TOP INTERVIEW QUESTIONS & SAMPLE ANSWERS
- Tell me about yourself.
- Start with your name, age
- Education in short
- Family details in short
- Job experience if any
- Share your expertise & key professional skills
Sample answer: First of all, thank you for inviting me to the interview today. I would like to introduce about myself. My name is Anna. I’m 23 years old. I graduated from University of Economics. My major is Accounting. I am a flexible person. I really enjoy meeting and working with a lot of different people. Beside, I am creative, enthusiastic, and responsible for the job. I would like to explore solutions to problems and have an open mind about what will work best.
- Why do you want to work at our company?
- Tell them what you like about company
- Relate it to your long-term career goal.
Sample answer: Well, it is a great privilege for anyone to work in a reputed company like yours . First of all, I know that this is a very good environment for me to develop skills, get experience and enrich knowledge. Secondly, I can apply what I learnt at university and have chance to work with many people. Finally, this is where I can show my abilities to contribute to the company growth.
- What are your greatest strengths?
- Adaptability
- Hard working
- Honest
- Flexibility
- Optimistic
- Fast decision making
- Persistence
- Self motivated
Sample answer: I am a honest, self motivated and hard working girl with positive attitude towards my career and my life.
Other Possible Answers:
- I have an extremely strong work ethic. When I'm working on a project, I don't want just to meet deadlines. Rather, I prefer to complete the project well ahead of schedule. Last year, I even earned a bonus for completing my three most recent reports one week ahead of time.
- I have strong extremely strong writing skills. Having worked as a copy editor for five years, I have a strong attention to detail when it comes to my writing. I have also written for a variety of publications, so I know how to shape my writing style to fit the task and audience. As a marketing assistant, I will be able to effectively write and edit press releases, and update web content with accuracy and ease.
- I am a skilled salesman with over ten years of experience. I have exceeded my sales goals every quarter and I've earned a bonus each year since I started with my current employer.
- I pride myself on my customer service skills and my ability to resolve what could be difficult situations. With five years of experience as a customer service associate, I have learned to effectively understand and resolve customer issues. On a related note, I also have strong communication skills, which helps me work well with customers, team members, and executives. I am known for being an effective team member with a talent for giving presentations.
- What is your greatest weakness?
- Straightforward
- Impatient
- Sensitive
- More talkative
- Trust people very quickly
- Can’t say no when someone asks for help
- Difficult to speak lie
- A bit lazy about what is not interesting
Sample answer: I can’t say no when someone asks me for help and I’m a bit lazy about which I am not interested.
Other Possible Answers:
- When I'm working on a project, I don't want just to meet deadlines. Rather, I prefer to complete the project well ahead of schedule.
- Being organized wasn't my strongest point, but I implemented a time management system that really helped my organization skills.
- I like to make sure that my work is perfect, so I tend to perhaps spend a little too much time checking it. However, I've come to a good balance by setting up a system to ensure everything is done correctly the first time.
- I used to wait until the last minute to set appointments for the coming week, but I realized that scheduling in advance makes much more sense.
- Sometimes, I spend more time than necessary on a task, or take on tasks personally that could easily be delegated to someone else. Although I've never missed a deadline, it is still an effort for me to know when to move on to the next task, and to be confident when assigning others work.
- I had difficulty with calculus during college, but I persevered with tutoring assistance and extra effort and completed 2 levels with a B minus average.
- I've learned to make my perfectionism work to my advantage at work. I am excellent at meeting deadlines, and with my attention to detail, I know my work is correct.
- I used to like to work on one project to its completion before starting on another, but I've learned to work on many projects at the same time, and I think it allows me to be more creative and effective in each one.