It is true that the interview is more stressful than meeting the in-laws because you are being evaluated and assessed by individuals who will decide your destiny.
In order to calm you down before an interview, the interviewer and recruiters have advised you that there are no right or wrong answers. But the truth is: They almost always seek out a particular technique for responding.
And that motivates us to do this PowerPoint presentation. You'll be a true interview expert by the time you finish reading this 8 Common Interview Questions because we'll cover the most frequently asked inquiries and replies.
So, let’s get started to practice those top 8 Interview Questions and its Answers!
Q1.) Tell me about yourself.
Q2.) What are your strengths?
Q3.) What are your weaknesses?
Q4.) Where do you see yourself in next five years?
Q5.) What do you know about our company?
Q6.) How well do you handle change?
Q7.) Do you work well under pressure?
Q8.) How do you make important decisions?
1. COMMON INTERVIEW QUESTIONS
Mohammad Qais Rezvani
Research Scholar
University School of Management
Kurukshetra University
rezvaniqais@gmail.com
20/04/2023
2. TOP 08 COMMON INTERVIEW
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Q1.) Tell me about yourself.
Q2.)What are your strengths?
Q3.)What are your weaknesses?
Q4.)Where do you see yourself in next five years?
Q5.)What do you know about our company?
Q6.)How well do you handle change?
Q7.)Do you work well under pressure?
Q8.)How do you make important decisions?
3. This is first and main question
asked ,by answering this well you
can make first good impression
on him.
The best way to answer this
question will be ;tell about
who you are ,where you grew
up , your Education Era ,your
personal interests and tell
about your achievements too.
(Run me through your resume)
The main purpose of the interviewer about this question is that he Wants to
know about your communication skills , how you present yourself , your
confidence level , enthusiasm , etc.
4. Q2.What is your strength?
This question sounds to be simple ,but it is not.
The best way to answer is that keep
confident ,be realistic , Explain why you
feel this as your strength ,showcase on
strength related to your job profile.
You Should say I believe in planning ,
attention to detail . Due to my nature,
people says me you are self confident
and very cool and positive person
The main philosophy behind this question is that interviewer wants to know
you could do your job Well or any other hidden personality trait that you
not mentioned in resume.
5. Q3.What is your weakness?
Weakness, the person being fear from this word in the interview .
Weakness is somewhere in everybody .Admit this line, So there
is no problem that if Interviewer ask this question.
Basically , by giving this answer you will be go through your weakness too but in
a positive manner. By this interviewer thought that you are a perfectionist.
The best way to this question is to say that
Well , I am way to detail oriented ,Try to
accomplish everything.
I want that everything should be perfect
according to me.
So , there I realize that I loose my time due to my
perfection and deposit my projects late.
The reason behind this question is that he wants to know you only know your
strength or go through with your weakness or not and to know will you be able to
speak in front of public and he wants to check your self awareness.
6. Q4.Where do you see yourself in
next five years?
Well , a person being not prepared by this question.
Normally , person haven’t idea for future ,but interviewer mainly
wants to know these things generally.
The best way to give is that five years
from now , I want to be in management
position.
Meanwhile I want to improve more to
more communication skills , wants to
take practical experience and to learn
more and more new things from my team
members. Although not everyone
promoted on this level . I believe I can
achieve the goal through hard work.
The philosophy behind this is that the interviewer wants to know that
Whether you are having short term or long term goals.
7. Q5.what do you know about our
company?
Many people let down because they are having lack of knowledge about the
company.
The best way to this question is that your
company is very well known for customer
service and you also got some
achievements in our country for the best
service provider.
And it will be my pleasure to work for
your company.
So , go through the research of that company in which you want a job , learn about
the positive attributes of that company , their products and history too.
Purpose of this question is that here interviewer wants to know that you are
serious regarding this job or have done research about our company before
applying job.
8. Q6.How will do you handle change?
The best way to this question would be that
Well , I have no idea about
cooperate challenge.
But I am well equipped in handling situations.
Though I am flexible and hard
working too so I would
able to manage the change.
Here , the main agenda for here interviewer is that he would be cope-up or
not ,because usually companies come up with some strategies , employees
may come and go .So , he wants to know would he be able to handle it.
Always says I handle changes smoothly. Wherever
there’s change of any sort, I analyze the situation and
I always try to find ways I can contribute to change
in a positive manner.
9. Q7.Do you work well under
pressure?
The best way to answer is that I believe
that my productivity is more than 100%
under difficult situations.
My philosophy is to keep calm and go
about to handle the situations.
You should be extremely confident and
make sure that you convince your
interviewer that you can work under
pressure.
The main philosophy behind this question will be that if there is some more
Work load, would you able to be work under pressure for their company or not.
Also, says “I can work well under pressure because it becomes a
new learning experience and prepares me for the next stages in
career growth.”
10. Q8.How do you make important
decisions?
The best way to question this will be , I am
Proactive while I make important decisions by
closely examining , analyzing not only the cause
of situation but also consequences of the
situation and the outcome too that I have made
and also I would take advice from my team
members that advice from my team members
that would help me a lot in talking
important decision.
The reason behind this question is that if interviewer is hiring you at any
post he wants to know if someday you have to go through with that you can
make decisions or not?
I like to gather as much information as possible to aid in my decision, but I also
consider how much time is available to me.
12. Conclusion-final tips
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