Job Interview Questions - By: Roshni Poddar

We find people meticulously practicing job interview questions, but still finding it difficult to get a job of their own choice. Generally we find people fretting because they always land up somewhere they never wanted to go. People may have the requisite skills and the required qualifications but they still do not end up in the job that they aspire to. All the preparation and practice done can mean nothing if you do not display a good amount of influence and really sell yourself to the interviewer. This is why thorough preparation is always good, not only of practice answers but also of behaviour and a good rapport. However while answering; the answer should not appear as rehearsed.

Some of the common job interview questions are based on factors such as:

1) Describing yourself
2) Your educational qualifications
3) Expected salary
4) Your work experience

These questions are quite straight forward and easy to handle. But there are some tricky questions like why were you fired, how will you handle someone who is senior to you in age, what would you do if you have to report against a friend, cite an incident when you had to be tough with a co-worker, how would feel if someone junior to you has been promoted, how would you deal with your boss if he is arrogant, how would you explain a complex technical stuff to a non-technical audience, tell any incident when you failed to deliver, if your boss asks you to compromise with your ethics what would you do, if you get a better opportunity somewhere else would you quit this job, will you have difficulty if all your co-workers are of opposite sex and so on. These job interview questions give a real insight in to personality and test the candidateâ€™s mettle.

Some questions are now illegal to ask. Deciding any candidateâ€™s suitability on the basis of birthplace, disability, race and religion, and other things which hurt the candidateâ€™s sentiments is disallowed. There are various job interview questions which are meant to test the candidateâ€™s depth of knowledge. Questions based on the candidateâ€™s educational qualifications, his subject knowledge, his ability to use his theoretical knowledge for realistic purpose, his problem solving skills etc are asked. Puzzles are sometimes given in an interview in order to test the candidate. Questions related to test the candidateâ€™s ability to work well as a team member is examined. Candidates are asked to describe such moments where he took the initiative to lead a team. Questions on his interpersonal skills are also asked. Questions relating to how stress or work load is handled, tries to explore a candidateâ€™s ability of handling a situation effectively. Sometimes a candidate may be asked whether stress is good for him or bad for him. While dealing with such questions a candidate should be open minded and state their true opinion.

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