hi everyone Dennis here I've been successfully working in the tech space
for over 10 years now working at big companies such as Google for eight years
and as well as smaller startup companies as well so what I'm going to talk to you
about today is top 10 interview questions so number one the one of the
most asked questions is tell me about yourself this question top tip make sure
that you do not talk too long and that the interviewer can actually interrupt
you where needed don't just list out every step-by-step on your CV but
actually give some good stories about where you got to in your career to date
so make sure you're prepared to give that like two minute answer version or a
five minute answer version. I would probably land somewhere near like two
three minutes in total to give that background story and hopefully if it's
longer the interviewer can ask you some questions to dive in some places okay
question number two why should why should I hire you usually an interviewer
when they ask this question usually is near the end of the interview but they
really want to see do you want this do you have passion for this role do you
think you're a really good fit and you need to demonstrate to them why you
think you are that can be based on your experience or if there's no experiences
more entry-level just what you think you have the skills that can really master
this role and how you will be a passionate hard-working individual I
always think of something great to get across if that is what you are and be
authentic in that answer as well okay so number three strengths yeah strengths
question will come up a lot of the times make sure that you have a pre prepare to
answer for this when you tell it in a way like that you is not fully rehearsed
and practiced to death and but it actually seems authentic when you tell
that answer make sure you miss those strengths two to three kind of tops win
examples make sure even examples question number four that question about
your weaknesses what are your biggest weaknesses this question you you ideally
want to talk about a weakness but flip it into a positive something like a
something that I've used few times time is a weakness is I find sometimes I take
on too much which means that I've had to get much better prioritizing and it
doesn't seem like too much of a weakness then if you actually realize it identify
it and overcome it you don't want to tell anything which might mean that
you're not capable to do the job but be think about the weaknesses you have
really honestly and think about one or two that you think would be good to talk
about that you've worked on and you've overcome a little bit as well so
question number five why would you want to work here at that question of once
again it's kind of like why should we hire you it's kind of like I want to
work here because I think it seems like a great company because I think that I
will be able to master the rule hear all the reasons why that person is
interviewing you will think you're such a great fit for the role yeah so then
question number six your greatest accomplishments so this question is what
are your greatest accomplishments at work in your previous experience you
should have one or two good examples of something that you've done with a big
impact at a company ideally at a company like this company if you if you if you
have that kind of experience if it's more of an entry-level job in terms of
your greatest accomplishments maybe you haven't worked much before so talk about
something that's relevant maybe it's like working in a team maybe
with something you did in school or university or an accomplishment from
your hobbies such as a sports achievement or something that you've
done outside of actually the working space okay so then biggest success
another thing about yeah what's been your biggest success today in your
working career outside of your working career make sure once again you've
rehearse that answer I think another another big one is tell
me about a difficult situation you've had at work before or outside of work
the what the injury really wants you to do with a dip
situation they want to see that you overcame that or what you've actually
taken as the steps to have a difficult situation overcome it and have a good
outcome if there is or if there was a really bad outcome
what kind of learnings you had from that that you would actually learn from that
you wouldn't do again people love to hear the learnings that you've had from
previous experience and then the question of yeah well one another one
number nine is what are you passionate about is a great question that people
are sometimes with what are you passionate about think about what is it
that you that that really you think that your regreat at and make sure that you
give a good answer with that and why and the big thing is why they don't want to
just hear what you're passionate about but while you are passionate about these
things really someone's asking not to understand what kind of a person you are
and then lastly but this one comes up a lot it's like that question of where do
you see yourself five years from now depending on the job if it's an
entry-level position you don't want to say that you're gonna be the CEO you're
not if it's a large company you're not going to get to see a CEO of a 500 plus
person company within an entry-level job initially so really be kind of realistic
maybe that is at the the managers role in that company or maybe you have a
great idea of where you really want to get to in five years and if you can
really tell that story passionately and you really know where you want to get to
and then tell that I think definitely be prepared you can answer that question
with you know idea you have to have pre prepared that question whether it's five
years or ten years and the interview is really looking for someone who has
ambition and has a clear idea of what they want in terms of want necks and
their goals professionally so that's it my top ten tips good luck with the
interview let me know if you get there if you get the job in the comments below
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