{"id":27,"date":"2006-05-17T05:39:18","date_gmt":"2006-05-17T10:39:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/?p=27"},"modified":"2006-06-05T09:20:53","modified_gmt":"2006-06-05T14:20:53","slug":"stress-interview-questions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2006\/05\/stress-interview-questions\/","title":{"rendered":"“Stress” Interview Questions"},"content":{"rendered":"

The online training continues with the CareerJournal.com article Don’t Let Tough Questions Sabotage Your Interview<\/a>. 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:<\/p>\n

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    1. Could you tell me a little about yourself?<\/li>\n
    2. Why did you leave your previous employer, or why are you leaving your present job?<\/li>\n
    3. What are your greatest strengths?<\/li>\n
    4. What are your weaknesses?<\/li>\n
    5. What type of salary do you have in mind?<\/li>\n
    6. What do you like most and least about your present job?<\/li>\n
    7. Are you applying for any other jobs?<\/li>\n
    8. Why should we hire you?<\/li>\n
    9. Where do you hope to be in five years?<\/li>\n
    10. Do you have any questions? Can you think of anything else you’d like to add?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/ol>\n

      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.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      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… Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"bgseo_title":"","bgseo_description":"","bgseo_robots_index":"","bgseo_robots_follow":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[2,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hiring","category-interview"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5Oho-r","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1100,"url":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2007\/07\/top-interview-questions\/","url_meta":{"origin":27,"position":0},"title":"Top Interview Questions","author":"Derrick Moe","date":"July 30, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"Check out this article - Top Interview Questions - from CareerBuilder.com.\u00a0 It provides a handful of interview questions along with the rationale behind them.\u00a0 A quick taste: How do you alleviate stress? 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