These eighteen questions should be considered before the interview.

Abstract: Many job seekers, especially some large enterprises, are often unprepared for their first job search. Finding a job is more than just bringing a resume. A successful job seeker will make some comprehensive preparations before the interview. The following eighteen interview questions will help you a lot.

I mentioned in Simple Dollar that I had organized many interviews in the past. Although I usually recruit technical posts, the questions I actually ask (and therefore have practical value) are all non-technical. A good interview question can reveal the essence of the candidate, such as honesty, credibility, quick response and so on.

For a long time, I have collected some questions that are often used in interviews. Here are 25 most valuable cases, and there are one or two skills that can answer each question well or how to make it worse. I hope this summary can provide some insightful references for interviewers and candidates. If you can answer all the questions easily, you don't have to worry about the interview. Finally, I will give each candidate who is about to face an important interview a checklist as an assignment.

First, answer stupid questions stupidly.

There are many stupid questions in the job interview, and all of them have obvious answers. What is your greatest weakness? This question will never get an honest answer, and many times it will only lead to the words that I am a workaholic! A hypocritical answer. Interviewers ask these questions because they should be asked, but they usually don't get any valid information from them. Do you consider yourself successful? The answer is always yes; Do you have team spirit? The answer is always yes; How long are you going to work here? The answer is always long-term; Which is more important, work or salary? The answer is always that work is more important than salary.

It's easy to identify a boring question. Can you easily give a universally applicable and irrelevant answer? If so, don't bother about this problem and focus on solving practical problems.

1 Introduce yourself

This question is basically to let the candidates relax and give me a chance to judge what they say. This is a question that all interviews need to prepare, so you need to have a fixed answer. Before you walked into the interview room, you had a clear answer to this question in your mind. The best answer should allow you to fully show your uniqueness, so as to make yourself stand out among many applicants. List your four or five biggest characteristics and state them in 30 seconds.

2. Tell us what you know about us.

This question directly examines whether the interviewer has done enough homework. An interviewer who can tell a lot of information about the company may be unexpected, but most people who don't even know the basic situation will be eliminated. That's not the person we want. In other words, before the interview, know the company you want to apply for.

What is the difference between you and other applicants?

Interviewers usually get the answer to this question based on their resumes, but this is the time for you to really sell yourself. Most interviewers will sit by and watch how you sell yourself. It's good to be surprised occasionally, but it can also be tricky. If something should appear on your resume, why not? You should know the essence of your resume and list them.

4. Describe the position you applied for.

This is also a homework problem, but you can also grasp some information through the opinions given by the candidates on the spot. The best preparation is to read the job description and repeat it in your own language so that you can answer fluently in the interview.

5. Why are you interested in this position?

This question is actually a bit like a trick, because it is a reply to the second question (your understanding of the company) and the fourth question (describing the position you are applying for). I ask this question because it helps to judge whether people answer rashly (as if I were the right person) or honestly after consideration. You can prepare a procedural answer to this question in advance. Generally speaking, just give some reasons why this company and position attract you and why.

6. What makes you feel most uncomfortable about this position?

Most people think that this problem will involve elimination, but it is usually not. This is actually an honest question. No one will be satisfied with every aspect of the work, which is not our nature. Where do you work? Working hours? Colleague is the company too big? Too small? Honesty is very important here. I want to hear a sincere reason for feeling uncomfortable (especially from my observation of the company), not a cliche without any discomfort. The good answer can be that I have never worked in such a large-scale company, or that I have heard some strange aspects in the cooperative culture, or that working in the initial stage makes me nervous.

7. What was your greatest achievement in your last job?

8. What was your biggest failure in your last job?

These two problems can usually form a group, but the latter is very important. The best candidates should admit their mistakes (they are honest and dare to admit them) and learn from them, which is an extremely important virtue.

9. Tell me about your former best boss.

10. Tell me about your worst boss before.

These two questions can directly test what kind of management style the interviewer is suitable for and how he will manage others. Suppose I work in a loosely managed and self-driven organization. In this case, the answer I want to hear is that the best boss cares nothing, or the worst boss cares everything. On the contrary, if I am in a hierarchical organization, I want to hear the opposite: the best boss provides intensive guidance and communication, or the worst boss leaves the candidates at a loss. The best way is to answer as honestly as possible. The interviewer will have a good understanding of the cooperative culture. Frankly speaking, if you are lucky enough to enter a company and it doesn't match the culture there, it will be difficult to adapt and succeed. These questions can also be asked in the way of which management mode you prefer.

Other skills: highlight the advantages of all bosses and never turn an interview into a criticism of anyone. The worst boss will also have some minor faults, all of which are expectations of you rather than personality defects. Complaining about others in an interview will only make you look bad. Don't be fooled.

1 1. Tell me about the most difficult project you have ever encountered?

Interviewers usually don't really pay attention to what the project is. The essence is to see if you have experienced real difficulties and how to overcome them. For most people, this is not the greatest success or failure, but the aspect of turning failure into success.

12. What do you think of the future trend in this field?

This question is useful in some fields, and technical or leadership positions are useless in other fields. Whether this question is useful or not is obvious in the specific job type you are applying for. If it is useful, the preparation of the answer is simple. Just spend half an hour reading some blog articles in related fields, and you can get the information you need.

13. Did you learn anything new/improve yourself in the requirements related to this job last year?

This is a confusing question, and many people just can't figure out the answer. The best way to deal with it is to always spend some time to improve your skills in any way. Write open source code, practice being a host, attend classes and so on. If you devote yourself to improving yourself every year, you will not only have a beautiful resume, but of course this problem is nothing.

14. Tell me your dream career.

Never talk about this job, never talk about another specific job. Both of these answers suck. The former raised the police flag, while the latter indicated that you didn't want to fight. The answer should stick to some specific characteristics and talk about some aspects of your dream job. If possible, some should be suitable for the unit you are applying for, but it is best not to be completely suitable.

15. Did you encounter serious conflicts in your previous work? How is it solved?

This question needs to be frank, and at the same time, it needs to be realized that the contradiction of anything contains two aspects. It may also make those unkind people start complaining about their former employers, thus leaving a bad impression on the interviewer. The best answer usually includes describing the facts, but by focusing on both sides of the event, you learn to think from others' perspective.

16. What did you learn from your last job?

Although it is good to list some technical skills, especially if your work is very technical, it is important to involve some non-technical content. I worked alone most of the time and learned teamwork. That's a good answer. What can you learn from any job? The interviewer hopes that you can learn something from your last job to help you be competent for your new job.

17. Why did you quit your last job?

Many times, this is to examine a stable personality. A strong and specific answer, no matter what the specific reason is, is good. I don't think looking forward is a strong reason. Layoff is a good reason, so is looking for some special new challenges (but the challenges you have to accept must have characteristics). Here, we should downplay the specific description of the predecessor's work, because it will be easy to fall into complaints about the predecessor's position.

Conclusion: There are many problems that you didn't think of before, so study hard.

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