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Job Interview skills

When you apply for a job and you're called for an interview,
There are various questions that are asked and the better prepared you
are, the more successful your interview would be. This article would be a
little different because it's not just about the questions and answers, we are
gonna talk. I'm also gonna explain what exactly the interviewer thinks when
he's asking certain questions. What exact answers he's looking at and what
are the common mistakes that you usually make?
The first and most common question that is asked by the interviewer is,
1. So tell me something about yourself or he or she might also ask, that
runs me through your CV.

Answer:- Now here the interviewer is not really interested in your answer.
What they are looking at is your confidence, your enthusiasm, and
the passion that you answer with. So it's the best time that you to show off
your communication skills. Now usually I have observed that many people
end up saying, Ahh I love watching movies, I think I love partying. I have so
...
... many friends, so I really enjoy partying. No, that's not the right way to
answer this question. What you need to talk about is your education, where
you grew up or you can also talk about your past work experience, if you
have any, and your personal interests.

For example, you can say, Ahh well I grew up in France and I studied
accounting. I also worked for an accounting firm for about eight months and
I really enjoy numbers, so maybe that's exactly the reason, I love to solve
them. Solving them is so much fun and in my spare time, I really like
reading and also going out jogging only if the weather allows me to. So
that's the way you would answer this question.
2. The second most popular question that is asked by an interviewer is,
What are your strengths?

Answer:- Now here the interviewer is looking at how positive you think
about yourself. It's quite a general question, there's no right or a wrong
answer to it, but if you give out one-liners such as, Oh I'm a very friendly
person, I love being with people and people love being with me. That just
doesn't sound great for an interview. Isn't it? So what you can say is My
strongest trait is attention to detail. I totally believe in planning and
execution. In fact, even when I was in college, I used to really organize my
week and many people, because of my very outgoing nature. Many people
have said that I am quite approachable, so I believe these are my
strengths.

3. The third most common question that is asked is, So what are your
weaknesses?
Answer:- Here for this question, you need not be really negative about
yourself. I have heard people saying, well I am a very impatient person or
people also say, That I get angry easily. Well, that's not the right answer.
Maybe that is your weakness, but you need not bring it out. The best
answer to this is that what the interviewer is looking at is whether you can
identify your weakness and how you can cover it up. So one of the
examples, that you can use to answer this question is, I think my weakness
is that I am way too detail-oriented. I try to accomplish everything and I just
want everything to be perfect, but then I realize that I'm losing out on time,
so maybe that makes me submit these projects pretty late. So I think that is
one of the weaknesses. So here basically, what you are doing is, you are
displaying that maybe, you run out of time, but you're also giving a very
positive aspect to it that, You are a perfectionist. And that's exactly what we
saw as a strength in the previous question too. So I think this is one of the
best ways that you can answer this question.

4. Where do you see yourself five years from now the interviewer might
also ask What are your long-term or your short-term goals?
Answer:- Now here, I've seen people really struggle to answer this
question. Well, maybe, because you yourself have no idea, where you
would like to be, so usually people end up saying, Oh I would like to be the
CEO of this company or I would like to own an airline. That doesn't sound
right, so what a good answer to this question would be, because here the
interviewer looking at, how committed you are gonna be to this company. A
very clear path with commitment, because you know what the attrition rate
is these days. So he wants to know, how
5. long would you stick with the company?
Answer:- Well, five years from now, I think I would like to be in a
management position. Till then I would like to gain practical experience and
then eventually become a manager. Of course, I would like to share and
also learn a lot of new things from my team members.
The next most popular question that is asked is, So tell me something
about our company or what do you know about our company?
Answer:- Now here the interviewer of course has knowledge about his own
company, Right? That he's working for, but what he is looking at is whether
are you serious about this job or not. Whether you have just come for one
of those random interviews? So many people are usually let down,
because of the lack of research about

the company, so what you need to do is research. Go online to learn about
the positive attributes of the company. Learn about their products, their
history, etc. So one of the best ways that you can answer this question is,
Oh well your company is very well known for the customer service and you
also won an award for the best service provider in the country. And of
course, you also have a great clientele, so that's one of the best ways that
you can answer this question.