Tips for successful Interview!

No matter how you scored in your graduate school, no matter how experienced you are, no matter who you know, if you aren’t able to interview successfully, you won’t be able to get the job. Following are the questions which employers may ask from you on frequent basis.

·         Tell us your career goals/objectives?

·         Why do you think that you are the right person for this job?

·         When you are able to join us?

·         How will you handle decentralization of authority?

·         Have you the ability to absorb organizational change?

·         Can you tackle with the failures or weaknesses in others?

·         Are you a risk taker or risk averse?

·        Describe a time when you resolved a conflict between two of your subordinates.

·         What kind of role do you think you play for our organization?

·         How you are different from other candidates?

·         Do you believe that you are self-motivated?

·         Describe a situation when you initiated to accomplish something.

·         Any incident when you had to deal with an irate customer.

·         How do you usually deal with criticism and failure?

·         Why have you changed so many jobs?

·         If you will be supervising people, how will you encourage them?

·         Any situation where you were creative in solving any dilemma.

·         Were you ever unable to complete any assignment on time and what were the reasons?

·         How will you persuade your team members to do things according to your approach?

·         Is there anything that I have forgotten to ask you?

Why we should hire you:

·         I am an effective team player and can add value to enhancing team performance

·         I can manage time efficiently and can save company resources

·         I can work under pressure and can meet deadlines

·         I know how to work in diverse culture organization and can resolve conflicts by implementing problem solving strategies

All of the above mentioned statements show major attributes that mostly employers are looking for, like time management skills, work under pressure, conflict management skills and a team player who can work flexibly with other individuals in a diverse culture of any organization. Besides this, you can specify all those attributes which shows how you can help the company. You can also emphasize your personal qualities like adaptability, willingness to learn, punctuality and your communication skills etc. Avoid those qualities which you actually do not possess as the employer may check your competence with another tricky question and your contradictory answer will create a negative impression on the employer. Therefore, there is no hard and fast rule to reply such questions to avail Job Opportunities it’s simply how you advocate your strengths to get hired.