101 Great Answers to the Toughest Interview Questions by Ron Fry

Author:Ron Fry
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub, pdf
ISBN: 9781453254226
Publisher: Career Press
Published: 2012-06-19T16:00:00+00:00

Tips for Handling Questions About Work

Be Honest. But play up your strengths and whitewash your weaknesses. If you have to talk about negative experiences, point out what you learned from them and why you wouldn’t make the same mistakes again.

Introduce Only Positives. Don’t give away information that could come back to haunt you.

Strike a Balance Between Portraying Yourself as a Company Man or Woman and a Loose Cannon. Screening interviewers and hiring managers are often attracted to risk takers. But they also put a lot of stock in playing by the rules. Your preinterview research should clarify which road to take. If in doubt, choose neither; settle for a balanced reply.

Use Specific Work Situations to Substantiate Your Claims. If you sense the interview drifting into subjectivity, regain the upper hand by citing concrete examples from your past experience. Don’t just say you’re organized. Tell how you organized a complex project from beginning to end. Remember, insofar as possible, you want the interviewer basing his or her decision on the facts—your strengths, qualifications, and accomplishments—not some subjective evaluation of “chemistry.”

Choose Your Words Carefully. Make sure that you are indeed answering questions and not suggesting other areas the interviewer hadn’t thought to explore. For example, I suggest, “I’m looking for greater challenges,” rather than, “The boss didn’t give me enough to do.” Do you really want to travel down that road?

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