Hi, everybody, my name is Richard McMunn from the interview training company, PassMyInterview.com.
And in this tutorial, I'm going to teach you how to pass an internal candidate job interview.
So, if you have an internal organizational interview for any company whatsoever, please
make sure you stick around and watch this tutorial from beginning to end, because it
will make a huge difference to your preparation.
I will give you a number of interview questions that are likely to come up and more importantly,
high scoring, unique answers.
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Okay, let's get straight into it.
Those internal job interview questions and answers.
So question number one.
What attracted you to this new job within the company?
So, what has attracted you to this new job within the company?
Here we go.
Here's my sample answer.
“The main thing that has attracted me to this new role, is that fact the skills and
qualities needed to excel within the position, are a clear match for my own.
As you know, I am ambitious, enthusiastic and I genuinely care about the future of this
company.
The role I am applying for is one I feel very excited about, and I believe within it, I
will be able to make a significant and positive difference to the company as it grows, develops
and expands over the coming years.”
That’s a great answer.
It shows that you are ambitious, you are enthusiastic, and also more importantly, you want to stay
with this company.
Now, before I go onto question number two and the remainder of the internal job interview
questions and answers, you can either pause the video and write the answers down.
However, if you don't want to go through that trouble, if you wait till a certain point
in the video, I will tell you where you can download these and all of the other answers
to internal job interview questions!
Interview question number two.
In your opinion, what could we do better as an organization?
This is a really difficult question to answer, simply because you do not want to be critical
about any specific individual, or about any manager.
But also, you don't want to say, well, there’s not really anything you could do to improve.
You want to come up with something.
Now, my advice, when answering this question, is to think about ‘opportunities’ the
company that you're being interviewed for, you're currently working, for could tap into,
to expand sales or improve customer leads.
So here's my suggested answer to the internal job interview question: In your opinion, what
could we do better as an organization who we get?
“To be honest with you, overall, I believe the company is creative, forward-thinking
and innovative, and it obviously has a very bright future ahead.
I have considered the different ways the company could improve, but the fact we have a strong
leadership and management team made it difficult to come up with new ideas.
Having said that, if I did have to come up with new and improved ways of working, I feel
the company could possibly look to tap into alternative methods of online marketing to
generate new leads and potential sales.
Online marketing opportunities are changing all of the time, and this is something we
could potentially capitalize on as an organization moving forward, to ensure we stay ahead of
the competition.
And I would personally be willing to look into that to help the organization move forward
continually.”
So you are giving something which is an opportunity, which is important.
You're not criticizing anybody or anything, but you think we could improve by tapping
in to different opportunities.
And I'm willing to look into that if you want me to.
Question number three of your internal job interview.
What's your favorite part of coming to work every day?
“My favorite part of coming to work each day, has to be both the people I am working
with, and also the challenging tasks and projects I have been a part of since I joined the company.
The team I currently work within is innovative and positive, and it doesn’t matter what
project or challenge we are working on, we always pull together to overcome any issues
and do a great job for our manager.
I am naturally a positive and forward-thinking person, so to work with like-minded people
is something I am very grateful for.”
What I like about this answer, is you are focusing on the organization's most important
resource and asset; which is people.
You are demonstrating that you love working with people, but also you like the challenges
that your role presents, and you're prepared to take on bigger and more tougher challenges
within this role that you're being interviewed for.
Next question.
Where do you see yourself in five years’ time?
“I see myself 100% with this company – there’s no doubt about that.
Whatever happens today, I am fully committed to our values and the company mission, and
I see my future right here with you.
It’s not often you find a company to work for where you feel you are being pushed, developed
and supported within your role, and on that basis, providing you are happy with my future
work, which I think you will be, I plan to still be here for sure.”
That's a really good, solid, concise and confident answer to where you will be in five years’
time.
And I like the fact that you're saying, regardless of what happens today, you are still committed
to them.
You are a passionate and caring employee.
Next question.
A difficult one.
What do you not enjoy about your current role?
Now you are being interviewed for a new job.
But I want to know, what do you not like about your current role?
Here's my suggested answer.
It's quite a clever answer.
“That’s a good question.
There’s nothing I actually dislike about my role specifically, or the team I am a part
of.
However, the only thing that frustrates me on occasions is dealing with external companies
and stakeholders.
I have found, on occasions, it takes a long time to get an answer from some external organizations
when the completion of my own task or project is dependent on them coming back to me with
an answer.
Having said that, I have developed strong interpersonal skills and I always focus on
building strong relationships so people do come back to me as soon as possible, and they
also understand the importance of their response to my own work.”
So what you're saying there, this is why it's clever, you are not saying it's anything to
do with your particular role or the organization you're working for that you don't enjoy.
It’s when you have to deal with people outside; you are saying you set really high standards.
You want to get your job done really quickly.
And as you and I know, when you're sometimes dealing with companies, external companies,
you have to wait a long time for an answer, and that can be frustrating.
So I would use that during your answer.
I've got some more questions to run through.
Please stick around.
But if you want to download my full set of internal job interview questions and high
scoring answers, there is a link that’s appeared there in the top right hand corner
of the video clip that takes you through to my website, PassMyInterview.com, and it will
tell you how you can download those questions and answers.
At the very least, the questions I recommend you get the answers to.
Further internal job interview questions are: what's the most challenging thing you'll find
about this new position?
Make sure you read the advert, the job description and think about the kind of thing that you
would find most challenging.
Next question.
Tell me about a time when you had communication issues with a member of your team or a different
department within the company?
What they're looking there, is for you to say what the situation was, but how you overcome
it?
How do you adapt your style of communication to overcome this challenge?
Have you ever had a disagreement with your manager?
We've all had disagreements with our managers.
If you want a top scoring answer, again, click that link in the top right hand corner and
it'll take you to my website where you can get a top-scoring answer.
How would your current work colleagues describe you?
Well, brilliant, of course.
But, you know, we have to be honest there when we are answering that question.
How would your current work colleagues describe you?
Don't forget, they will have probably spoken to your manager or your work colleagues, so
make sure you give an honest answer!
Talk me through a project that didn't go smoothly?
And they're looking there for determination and persistence to pull through and get things
done.
What issues did you experience and how did you overcome them (through that particular
project that you've just talked about)?
If you want all of my answers to those questions and more, click the link below the video or
in the top right hand corner.
Go through to my website PassMyInterview.com.
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