
• Concern #3: Will You Fit In at the Company?
• Concern #4: What Will You Cost Us?

Introduction to 101 Toughest Interview Questions and Answers that win the Job

Not many people like to be surprised, surprisingly enough! Most of us prefer to know what we’re getting into so we can prepare ourselves.

This holds true for things good and bad. Even happy occasions like surprise birthday parties can throw people o balance. We aren’t comfortable with events and circumstances out of our control, so it’s no wonder most people get nervous when they consider interviewing for a job.

We fear what will happen if we don’t perform well, especially because our actions and behavior in this brief encounter can profoundly affect our future.

The good news is that we can take measures to minimize the fear and dread associated with interviewing. By preparing ourselves for what is likely to happen, we can replace our feelings of discomfort and anxiety with calmness and confidence.

We wrote this book to help job hunters familiarize themselves with commonly asked interview questions so they can begin the process of formulating appropriate responses.

Of course, not all of these questions will be asked in every interview, but it’s a safe bet that you’ll hear a fair number of them.

When job hunters contemplate what they might be asked, put together thoughtful, well-reasoned answers, and then practice delivering these answers, they will perform much better during interviews and increase their chances of being hired. Preparing well for an interview enables you to respond exactly as you intend and to impart exactly the information you wish to impart.

When the playing eld is fairly level and there are many similarly qualified candidates, an employer may choose someone else over you because he or she is more qualified or better suited to the company culture; however, you never have to lose your chance at a job again because you did not prepare adequately. Like everything in life, interviewing for a job is a skill that requires practice.

Even with natural talent, opera singers, actors, and major league pitchers all work hard to perfect their craft. Being good at whatever you undertake demands preparation and dedication.

Nowadays, it’s hard to imagine that anyone would set foot into an interviewer’s once without considerable preparation. Yet, in what can be one of the most crucial and future-shaping activities we face interviewing for a job people often proceed blindly, with little preparation.

It is easy (and costly) to assume that the skills required to perform a job are the same skills necessary to interview well for that job.

A person can be a highly skilled engineer or a superb marketing manager, but if she lacks the ability to convince an interviewer of her competence and skills, she will likely lose the chance to get the job for which she is best suited.

To interview successfully, it is essential that you know what information interviewers need from you to make their decision, and you must be prepared to offer it easily, without making them dig for it.

Chapter 1 deals with this topic in-depth, discussing the kind of information interviewers are trying to gather during their discussion with you. Interviewing well also requires a plan that balances different response approaches so you can make the best possible impression at every turn.

Chapter 2 explores these strategies and how they can make an interview interesting and successful.

Knowing what kind of questions you will likely be asked makes all the difference in your attitude and confidence as you approach your interview.

With that in mind, we present the 101 toughest interview questions you can expect to encounter and provide sample responses on the reverse side of the page for each question.

Do not merely memorize the answers and spout them back verbatim to an interviewer; instead, use them as jumping-o points to start thinking about how you can answer the question in a way that reflects who you are.

As you read the questions and responses, carefully think about your experiences and skills, and formulate an answer specific to you.

If your answers sound “canned” and don’t ring true to you and your experiences, an interviewer will likely pick up on this and think that you are dodging the question.

Good interviewers will keep asking the question in different forms until they get what they think is an honest answer from you.

The bottom line is, giving “canned,” impersonal, or untruthful answers will do more harm than good. As you consider each question in this book, write down concrete examples from your professional life to help you create a response that is uniquely yours.

Suppose one of the sample answers applies to you or your experience. In that case, you may want to use it as a basis for your answer and then expand on it, tailoring it to reflect your particular qualifications or history. Some sample responses will not apply to you; if so, do not risk using any of them to answer a question.

The best answer is one that allows you to provide specific information and examples that best reflect who you are and what you can do.

TABLE OF CONTENTS :

List of questions —
Understanding the interviewer’s concerns —
Formulating your responses —
101 toughest interview questions —
Concern #1: can you do the job? —
Concern #2: who are you? —
Concern #3: will you fit in at the company? —
Concern #4: what will you cost us?

101 toughest interview questions: –and answers that win the job!

Author(s): Porot, Daniel; Haynes, Frances Bolles

Series: 101 Toughest Interview Questions & Answers That Win the Job

Publisher: Potter/TenSpeed/Harmony;Ten Speed Press, Year: 2009

ISBN: 9781580088497

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