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The Most Popular Interview Questions There are some questions you can expect to be asked at most interviews, so these are the ones you should really be prepared for. There are certain things an interviewer is bound to want to know about you, which is reflected in these questions. They will often come in the first half of the interview, since they are generally questions that the interviewer willbe asking all the candidates. We're about to go through a list of popular interview questions, so you can see the best kind of answer to give to each one. But, of course, there are some general guidelines which apply to every answer you give. So let's look at these first. The key things to remember when you answer any question are: · Keep your answer relevant. If you are asked to outline yourstrengths, don't give a long list. Pick one or two key areas. You may have a dozen strengths, but just pick the ones that your interviewer most needs the successful candidate for this job to have. · Listen to the question, and answer the question you've been asked. Don't sidestep difficult questions. Your interviewer isn't stupid - they'll notice you're doing it and they won't like it. · And answeronly the question you are asked; don't give lots of extraneous information. Keep your answers as brief as you can without omitting anything relevant. What the experts say When asked what impresses them least in a candidate, most professional interviewers cited 'not listening to the question' as a major factor. This includes answering the question the candidate wants to answer, rather than the onethey were actually asked. The most popular questions These are some of the most popular, if not toughest, questions you are likely to be faced with during your interview. The answers recommended here are not a script; the idea is to let you know the kind of answer that will impress the interviewer. You will need to put it in your own words, and find your own examples to give. Tell me about yourselfThis is not an invitation to give your life history. In fact, you really need the interviewer to be more specific before you can give the answer they want. So ask them, 'What aspect of myself would you like me to tell you about?' They are most likely to ask you to talk about what you're like at work. You should aim to describe the kind of person you are in a couple of minutes at most. Concentrateon positive qualities, and link them to the key responsibilities of the job you're applying for. For example: 'I'm a people person - I enjoy working with people and being part of a team. I'm the sort of person who likes to get stuck into a project, and I really enjoy seeing a project right through from initial planning to the final stages ...', and so on.

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Should they ask to hear aboutwhat you're like away from work, you still want to give them an answer that means you're cut out for the job on offer. So, again, if you want to show you're a good team player, you might tell them, 'I'm very social; I have lots of friends and I spend a lot of time with them. I play a lot of sports such as ice hockey.' I'm not suggesting here that you lie. You've got plenty of time to think about thisquestion before you get to the interview and be ready with suitable and honest answers about your personal or business life. If the job calls for a good team player, for example, it's likely you are one or you wouldn't be applying, so you probably have plenty of examples you could choose from. What do you enjoy most in your current job? This can be a kind of trick question. The interviewer istempting you to indicate that there are things you don't like about your job. If that's so, presumably there will be things about this job that you don't like too - which isn't very encouraging. So the only answer you can really give is to say that you enjoy everything about your job. If you think this sounds a little implausible, you can pick out one or two favourite parts of the job - making sure...