The document outlines five common interview questions and recommended strategies for answering them effectively. Key questions include discussing strengths and weaknesses, motivation for working at the company, reasons for leaving current employment, and future career aspirations. The goal is to prepare candidates to present themselves positively and align their responses with job-related criteria.

1. 5 MOST COMMON
INTERVIEW
QUESTIONS AND
THEIR ANSWERS

2. Hello!
I am Ben Karter
I am here because I love to give presentations.
You can find me at @benkarter_1

3. INTRODUCTION
Let’s start with the first set of slides

4. INTRODUCTION
• Job interview? One of the toughest stages
when switching or searching jobs
• Candidates tend to dread this stage
• But what if there was a way to foresee the
queries?
• Let’s find the best answers for the most
common interview questions

5. WHAT ARE YOUR
STRENGTHS?

6. WHAT ARE YOUR STRENGTHS?
• Interviewers are trying to assess whether
you have the qualities required for the job
• They also want to see how well you
understand yourself
• Strategy: Pick three or four of your
strengths that are relevant to the job and
illustrate them with examples

7. WHAT ARE YOUR
WEAKNESSES?

8. WHAT ARE YOUR WEAKNESSES?
• Interviewers want to assess your character
with this question
• They also check for any flaws that will
hamper your performance
• Strategy: State your weaknesses and
proceed to explain how you've been
working to address them

9. WHY DO YOU
WANT TO WORK
FOR US?

10. WHY DO YOU WANT TO WORK FOR US?
• The objective of this question is to assess
how serious you are about this job
• The interviewer also wants to know how
familiar you are with the company
• Strategy: Talk about how excited you are
about working for the company

11. WHY DO YOU
WANT TO LEAVE
YOUR CURRENT
JOB?

12. WHY DO YOU WANT TO SWITCH JOBS?
• The answer will tell him several things
about your attitude and career goals
• Strategy: The best way to tackle this
question is to say that you are looking for
better learning opportunities

13. WHERE DO YOU
SEE YOURSELF IN
5 YEARS?

14. WHERE DO YOU SEE YOURSELF IN 5 YEARS?
• The interviewer wants to know about your
career goals and where this position
figures in it
• Strategy: Talk about what the job will do
for your career and why you are interested
in working with this organization in
particular

15. Thanks!
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