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What are the most common questions asked in a job interview?
Posted by Manpreet on May 19, 2021 at 8:14 pmWhat are the most common questions asked in an interview? Discuss.
Soniya Sanyal replied 3 years, 6 months ago 5 Members · 4 Replies -
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The most common interview questions are:
Tell me about yourself.
What attracted you to our company?
Tell me about your strength.
What are your weaknesses?
Where do you see yourself in five years?
Can you tell me about a time when you faced a business challenge?
What are the most important things you want in your next role?
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Some of the most asked questions in a job interview are
1. Why did you leave you previous job?
This question is asked for the interviewer to know about the excpectation the interviewee has from the organisation and what went wrong in the previous work space.
2. What is you educational background?
This is often asked to know the institution the student has been part of. It also helps to know about the academic excellence of an individual.
3. Where are you from?
This is asked in order to know the background location of the student.
4. What can you do for the company?
This question is asked to know the calibre of the candidate and to judge his limits in terms of labour and till what extent can they serve the company.
5. What salary are you expecting?
This question is asked to know whether a person is interested in work or is he there only for money. If a person is just for money they won’t give there best and just paas the time.
6. Where do you see yourself in next 5 years?
This question is asked in order to the level of labour the candidate is ready to do and how much eager they are to get sucessfull.
7. What are your weaknesses?
This question is asked as a person knowing there weakness is the strongest person as they will not allow anyone to take advantage of that.
8. What are your strengths?
If the company knows a persons strength they will be able to brush it so that it can be helpful for the company’s growth.
Other than these the interviewees notice everything,from dressing up to the way of speaking to the behaviour everything counts in a sucessfull interview. Make sure to keep these things in mind and also research about the company before the interview. -
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The most common question asked in the interview:
INTERVIEW:
It is a formal and structured talk between two people. In an interview, one person asks the question and the other one replies to them.
The one who asks the questions is known as the interviewer and the one to whom the questions are being asked is known as the interviewee.
Generally, an interview is conducted to select someone for some kind of function.
Five stages of an interview are:
1.Introduction of both, the company and the candidate
2.Small talk on any topic to make the candidate comfortable
3.Information gathering
4.Asking and answering questions
5.Wrapping up that is to end the interview.
Types of the interview are:
1.Telephonic Interview
2.The panel interview
3.The face to face interview
4.Pre-screening interview
5.Group Interview
The most common questions asked in an interview:
a. Tell us about yourself
b. What are your hobbies?
c. What are your strengths and weaknesses?
d. Why do you want to join our institute?
e. Why should we select you?
f. What quality makes you different from others?
g. Where do you see yourself in the next five years?
h. Why do you want this job?
i. Tell us about your biggest achievement
j. What shall we expect from you within two months of this job?
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Interviews can be a tough thing to handle but the task becomes easy if you are already prepared. It is better to be prepared with some questions which are commonly asked in the interview by everyone and if you know the answers to these questions and you are able to answer these questions confidently then you will surely make your first impression very good which will increase your chances of selection. Here are some common interview question which are asked almost every interview :
1. Tell me something about yourself?
2. What is the educational background and where have you done your schooling from?
3. What do you seek to learn from this job or internship?
4. How do you think you can add value to our organisation?
5. Do you have any past experience with regarding this job?
6. What are your dreams and aspirations?
7. What are your hobbies and how do you like to spend your leisure time?
8. What do you do when you are stuck in a situation and you don’t find the way out?
9. Tell a short story about yourself which highlights your values?
10. Why do you think you are the best candidate for this job?
11. Share a past experience where were you not able to complete the task in the given time?
12. Where do you see yourself in the next five years?
13. If you don’t talk to earn money what would be the thing that you would be found doing?
14. Why are you passionate about this job?
15. Why did you leave your previous job?
Answering to some of these questions may be tricky but it is always advised to answer genuinely and truthfully. Avoid telling any lies or creating fake scenarios as this may lead to your rejection. Always try to keep a subtle smile and never let the judges feel that you are nervous.
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