The online training continues with the CareerJournal.com article Don’t Let Tough Questions Sabotage Your Interview. The author refers to these questions as “stress questions” which is a fair description. The article is a long read so I have compiled the 10 example questions they use:
- Could you tell me a little about yourself?
- Why did you leave your previous employer, or why are you leaving your present job?
- What are your greatest strengths?
- What are your weaknesses?
- What type of salary do you have in mind?
- What do you like most and least about your present job?
- Are you applying for any other jobs?
- Why should we hire you?
- Where do you hope to be in five years?
- Do you have any questions? Can you think of anything else you’d like to add?
A fairly complete list for sure. Personally, I do not care for #9 since the candidate is most interested in their fit for the current opening. Asking them where they will be in 5 years usually guarantees a stock answer of management in some form or another. I do agree with one line of advice from that section – “describe…what you hope to have accomplished.” That type of answer will be more revealing that the management answer.