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is Alisha 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 is 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 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 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
are 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 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 if I'm trying to
take on too much I truck maybe I say I
communicate with my co-workers 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 results of
that problem so 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 a 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
to include the company and 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 a
line 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 an apple and Apple says
where do you see yourself in five years
Alisha 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
you 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 or 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 to being to money or to 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 closed situation that
might be to 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's 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
or comments please let us know in the
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