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gifts of the month hi everybody my name
is alicia welcome back to top words
today we're going to talk about 10 job
interview questions and a few responses
to those job interview questions so
let's go
tell me a little about yourself
statement number one is tell me a little
about yourself or tell me a little bit
about yourself this is a very common
interview introduction question or the
first question in an interview tell me
about yourself it's just an open
question please share or basically
introduce yourself this usually
means you should share what you studied
in college your work experience any like
personal projects you've tried to do or
have successfully done other experience
you think is relevant so this is an
invitation for you to give like a
general introduction about yourself in
an example sentence
well i got my bachelor's degree in
biochemistry
how did you hear about the position how
did you hear about the position how did
you hear about the position this
question means how did you learn
about this job that you are interviewing
for how did you find this job opening so
how did you hear about the position
this is where you can explain maybe uh
where you found the information about
the job so you found it on the internet
in the newspaper you heard from a friend
you were contacted by a recruiter so
there are a few different ways that you
can share with your interviewer how you
found the position how you heard about
the job in a sentence i found an
advertisement about the job on the
internet
why are you interested in this position
next is why are you interested in the
position why are you interested in the
position this is your chance to explain
why you want this job why are you
interested in this position so usually
you should not say for the money or
because this is a really i don't know
there are a lot of attractive people at
this company i don't know you should say
something in response to this question
about your career goals or maybe
something specific about the company
that you like or something very specific
about the job that is available there
and how you feel your skills are a match
for that job so um explain why you're
interested in that position the reason
you decided to apply for that job in a
sentence i think i'm a good fit for the
company and its goals
why should we hire you the next
interview question is why should we hire
you why should we hire you so this is
your opportunity to explain why you feel
you are the best candidate for the job
so if you have any
special qualifications you have
certifications you have specific
experience you have a specific goal in
mind this is the kind of question you
can share that information in response
to why should we hire you because i can
speak six different languages and i know
how to
create a website in 10 minutes i don't
know so
if you have some kind of special
qualifications you can share those
qualifications
in response to this question in another
example sentence i'm a goal-oriented
person who likes to work at a fast pace
what do you consider your strengths and
weaknesses
the next question is a common question
what do you consider your strengths and
weaknesses what do you consider your
strengths and weaknesses or what are
your strengths and weaknesses so
strengths means strong points things
you're good at weaknesses is your weak
points things you are not very good at
so
you can you should be honest to a degree
but be careful so this should be in a
professional setting keep that in mind
it's a professional setting if you want
to talk about your weaknesses don't say
like uh i eat too much chocolate or
don't say like i love sleeping or
whatever talk about your professional
strengths and your professional
weaknesses and also with your weaknesses
it would be a good idea to talk about
how you improve those weaknesses or how
you work with your team members or work
in a company
to try to reduce the effect of those
weaknesses so for example i'm very
detail-oriented but i often take on too
much at one time
so like in my case that's the case like
i'm very detail-oriented but i often
take on too much so do too many things
at one time so i could explain okay so
i'm very detail oriented but uh if i'm
trying to take on too much i tr maybe i
say i communicate with my coworkers
about what should be prioritized and
that helps me organize my time better so
when you introduce your weakness talk
about the ways you kind of you try to
reduce the effect of that weakness that
can be one technique so your good points
and your bad points in this question
tell me about a time when you overcame a
challenge at work some interviewers may
ask this question tell me about a time
when you overcame a challenge at work so
it's not really a question they're
asking you to tell a story so tell me
about a time when you overcame a
challenge at work so they want to hear
an example from your professional
experience about how you solved a
problem what did you do to solve a
problem at work
they want to know what kind of problem
it was and how you approach the problem
and the result of that problem so um you
could say for example our company party
was scheduled for the day before
christmas but the restaurant exploded
and i had to find a new place to have
the party i don't know that's not of
course a crazy example but
giving your employer an idea of how you
solve problems and maybe the kind of
mental state you have when you solve the
problems can be helpful in making a
hiring decision so in an example when i
was having trouble communicating with a
client i reached out to a co-worker for
support
what are your career goals
the next question is what are your
career goals your career goals so not
necessarily in this company but in your
career overall in the interview it's
probably a good idea to include the
company where you are currently
interviewing in your career goals
but keep in mind like you should be
explaining a goal or you should be
sharing a goal
that is in line with the company's work
so if your goal is to open a cupcake
shop but you're interviewing for like an
it job where you're going to
be like i don't know
installing
windows 10 on people's computers maybe
this doesn't really match so make sure
that your career goal and the job you're
interviewing for align those two should
be kind of aligned
it'll help your interviewer and it will
help you i think so in an example
sentence i want to create a global
advertising campaign strategy so maybe
you're interviewing for a marketing job
for example you could say that's your
career goal i would love to design a
global marketing campaign strategy for
example
where do you see yourself in five years
the next question a very common one
where do you see yourself in five years
this question means after five years
five years from this point in time what
is your vision for you what is your
vision of yourself
professionally so what do you want to
have achieved after five years so a good
tip for this question is to explain
where you will be
having made contributions to the company
where you are interviewing so if i'm
interviewing at apple and apple says
where do you see yourself in five years
alicia and i say i see myself at
microsoft like that sounds really bad so
try to
share your your goals for yourself in a
five-year period but again try to align
them with the company where you're
interviewing and explain like how you
plan to contribute to the company and
develop yourself professionally that can
be a really good way to answer this
question for example i see myself in a
managerial position in this company
working on multiple projects for
multiple markets
why do you want to work here the next
question is why do you want to work here
why do you want to work here so similar
to why are you interested in this
position that one's like that question
is very much about this job in
particular but the question why do you
want to work here means why do you want
to work in this company like in this
place specifically so share something
about the company that you like or share
something some reason the company is
attractive to you as a candidate so
maybe it's the location or maybe it's
the ability to
work overseas or maybe it's an
international environment or maybe you
can use your english skills some reason
why you're interested in working at this
company specifically share that after
this question so example
i think there's a lot to learn and i
think there are opportunities for
promotion
do you have any questions for me
last one the last question is very
common do you have any questions for me
do you have any questions for me
interviewers will often ask this
question at the end of an interview
inviting the candidate to ask questions
about the company it is usually a very
good idea to prepare some questions for
the interviewer so it's it's also a good
idea to research your company or
research the university you're
interviewing for before the interview so
if you have questions about the company
company policy that sort of thing it's a
great chance to ask your interviewer
generally however it's not a good idea
to ask specific questions about pay or
vacation in the interview as you can be
seen as
maybe two being too money or too
vacation focused that might come a
little later if you say what's the
salary for this job like unless it's a
situation unless it's a kind of a close
situation that might be too direct a
question
but instead ask some things about the
company ask your interviewer what it's
like to work there what your interviewer
thinks is good about working for the
company or maybe what your
interviewer thinks the company is
planning to do over the next few years
ask something of your interviewer so it
shows that you are interested in that
company and that you want to learn more
and participate more with that company
so make sure to have some questions
prepared when your interviewer asks do
you have any questions for me so example
question what do you think is the most
rewarding part about working here
so those are 10 job interview questions
and a few different ways you can respond
to them so i think those are useful for
job interviews yes but maybe if you
interview for like a university or
interview for a scholarship or something
you can use similar responses to similar
questions so if you have any questions
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