Archive for 'Job Interview Questions' Category
Job Interview Question: Tell Us About How You Handled A High Pressure / High Stress Situation
31 December 2006This is a question (really, a class of questions) that are often asked of people who are applying for jobs that sometimes have extreme pressures put on the employee. People interviewing you for management jobs will often ask some variant of this, and it’s also common for jobs with lots of tight deadlines. Many interviewers [...]
Job Interview Question: What’s Your Biggest Weakness?
6 December 2006This question is one of the most common ones people are asked in interviews - and it’s one of the biggest pains in your rear. There are a lot of ways you can make yourself look horrible answering this question, and not many that you can stand out. Yet you’re going to confront it again [...]
Job Interview Question: Why Did You Leave Your Last Job?
20 September 2006This is a common question that can be asked of pretty much anyone interviewing, unless you’re going into a job straight out of school. It’s asked fairly frequently, and you’ll need to know how you’re going to approach the question, because the answer you give can make or break the interview.
First off, why are they [...]
Job Interview Question: Why Do You Want To Work At Our Company?
8 September 2006One of many questions you have to be ready for if you’re interviewing for a job is this one: why do you want to work for us? It sounds like a simple question, but it’s geared towards teasing out a couple of important things: whether you know anything about the company you’re applying for, whether [...]
Job Interview Question: What other positions are you interviewing for?
1 September 2006Free the Drones is going to be doing a series on various job interview questions that you might run into out there when trying to switch jobs - and the answers you should be giving to them. Many people don’t know much about interviewing for jobs - hey, if you’re good at your job, you’re [...]