hi everybody my name is Richard McMunn
from the interview training company past
my interview calm and in this tutorial I
am going to teach you how to pass a
strength-based interview now
strength-based interviews are being used
by many many interviewers nowadays they
are becoming more and more common
therefore we need to make sure you know
what they are and more importantly be
prepared for the questions that are
going to follow so during this tutorial
i'm gonna tell you what a strength-based
interview is I will also give you a
number of sample questions and as usual
I'm going to give you high scoring
answers now before I get into those tips
and the questions that answers a very
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you very much so what are strengths
based interviews well strength based
questions are becoming more common
during interviews and they are used as a
way to assess and this is important how
your core qualities and abilities are a
match for the job you are being
interviewed for that's the sole purpose
of a strength-based interview now on the
surface the questions appear to be
really easy to answer however they are
in fact quite difficult to respond to
simply because the interviewer is
looking for a specific answer there is a
match for the person specification so I
have essentially done all of the hard
work for you giving you right now some
questions that are coming up and I'm
going to explain the question itself and
how you can answer it to gain the
highest scores possible so the first one
we are going to look at through a
strength-based interview question
tutorial is what you do in your spare
time so this is a pretty common
in question especially being used during
strength based questions now a lot of
people who go to interviews are mistaken
that they think that this is just a
friendly interviewing question where the
interviewer or the hiring manager just
wants to get to know you but how you
respond to it demonstrates what you like
as a person when you get into work so it
shows what you are like so what you
don't want to be doing is saying well I
like going out to the pub with my
friends yes we all like to do that
however that has no value to the
employer or the hiring manager so some
positive things to say to the question
what you do in your spare time include
anything related to fitness or outdoor
activities if you are part of a group or
you undertake team activities then
that's really good to say as well
perhaps you learn a new or different
skill now that might be undertaking
online training courses or let's assume
that you play a musical instrument that
demonstrates an ability to to learn
something new pick up something new and
learning and also concentrate for a long
period of time so that is positive as
well and also anything related to
self-development so ever that's
undertaking online courses or even
reading self-development books those
four things are really good to say so
here is my sample answer to the
strengths based interview question what
do you do in your spare time here we go
I like to keep myself fit and active and
I spend about 20 minutes at the gym
three times a week I also where possible
enjoy walking and try to do about 10,000
steps every day I spent time reading and
I take my personal development quite
seriously now apart from reading
nonfiction self-development books I also
sometimes undertake online training
courses via the website udemy comm now
when I'm not keeping fit or reading I
like to spend quality time with my
family I would say outside of work I am
a happy and positive person but we
always like to make good use of the time
I have available so if you were a hiring
manager and I said that to you you would
think okay that person makes good use of
their time and they are always looking
to maintain their fitness and improve
their self development and that can only
be a good thing let's take a look at
another strengths based interview
question
what energizes you know sometimes this
question is posed in the way of what
motivates you so it's the same kind of
thing but what energizes you so what we
need to do here is make sure we give an
answer that is specific to a work
scenario now what you don't want to do
and I've heard this before
in interviews when I've asked this
question what energizes you somebody
said when someone brings cakes into the
office and even though that's really
funny
you know that's yeah we don't want to be
saying that during the interview or when
it's 5 p.m. on a Friday afternoon so
here's my suggestive answer to the
question what energizes you the thing
that energizes me the most is when I'm
the first person to be given a new and
important task and it's there my
responsibility to take it to the next
step before the rest of the team take it
over and use it as part of their working
day I get a real buzz from being the
person who's responsible for starting
off tasks or projects as I feel
privileged to be entrusted to do a good
job for the team and also my manager so
that's great because you feel like yeah
I want to be that person I want to
volunteer to start new tasks up and then
I'll do a really good job because that
shows that you've got high standards and
professionalism and the rest of the team
can then take that forward for you so
and by the way I hope you're enjoying
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copy of these and in total 17
strength-based interview questions and
high scoring answers let's move on to
the next one so give me an example of a
successful day at work
what's a successful day and at work so
we need to think carefully about how we
respond to this now some positive things
that you might say are the completion of
important tasks or projects so that
would be a successful day to me so you
know we managed to finish a project
after we've been working on for a long
time or when you help someone within
your team so say somebody approaches you
and they're struggling and you help them
then that's successful perhaps when the
team you are working for wins an
important sale or an important contract
because that shows that you care
and also when you solve a customer
problem if a customer rings up and
complains then that's a good thing if
you can solve it for them so you would
identify that it's been successful so
here's my suggested answer to the
interview question a strength-based
interview question give me an example of
a successful day at work here we go a
successful day to me at work is when I
get to complete all tasks that I have
set myself at the start of the day now I
get great job satisfaction when I
complete tasks properly and I feel I am
contributing to the objectives of the
team I am work I am a part of now
another example of a successful day at
work is when we all achieve one of the
company's predetermined objectives now
this might be an important sale or even
managing to win a large contract when we
successfully meet one of our objectives
there is a great buzz and atmosphere in
the office due to the collective success
we have just managed to achieve so
you're giving two examples there what I
like about that is that you are focusing
on the team part so the first example is
when you complete tasks but the second
one is working as part of a team and for
any hiring manager that's a good thing
to hear that you are focused on
achieving goals that the team has to
work collectively to achieve now I've
got two more to run through so please do
stick around because they are tough ones
to answer and I've got some great
responses to them but if you want to
download the full set of 17
strength-based interview questions and
high score announcers is a link that's
appeared in the top right hand corner of
that video if you click that it will
take you through to my website and you
can take a look at that guide that you
can download next one here's a tricky
question do you find there are enough
hours in the day to get your work done
now a lot of people will respond to this
by saying something like this not always
it's hard sometimes to get everything my
boss wants me to do complete it on time
don't say that don't say it you should
respond to this by saying yes always
there's always enough hours in the day
so what you have to do when you're
answering this question is you have to
be creative with your problem-solving
skills to make make sure you get
everything done within the time that's
allocated now I know
you know we all have to work hard and
the reality is you know is there enough
hours in the day there's not but you can
make enough hours and this is how you do
it with this answer yes I always find
there are enough hours in the day to get
things done if I'm working on a task and
I need to work harder to achieve the end
goal I will ever get other people within
the team or the organization to help me
out or I'll get in early or stay at work
late to make sure things are completed
there are always enough hours in the day
to get things done if you are creative
with your problem-solving abilities
that's a great answer to that question
let's have a look at another one what's
your greatest strength so this on the
surface appears to be an easy question
so you can't really go wrong with it you
could say I'm great with customers
you could say I'm a really really good
communicator however what we need to do
is think about what is the one thing all
hiring managers and bosses want from
their employees what's the one thing
they want and the answer is for them to
finish their jobs properly to a high
standard and on top if you do that like
if I give you a job and you go away and
you do it quickly to the right standard
and you don't cause any problems
brilliant that is the one thing people
want now that kind of person that's
skill that attribute is called a
completer finisher somebody who
completes things they get them finished
on time that is the one thing all hiring
managers want from somebody they don't
cause any problems they got on with it
and that is a massive asset to have as
an employee so here's my answer to the
question what's your greatest strength
and it will work for everybody my
greatest strength is the fact that I am
a complete a finisher I am someone who
if you give me an important task or job
I will complete it quickly and to a very
high standard I would like to think that
my strength is that you can rely on me
to carry out important time-sensitive
sensitive tasks when needed so that that
is a great a great strength to have
somebody if you're a complete a finisher
you get things done so if you would like
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