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Study, work & live in the US (1)

1062 views. 2011-2-16 00:53

1 - Job interview (1)

Let's take a moment and talk about some of the types of questions that you could be asking during the interview process.

Sometimes the questions are misleading because we're taking them personally when they're really talking professionally.

A good example would be if they were to say to you -  "Tell me about yourself". You're sitting there saying - "Well, I like to go hunting on the weekends. I like to go camping and take my family fishing, and I really enjoy that". Well, great answer, but that's not what they're asking.

When they say -  "Tell me about yourself". They are asking you to tell them about yourself in this job environment. They want to hear -  "I'm enjoying coming to work with people that I get around and I have a good time with. I like an atmosphere of friendliness. Your company being a company that specializes in public relations and customer service, well, this it the environment that i like and it would work well for me to work well in your environment".

That would be more in line with what they're really asking when you say - Tell me about yourself.

When they ask about strengths and weaknesses, again, they're not asking you for you to really tell them - I'm very good at this and I'm weak at this, but in essence, they may be asking you about how that would apply to the work force, to the workplace where you are actually going to go to work.

One of the simplest examples is you might say - "I was told early on in my career that listening was a weakness. I didn't listen very well because I was always ready to answer whatever it was they were saying. The good news was they were right and I figured that out, so what I've done now is I've taken a weakness of not listening very well. I've taken classes on it, I've read books on it, I've done studies on it, and over the last few years what I've determined is I really wasn't a good listener, but now I really trained myself to understand the importance to listening to the person before I try to answer."
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Post comment Comment (6 replies)

Reply wangxiaoqinqq 2011-2-16 09:23
aha,really a good choice for our interview,learn more from you
Reply sayuri 2011-2-16 10:09
Thanks for your share.
Reply jakia_zou 2011-2-16 12:55
Good article,Thanks for your selfless sharing
Reply nail 2011-2-16 14:47
Good advices for interviewee
Reply sunnyv 2011-2-16 15:19
When I intereviewd applicants before, I asked them what they disliked most and I was surprised at some of the response. This reply would reveal your true nner character.
Reply venus 2011-2-17 12:13
Thanks for your sharing.

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