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Vlad Zachary - EzineArticles.com Expert Author
Imagine you are an entrepreneur who wants to build a new hospital in a village in Botswana, Africa. However, the local rules require you to meet with and get approval from the local tribal chief, who happens to have no formal education and does not speak English. So how do you prepare for this?
As a person who spent 8 months in a provincial village in Botswana, helping build the local telephone system, I can ... [More]
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- Researching the Company
[Business:Career-Advice] Everyone knows to come on time, dress well, have a firm handshake, make eye contact and smile. When everybody is doing it, nobody really is standing out from the crowd and the good first impression soon dissolves into the fog of ordinary.
- Salesman For a Day
[Business:Sales] Persuasion rarely is about offering what people need. By having a deeper understanding of people's hopes, desires, expectations and so forth, persuasion makes it possible to offer what they truly want, what they dream about. In the professional setting of the job interview persuasion is about solving the hiring manager's set of problems.
- Question 11 - Do You Have Any Questions About the Company Or the Position Here?
[Business:Careers-Employment] You have to show interest in the job, in the company and apparently you can't learn everything from the web-site. So you have to look at this as an opportunity to both demonstrate interest and actually get answers to questions that may be essential for you.
- Question 12 - Why Should We Choose You?
[Business:Careers-Employment] The key to making this work for you is in the reasons. You bring your unique experience and skills to the table and you should know the top 3 or 4 most relevant marketable skills for the position you are applying for.
- Question 10 - What Are Your Long-Term Goals?
[Business:Careers-Employment] Obviously the first thing the recruiter is looking for is ambition. Ambitious employees learn faster, try harder and in general achieve more. They are more responsible and proactive and their energy level is usually higher and more contagious.
- Question 9 - What Risks Have You Taken in Your Latest Job and What Were the Outcomes?
[Business:Careers-Employment] Even if it is not necessarily a part of your expected job-description, the risk profile of a candidate can tell a lot about their work habits and decision making. So are you a risk-taker, or are you risk-averse? This question shouldn't really matter that much, because ...
- Question 8 - Why Did You Leave Your Previous Employment?
[Business:Careers-Employment] If every one of the last three jobs on your resume was less than two years then this can be a red flag and the recruiter has the right to examine the situation. Perhaps you are applying for the perfect position, and want to stay there till retirement. Still you have to convince the company that these are your intentions.
- Question 7 - What Are Your Weaknesses and What Have You Done to Fix Them?
[Business:Careers-Employment] There is the presumption that everyone embellishes a little bit on their resume and when talking about their achievements. This is why the weakness question is meant to serve as some kind of reality check. It really is another opportunity for you to strengthen your case if you have prepared correctly.
- Question 6 - What Was Your Greatest Achievement and How Did You Accomplish It?
[Business:Careers-Employment] It is not about the team, or the department, or the company - it is about you. You need to tell the story of what you had done.
- Question 5 - How Would Your Boss Describe You?
[Business:Careers-Employment] It is not about the ex-boss, but about how you would see yourself through the eyes of the ex-boss. It is one thing to say how you feel about yourself and it is another to say how your supervisor may have felt. It is often relatively easy for a recruiter to see if the candidate is prepared for this question or not. But preparation is not necessarily what they are looking for.
- Question 4 - What Were Your Personal Responsibilities?
[Business:Careers-Employment] The hiring manager will often have a mental list, or even one on paper, and will check off each of the responsibilities for the position she is looking to fill. Sometimes she would even ask clarifying questions, which could be great clues for the attentive job-hunter.
- Question 3 - At Your Last Job - Whom Did You Report to and What Was Their Position With the Company?
[Business:Careers-Employment] In my experience a surprising number of people make the mistake of criticizing their ex-bosses or ex-employers. Even if you have sound business reasons not to be happy with your previous position a job interview is not the right place to vent. Stay positive instead, and try to highlight the aspects of your experience with the ex-boss, that will make you a better fit for the position you are applying for.
- Question 2 - At This Point in Your Career What Would Be the Perfect Job For You?
[Business:Careers-Employment] Now let me start by clarifying one thing - yes, this is a trick question. Every time you hear this question you have to be able to answer without a blink: "This job is the perfect job for me!" Here is how you do this.
- Question 1 - Can You Tell Me a Little Bit About Yourself?
[Business:Careers-Employment] How do you ace an interview that starts with a question so broad? Do you start with your most relevant background, highlight the key skills that you bring to the table? Hopefully this is the area that you have practiced the most, and these are the key things that you want to stay in the recruiter's mind.
- The 12 Most Common Job Interview Questions
[Business:Careers-Employment] Twelve is the average number of questions asked at job interviews. Here are the 12 most common ones.
- The Transformation
[Business:Careers-Employment] Before each meeting ask yourself the two questions: How do I want to be transformed and what is the effect I want to have on the other person? The answers to these questions could be your most important preparation for the job interview.
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