Here Are The 10 Questions You're Most Likely To Be Asked in A Job Interview

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The 10 Most Common Job Interview

Questions
The absolute best thing you can do to prepare for a job interview is to practice your answers
to the questions you’re most likely to be asked.

Saying your answers out loud over and over—or even writing them down, which might
ingrain them more deeply in your brain— will significantly improve how well you perform
when you’re sitting in that interview chair.

Here are the 10 questions you’re most likely to be asked in a job interview:

1. Tell me about yourself.

Tell me about yourself” in a job interview really means “give me an overview of who you
are, professionally speaking.” There’s a reason this is asked at the very beginning of an
interview — it says “give me the broad background before we dive in to specifics.”

2. What interests you about this opening? (Or why do you want to work for us?)

3. What do you know about our company so far?

4. Why did you leave your last job? (Or why are you thinking about leaving your current
job?)

5. Tell me about your experience at ___. (Fill in past job.)

6. What experience do you have doing ____? (Fill in each of the major responsibilities of
the job.)

7. Tell me about your strengths.

8. Tell me about a time when… (Fill in with situations relevant to the position. For
instance: Tell me about when you had to take initiative … you had to deal with a difficult
customer … you had to respond to a crisis … you had to give difficult feedback to an
employee … You get the idea.)

9. What salary range are you looking for?

10. What questions do you have for me?

Here are 10 questions to consider asking:

a. Why is this position open?


b. What are the biggest challenges or obstacles the person in this position will
face?
c. Can you describe a typical day or week in the position?
d. What would a successful first year in the position look like?
e. How will the success of the person in this position be measured?
f. Thinking back to the person whom you've seen do this job best, what made
their performance so outstanding?
g. How would you describe the culture here?
h. How would you describe your management style?
i. Are there reservations you have about my fit for the position? (This is a
great way to give yourself the chance to tackle any doubts they might have
about you—as well as for you to consider whether those doubts might be
reasonable and point to a bad fit.)
j. When do you expect to make a hiring decision?

(From: http://money.usnews.com/money/blogs/outside-voices-careers/2011/01/24/the-10-most-common-
job-interview-questions)

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