Answering Tough Interview Questions For Dummies, 2nd Edition

404 Pages·2014·2.28 MB·English

by  Yeung, Rob

Answering Tough Interview Questions For Dummies®, 2nd Edition

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1. Table of Contents
1. Introduction

1. About This Book

2. Foolish Assumptions

3. Icons Used in This Book

4. Beyond the Book

5. Where to Go from Here
2. Part I: Getting Started with Answering Tough Interview Questions

1. Chapter 1: Understanding the Interviewing Game

1. Recognising What Interviewers Are
Looking For

2. Finding Out about Key Skills and
Qualities

1. Communicating with
people

2. Influencing others

3. Analysing situations

4. Solving problems and
making decisions

5. Demonstrating drive
and determination

6. Teamworking with
colleagues

7. Developing quickly

8. Being flexible and
adaptable

9. Planning and organising

10. Being aware of the
bigger picture

2. Chapter 2: Doing Your Job Interview Homework

1. Researching the Company

1. Gathering vital
information

2. Visiting shops and
premises

2. Linking Job Adverts to Key Skills

3. Dressing for Success

1. Suited and booted

2. Understanding the
guidelines for women

4. Getting Ready to Go

3. Chapter 3: Polishing Your Interview Performance

1. Creating the Right Impact
1. Making eye contact

2. Using your body
language

3. Creating warmth by
smiling

4. Using intonation and
inflection

2. Building Your Confidence

3. Getting Off to a Great Start
3. Part II: Making Sure You Shine in an Interview

1. Chapter 4: Talking About Yourself

1. Handling General Questions about
Yourself

1. Tell me about yourself

2. What are your
strengths?

3. What are your
weaknesses?

4. What motivates you?

5. What are you
passionate about?

6. What are your biggest
achievements?

7. What are you most
proud of?

8. What is your greatest
failure?
9. Do you have any
regrets?

10. Why should we hire
you?

2. Talking About Basic Job Skills

1. Would you say that
you're reliable?

2. What's your
absenteeism/sickness
record like?

3. How would you describe
your time management
skills?

4. Are you an organised
person?

5. Do you work well under
pressure?

6. Would you say that
you're creative?

7. Would you say you're
good with detail?

8. How do you respond to
change?

9. How are you with new
technology?

10. What software
packages are you
familiar with?

11. How would you rate
yourself as . . .?

2. Chapter 5: Talking about Problems, Perceptions and
People

1. Overcoming Interviewers’ Common
Worries

1. What makes you lose
your temper?

2. How do you respond to
authority?

3. How do you deal with
disappointment?

4. How do you cope with
job stress?

5. What's your attitude to
taking risks?

6. Ours is a work hard,
play hard culture – how
do you feel about that?

7. Tell me something
interesting about
yourself

8. What would you say
your Unique Selling
Point is?

9. Do you use Facebook
and/or Twitter?

2. Seeing Yourself As Others See You

1. What would your boss
say about you?
2. In your last appraisal,
what was said about
your performance?

3. How do you think you
can improve on your
performance?

4. What would your
colleagues say about
you?

5. How would your team
describe you?

6. How do you think your
friends would describe
you?

7. Everyone has some kind
of fault – what would
other people say your
faults are?

3. Discussing Your People Skills

1. Do you prefer to work
on your own or in a
team?

2. We all have a team role
– what would you say
your role tends to be?

3. Do you have good
presentation skills?

4. How would you rate
your customer service
skills?

5. How are you at
handling conflict?