How do you answer the typical Q's?

[Sanhedralite]

Ok,

1. Your biggest challenge and how you faced it?
2. Your worst quality? ( I hate this. Everyone knows the protocol on how to answer...Boring...)
3. Your goals?
4. Your best traits?

etc...Add your own if you like.

[bmwmini]

Ok,

1. Your biggest challenge and how you faced it?
2. Your worst quality? ( I hate this. Everyone knows the protocol on how to answer...Boring...)
3. Your goals?
4. Your best traits?

etc...Add your own if you like.

A:

1. Tell them your biggest challenge and how you faced it.
2. Tell them a quality that's both bad for one reason but good for another.
3. Tell them your goals in specifics with the company; where you plan on going with this job
4. Tell them your best traits.

In other words: tell the truth.

[ptxpress]

I don't know if it's just me, but I haven't faced these questions in quite some time. Yeah, the goals one still gets thrown in, but I find interviews to be more behavioural nowadays as opposed to the "tell me your weakness" type questions.

[Bazooka Joe]

Ok,

1. Your biggest challenge and how you faced it?

Tell them about a personallity conflict (real or imagined) with either a co-worker or customer, and how you talked things out to eventually be able to work amicably together.

2. Your worst quality? ( I hate this. Everyone knows the protocol on how to answer...Boring...)

You said it. Workaholic and perfectionist. Standard question, standard answer. Find a way to word it uniquely.

3. Your goals?

Positions above the one you're applying for within the company, but not the position of the person interviewing you. If it's a friendly interview, you can say you'd eventually like the person who is interviewing you's job (tread lightly on this one).

4. Your best traits?

etc...Add your own if you like.

This is very dependant on the position. Try to use the words on your resume.

[xwar]

A:

1. Tell them your biggest challenge and how you faced it.
2. Tell them a quality that's both bad for one reason but good for another.
3. Tell them your goals in specifics with the company; where you plan on going with this job
4. Tell them your best traits.

In other words: tell the truth.

I say ******** as much as you can

[Audiogenic]

The "Tell me a little bit about yourself" question separate the contenders from the pretenders. Spend some time getting this question down cold.

[Sanhedralite]

That's the interesting one, isn't it? What would you say?

[Mulder and Scully]

1.) My wife she is dead...she die in the field...she die from work, an accident, but is not important, I have a new wife.
2.) You have big bollocks? Can I touch them?
3.) I want to do a romance inside of you.
4.) I am big like a can of Pepsi.

1. Your biggest challenge and how you faced it?
2. Your worst quality? ( I hate this. Everyone knows the protocol on how to answer...Boring...)
3. Your goals?
4. Your best traits?

[goob3r]

You said it. Workaholic and perfectionist. Standard question, standard answer. Find a way to word it uniquely.

This is the most cliche answer there is. If the interviewer doesn't laugh at you aloud, then they are laughing in their head.

[geebops]

What about "What kind of salary are you looking for?"

[dawtcalm]

Biggest weakness: Tell them kryptonite and try to keep a straight face...

[hyoo82]

when I know im bombing an interview.. I just LOVE to see the looks on the interviewers faces when they hear my answers.

What's ur best quality? My anger, it has managed to give me that "boost" when i need it. There's only so much a person can yell @ you for after you flip over a table in the heat of anger. (then i look @ them with stone cold eyes, the look they have is pricelss)

your worst quality? - I'm a brown noser, i like to suck up to anyone whose in a higher position than myself, hoping one day to be in their "circle of trust", followed up by "your shirt is really nice today, or that colour looks amazing on you"


Your greatest challenge? - "trying to convince my parents that im bisexual."

Why should we hire you? - cause there isn't enough minorities working here, "what do you mean minorities?" "i mean the ones working in the sweat shops don't count, also when I look @ the staff and all i see is caucasian faces, it is depressing.



Where do you see yourself in 10 years - i usually like answering this one with the Kool aid man's "Oh yea!!" and just sit in silence, and wait for their reply.

[Sanhedralite]

"What is your greatest weakness?"

"Poor self-analysis skills." (he got hired)

-"Crack." (he did not get hired)

-"Saved By The Bell." (hired)

-"Chocolate." (hired)

-"Coming up with clever answers to stupid questions." (not hired)

-"I can't control my temper" (this guy wasn't being funny...that was his honest answer!)

-"I get all the way to the last level of Mario Brothers, but then I always die." (hired)

[hyoo82]

lol.. i was just trying to add a little humor to the post.. but i see that he wanted really valid answers..

The only thing you can do is answer the behavioural questions as honest as possible ( a little white lie can help) " (I.E Do you work well with people, or independantly? " does my family count? <--actually worked in an interview, got the job, still working there now ) if they like your answers+you, then they like them, you can't make anyone like you. I am ALWAYS honest with my behaviour questions. even if it hurts the job, most places will respect an honest answer. the ones that don't or are looking for a subordinate, you don't want to work there anyway.

[Mulder and Scully]

Or stand up and yell, "STEVE HOLT!" with your fists in the air.

Seriously, if your honest answers don't work then you likely wouldn't have fit in with the company. If you have to lie to get in then you'll be spending your entire time there lying, which some people can certainly do without problem, but it's more about the fact that you won't be happy there.

Where do you see yourself in 10 years - i usually like answering this one with the Kool aid man's "Oh yea!!" and just sit in silence, and wait for their reply.