Job Interview’s Questions and Best answers should be studied and rehearsed to be confident during the actual interview.
Here are the most common questions being asked in an interview. You must prepare answer on this question and study it before embarking in an interview.
Top Interview Questions and Best Answers
- Tell me about yourself
- How did you hear about this position?
- What Is Your Greatest Strength?
- What Is Your Greatest Weakness?
- What is your greatest achievement?
- What do you know about our company?
- Why do you want to work for us?
- What skills or experience will help you succeed in this role?
- Where do you see yourself in five years?
- Why should we hire you?
- What are your salary expectations?
Here are some good answers to the common interview questions.
- Tell me about yourself.
Briefly introduced you as a professional. Be sure to mention your education background, work experience, achievements, skills that have a similarity to the qualification they have required in the applicant.
- Answer:
- I’m Rosa Mae , 25 year old, a graduate of HRM of the university of PC. I have had Three years’ experience in the XYZ company as their waiter after graduation. I am diligent, honest and dependable employee.
2. How did you hear about this position?
Describe where you got the information. Is it through by advertisement or through somebody? Employer usually asks this question to find out if you have some connections with the company, or you’re been researching and following that company. Knowing somebody in that company is good as the interviewer will just assess you is thru your connection. Also having research that company will give you some good points that you are interested in joining that company.
- Answers: (Choose one)
- I learned about the job opening thru a friend who informed me that their company is in need. Upon learning that my friend’s company is hiring I immediately applied as I been following that company.
- I’ve been an avid fan of your company and every now and then I check about your job requirements and upon checking it a week ago I found in your website regarding this hiring.
- I learned about the job opening thru local job posting / advertisement wherein your company post or contribute for job vacancies.
3. What Is your greatest strength?
Applicant’s opportunity to let the interviewer know which field he/she is excel. As an applicant choose you best skills that has significant with the requirements of the company and make it you best assets.
- Answers: (Choose one)
- Leadership skills for me is my greatest strength. I’m a team player and usually been elected as a leader for some events.
- Excellent communication skills for me are my greatest strength. I enjoy being a speaker of an event and seminars.
- Self-motivation is what I consider my greatest strength. My self-motivation is strong that I usually drive myself to initiate and then take action in any challenges that occur. I don’t need anybody to push me to act.
- My greatest strength lies on being a Problem Solver. I consider myself a problem solver as I usually interested in solving an issue. Solving an issue starts with identifying it and its causes. Once I have identify the issue and what cause it, then my next phrase is looking for the solutions. Once I found the solutions, I implement it evaluates its effectiveness.
4. What Is your greatest weakness?
Greatest weakness refers to one’s flaws. As an applicant check yourself where aspects you are not good or not doing well.
- Answers: (Choose one)
- I think my greatest weakness is that I am a perfectionist type and wants everything to be perfect to my judgment. I know this is not good as everyone has his own judgment. Maybe what’s perfect with you is not to them.
- I think my greatest weakness is that I am sensitive to other opinions. I do not welcome criticism in my work done.
- I think my greatest weakness is that I am not good in public speaking. I’m too shy to stand in a stage and discuss or depend something.
- My greatest weakness is that I am an introvert. I just want to do something alone. I hate networking as I prefer to do something in my own.
5. What is your greatest achievement?
Greatest achievement refers to the best thing that you have done successfully or done something victoriously.
- Answers: (Choose one)
- My greatest achievement so far is having acquired more skills and knowledge that enhanced my career.
- My greatest achievement so far is being awardee as a best employee of the month
- My greatest achievement so far is being a top seller for the quarter.
- My greatest achievement so far is being promoted to assistant team leader.
6. What do you know about our company?
State what is the company all about? You should know the company’s vision, mission, products, the working environment and the Key People.
- Answers: (Choose one)
- I’m impressed by your company’s vision and mission statement. I find similarities on your company’s values to my life’s values.
- I have known that your company is one of the best company that give values to each employee which is vital reason why employee stay longer in a company
- As per my research your company has a very good retention plan for the employees.
- Your company had been awarded as best place to work as it has a work friendly environment
7. Why do you want to work for us?
State why you are attracted to join in their company. Your reason should be supported with facts.
- Answers: (Choose one)
- I want to be part in a company that put a higher value of their employees and have a good mission and vision with community outreach projects. As per your research, the company has possess those qualities that why I want to be part of this company.
- As per my research, your Company is one of the best here in our place. It’s successful and a stable organization been in business for more than a decade.
- As per my research, your Company is one of the best here in our place. It’s successful and a stable organization been in business for more than a decade.
- I admire your company’s training programs, marketing campaign as well as your community involvement.
8. What skills or experience will help you succeed in this role?
This is you opportunity to lay out your skills and experience acquired that has significant to the position mention. Explain how you’re acquired skills and experience will guide you in rendering or fulfilling the job description.
- Answers: (Choose one)
- Motivation – As per experience, I think my greatest motivation will help me succeed in this role. Once a person is very motivated then he will do everything just to succeed never minding the issues occurs.
- Teamwork – I’m always good in dealing my teammates. Teamwork in an organization is a vital aspect in succeeding a task. Without teamwork the team’s objective will not be possible.
- Patience – As experience having patience in every situation help me succeed in the role as being upset in a situation has no room for me, instead i will work hard to fixed the situation.
9. Where do you see yourself in five years?
This question will test the applicant’s plan for the next five years of employment. The interviewer just wants to know if the applicant has some goals in mind to be achieved for the next five year in staying with that company
- Answers: (Choose one)
- In the next five year I viewed myself as a more mature, dependable and a team player employee. Having acquired more skills and knowledge as I stayed in your company.
- In the next five year I viewed myself in being promoted to a more senior position that leads people.
- I vision myself that within five years I have gathered learned all the fundamentals knowledge needed to a promotion to the next level.
- Within the next five years I’d Like to see myself overcome my weaknesses. I like myself to have develop the public speaking attitude that I can handle seminars and conference with confidence.
10. Why should we hire you?
The interviewer wants to know what’s in you that they will be hiring you. In this case you need to answer the interviewer all your good traits as an employees and mention all you skill and knowledge that had significant in the job requirement.
- Answers: (Choose one)
- I believe that I possess the qualifications and skills that your company is looking in the applicant
- I already have the experience of the job needed in your company so I feel confident that I can do the said job in accordance to you policies.
- I possess the passion and the knowledge & Hardworking on the job. So I think I can handle the said job correctly.
- I have the educational background needed in the job.
11. What are your salary expectations?
The interviewer here wants to have your idea how much you value yourself. You should know the average market salary in your field as a basis for your answer. Average market salary is fine for the starter. Just assess yourself worth for your final answer.
- Answers: (Choose one)
- My salary expectation will only be a little above the average salary on my field of worked.
- For me average salary in the market is fine but there must be an assurance that it will be increase as long as my performance is good.
- I’m expecting more than the average market salary as I have the enough qualification and experience for the job.
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