Tell me about yourself

It is a first simple question of an employer but it is a great starting of an interview that

can be described by a person in front of an employer. Thus, you should explain your
present, past, and future in a short sentence. It will make a huge impact in front of an
interviewer. A most important part is that you should connect your resume with your
interview as well. It is your first impression in front of interviewers. Thus, you should be
confident about words with a great personality. You can answer that question based on
the employer’s demand from the interviewee. It helps in the selection, as they are
thinking that you are fit for the current job. You can discuss the personal motivations as
well as challenges in your professional life if you are an experienced person. One
important thing is that never blame the previous companies to block your progress. You
must focus on the future not present and past and never include salary and other
benefits such as transport facility, free internet, and others.

II. What do you know about the company?

You should know about their internal and external factors including goals, culture,
sector, key challenges, and values. However, they already know about such types of
things but you should aware about those things. It must include theoretical and practical
knowledge about the company as well. It will make a great impression in front of them.

III. Why do you want to work for us?

It should be in a proper manner to describe our strengths as well as organization. It

makes a huge impact on the interviewer. It should be based on the given criteria by the
company and it will be used for managing all the things to achieve the job. You should
focus on the skills that are used for managing directions. However, it is based on the
knowledge and skills which are shown by you at the time of the interview. Besides, it will
depend on the interviewer to ask about internal and external things that are related to
your skills.

IV. What can you bring to the organization?

The interviewer wants to know and compare the skills which are required for the role.
They expect a new USP (Unique Selling Point). They want to know about skills which
are suitable for the job. So, you just describe about those skills which are required by
them and provide details that how you develop those skills. Your skills must fulfill the
requirements of the company including how you work, your results, motivations towards
the job, and fresh perspective to the business. Most important thing is that you must
include examples to describe your skills, such as I have supervised more than 50
corporate events in successful manner with up to 500 participants.

V. Tell me about your weaknesses

It is a tricky question and you should deliver your answer in a proper manner that should
not make a huge impact on your ability to the role. You can discuss about the area of
development apart from the employer’s needs, such as online meetings, learning
agenda, and others. You can say that I am a focused person and sometimes I have
missed my deadlines because of other work and my high level of interest in problem-
solving. Don’t get personal in the interview, as it makes huge impact on your selection as
well. You can use I’m a perfectionist, which shows your skills as well as weakness.

VI. What are your skills?

Interviewers are interested in your strengths, experiences, competencies, which are

suitable for what they want for the job. You must analyses the roles and responsibilities
of the job and describe your actual strengths that are required by the employer such as I
have completed targets in every quarter that is possible because of my skills in
persuasiveness and tenacity. In addition to that don’t list skills that aren’t relevant to the
post. You can describe about your top five strengths.

VII. Why is there a gap in your work history?

This is a red flag from an employer’s point of view. Thus, don’t leave a gap in experience
history. However, you can give a solid reason behind the gap. You can provide a full
explanation for the gap. You can use solid reasons including being a parent, dismissal,
health issues, etc. you cannot use rubbish language such as I don’t want to talk about
that incident and ‘ it is none of your business, which are not formal in interview.

VIII. What challenges are you looking for in a position?

The employer wants to know about stamina and ambitions to handle challenges with the
opportunities, which can provide by them. It is difficult to work to manage challenges but
your response should be in a proper manner, which is helpful in managing all the skills
that can be used to grab the opportunities. You should be in a positive direction and
never told them that it is not possible for you to overcome problems.

IX. What would an excellent performance look like in this role?

It is the most important part of your interview in which you should describe about your
ethics and morals towards your role in the company with impacts you might make. It
should be managed by you. The employer wants to know about your basic skills. Thus,
you should be focused on your learning from your previous job and avoid your previous
role at the time of the interview.

X. What is your greatest accomplishment?

You must discuss about recognition in the previous job places, which are based on your
skills. However, you are switching your job which means you want more money or
growth. Thus, be specific about the career goals and opportunities. Basic requirements
are changed based on the projects and works. Thus, you should prepare for new
opportunities.

XI. Why should we hire you?

It makes a huge change in your selection, as this question asked for a particular skill that
is useful to manage the job in the company. Thus, you should include USPs to improve
your level for selection such as knowledge about a tool, certifications, etc. these USPs
must focus on the current opening. You cannot be arrogant in the interview for this
question such as I don’t know.

XII. Why are you suitable for the job?

You can use behavioral and technical skills to answer this question in a confident way.
They must know about your strength that is used to influence at a higher level. Most of
the candidates are overconfident about their skills that make a negative impact on the
interviewers. You should tell the4 truth which is possible. Don’t say like ‘I will give my
101%.

XIII. What would you do in the first month on the job?

You can describe about your short-term goals that are effective and better than other
employees. However, it is based on practical work but you must prepare for the actual
things. You can provide better business functions and processes that are used for
managing operations in that organization in the long-terms as well as short-terms.

XIV. What kind of environment do you like best?

It is a basic requirement of an employer to know about the basic features that are used
for managing all things in a better manner. An employee must know about the work
ethics, demographics, working hours, and style of the workplace. So be specific about
your current job and their issues, as it is not necessary to accept you because of nature
and other perspectives. However, it makes a huge impact on small corporate. However,
most of the things are used for understanding about the behavior of employees. You
should focus on all parameter not a negative ones.

XV. What’s your dream job?

This question is asked for making pressure in front of the interviewee. However, it is a
simple question but makes a huge impact on the selection, as the employer wants to
stay an employee for a long time. You can use your skills to manage the needs of the
employer. You can describe about your ideas and passion, which will help you engage
with them. Besides, your interest must be related to the company. Whether it is in the
technical or non-technical field that you are approaching for. Don’t discuss about
unrealistic things that are not possible.

XVI. What motivates you?

It is a main part of an interview as the main reason behind your success is your
motivation. Thus, you should focus on the basic processes that are used for managing
current processes that are related to your job. However, most of the people have used
their knowledge to creating a good business relationship with trust and honesty between
you and the organization. Your answer must match with the job role including skills,
personality, and experience. Don’t include intrinsic and extrinsic benefits that are
provided by the company.

XVII. Sell me this pen

This is a tricky question that makes a huge impact on the selection, as it is based on
your knowledge about the common things in the world. This is a random question to
know about your thinking power at the spot, which will help in disasters. In addition to
that, you can think about 10seconds to give proper answers.

XVIII. What would your boss say about you?

You must provide basic skills and recognition from your boss side, as you area hired for
a new post and you can deserve something better than the previous office. Thus it
should be managed by a truth that can be checked by an employer. However, you can
use your boss’s words for you in favor.

XIX. What are your salary expectations?

You can give your answer based on your knowledge as sometimes salary has provided
with a rage. Thus, you can put a figure in your mind that shows a valid figure based on
your skills, knowledge, and qualifications. If the conversation is converted in the
negotiation then not include your personal expenses such as credit card bills, parenting,
and others.

XX. Do you have any questions for us?

It is the question in which you can provide your role to grab that job. However, you know
about most of the things but it is necessary to take interest in the organization. You can
include the following questions: