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No matter how well you have prepared for your interview, chances are you would be confronted with questions you don’t know how to answer. In this case, don’t get nervous. You have to accept that you are not invincible. And sometimes it might just be a trick your interviewers use to test how you respond to difficult and tough questions on the spot. They want to observe your behaviour under embarrassing and difficult situations.

Use the Seek-And-Reply technique. It allows you to

How to use the Seek-And-Reply technique?

Whenever you encounter a question that you don’t know how to answer, follow the procedures:

Think of the best PRELIMINARY answer to the question.

Break down your PRELIMINARY answer into 2 to 3 points.

Begin your answer by using diplomatic language like a politician. For example, “I DO NOT HAVE THE COMPLETE PICTURE BUT I DO THINK…..”, “AS FAR AS I CAN FIGURE IT OUT”, “TO THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE”, “IF I DO NOT UNDERSTAND YOU FULLY, I HOPE I CAN ANSWER IT IN THIS WAY……”

Here is a demonstration:

I do not have the “COMPLETE PICTURE”, so “to the best of my UNDERSTANDING AND COMPREHENSION”, I would like to express my opinion herein as……………………………………

Then you can go on to explain the first point of your PRELIMINARY answer. Make a short pause after point one and ask the interviewers:

“CAN YOU FOLLOW WHAT I AM SAYING?”

“AM I IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION?”

“DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS SO FAR?”

You are now passing the “turn” to the interviewers. They are “guided” by you to provide further information and the “answers” in their mind.

Your strategy is to dig out what is in their mind when they are asking the difficult question.

So give your fair “share” of the answer and ask them for their “share” as well.

Repeat the above procedures for point 2 and 3 of your preliminary answer.

Of course, you can quickly adapt your answers to the information they contribute under your guidance. Now you know how to answer difficult questions by using Seek-And-Reply technique.

Seek their minds before your Reply to their questions.

Use this technique to take control of a job interview.

When seeking for a job, it is important that you are ready when you face your future employer. The most challenging part is the interview.

To prepare for this, you can practice how to answer interview questions. Most interviewers have similar sets of questions. So being prepared will make the battle a lot easier. Below are some guides on how to answer interview questions.

Describe yourself.

A classic question often asked at the beginning of the interview. Make sure that you are comfortable when talking about yourself to start a pleasant conversation with the interviewer. Introduce yourself, your values, experience, achievements, qualifications, etc. Keep your answers in line with your career.

What are your strengths?

This is an easy question and you have to give them your best skills and traits. Skills are the once you have acquired from school and work which such as college degree, masterals, trainings, seminars, computer skills, typing skills, languages etc. While traits are unique character such as hard working, goal-oriented, punctual, flexible, etc. Through this question, your interviewer will have information as to what may be your future contribution to the company if they will hire you.

What are your weaknesses?

This is one of the toughest questions. We all know that everyone has a weakness but we cannot admit it during the interview. You may site only one trait skill or trait so that you will not take much time on this question. Ensure that it is a trait or skill that you can change. Then, explain to the interviewer on how you plan to overcome your weakness.

What do you know about our company/organization?

When applying for a job, you have to be resourceful. You can use the internet to search for the company’s website and their services, product, history, profile and goal. You can also check their Careers area so you have an idea on what they can offer to you as an employee. You do not need to know everything about the company.

Through your research, you can come up with your reasons why you are interested in joining their team. Make sure that your reasons are good enough to convince them that you really took time to know more about the company.

Why do you want this job (or the position offered)?

Read the qualifications and responsibilities of the Job offered. You can tell them your traits and skills that match the qualifications for the job. Then, convince them that you are capable of doing the job effectively by citing your previous work experiences or achievements. Furthermore, you can mention that your career goal is aligned with the company’s goal or that the company provides opportunities for advancement.

Why should we hire you?

Mention all your good qualities, skills, abilities and accomplishments. This is similar to selling a particular product. To convince a prospect buyer, you need to mention what is great about the product. So ask yourself this question, what is great about you to make you fitted on the job you are applying for?

Where do you see yourself five/ten/twenty years from now?

Your career goals should answer this question. Explain how you plan to move to another job position within the company. This will provide the interviewer the idea on what the company can gain from you if you achieve those goals.

Know yourself first, and then you will know how to answer interview questions. Have a positive attitude and be confident, this will greatly help in easily achieving the career you are aiming for.

There is nothing I dislike more, than attending a job interview. They are a necessary evil, no doubt, but I have always dreaded them. It seems to me that all you do is show that you are good or bad at job interviews, and not whether you are good at the job you’re a candidate for. Some job interviewers approach the interview very scientifically, reading up on techniques, psychological profiling and so on. For the interviewee, you must know how to answer job interview questions.

A job interview is the art of telling people what you think they want to hear. Having said that, there must be a degree of honesty here. We all exaggerate our experience and skills a bit from time to time, but remember that if you claim to have a four-year track record of flying passenger airplanes, you will need to back it up later on.

To answer job interview questions is to walk a thin tightrope. The questions tend to be designed to find out lots of contrary information. For example, are you a good team player and do you also enjoy working alone? Do you like to lead and are you good at following instructions?

Sometimes, I have been so nervous at job interviews that I don’t listen properly which make it difficult to answer job interview questions at all. In fact, the key is to swallow your nerves and listen intently. Otherwise, you’ll have to wing it. The questions are not there to trip you up, but to find out about you, and what’s more fascinating than talking about yourself!

When I answer job interview questions, I try to be calm and collected. I have had some success with meditation exercises before going into the interview. Some people do the much-recommended technique of imagining the interviewer in his or her underwear. I tried this once and got a fit of the giggles. Unsurprisingly, I did not get the job. Try to think of it as a conversation between equals, rather than a job interview.

The worst situation is when you really don’t want the job. In my younger days when getting a job was a case of needing cash quickly, I went for all manner of different positions. When this is the situation, they always seem to want you to answer job interview questions like, why did you choose their particular company? You have to quickly come up with an answer. Out of all the companies manufacturing ball bearings in the world, why did I choose them? Tough one.

To answer job interview questions is an art. In the end, the only person you can be is yourself. Trying to be who they want you to be is hard to sustain, especially if it’s a panel of interviewers peering at you. Each job interview gets easier. Well, it’s marginally preferable to going to the dentist.

The recruiter holding the interview will have a list of questions to ask you, but do you have a list of interview questions to ask? Your questions for interview are as, if not more, important than the interviewers! You also need to learn the right interview answer to each specific question.
Unfortunately the increasing job cuts due to the global credit crunch means a lot more people will be going through the interview process for fewer jobs, so it stands to reason that those who are better prepared for the interview question and answer game (because that’s all it is a game!) stand a far better chance of landing that dream job.
Now job interviews are always stressful, even for seasoned job seekers who have gone on countless interviews.
The best way to reduce the stress is to be prepared. Take the time to review the “standard” interview questions you will most likely be asked. Also review sample answers to these typical interview questions. Then take the time to research the company. That way you’ll be ready with knowledgeable answers for the job interview questions that specifically relate to the company and industry you are interviewing with. Your task in the interview process is to make the HR manager (or the interviewers) job as easy as possible, do that and it will be a walk in the park!
Many of the interview questions they will ask you are to be expected. I have listed a couple of the more common ones below that people seem to have problems with, study them and plan your answers ahead of time so you’ll be ready to deliver them with confidence.
What Are Your Weaknesses? This is the most dreaded question of all. Stay away from personal weaknesses like “I’m a manic depressive’ and go towards professional traits, especially ones you are actively working to overcome like ‘my design skills aren’t great’ (do not use if you are going for a job as a designer!) But then emphasis that you are taking action to improve this skill, for example ‘to get over this I am taking a course on Photoshop’.
What is your salary expectation for this job? Here they are looking for two things, one can they get you on the cheap and two have they got the budget to be able to afford you! The answer should always be fired back at the interviewer, ‘I’ll need more information about the job and the responsibilities before I can discuss salaries but can you give me an idea of the range you have budgeted for?’ This will put them on the back foot and should give you some valuable information on whether or not to continue with the interview.
A couple of final tips. When you give an interview answer always try and answer in the positive rather than the negative (especially avoiding negative comments about past employers).
Maintain eye contact with the interviewer at all times, don’t look down at your shoes when searching for an answer.
Try and make time to rehearse your questions and answers with a friend before the interview, as they say ‘practice makes perfect’.
Dress for success, it is far better to be over dressed for an interview than under dressed (it shows you are making an effort).
Good luck on your job hunting.

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