A Look at Some Job Interview Questions
Some of the common job interview questions are: tell something about yourself, your educational qualification, expected salary, your work experience and so on. These questions are quite straight forward and easy to handle. But there are some tricky questions like why were you fired, how will you handle someone who is senior to you in age, what would you do if you have to report against a friend, cite an incident when you had to be tough with a co-worker, how would feel if someone junior to you has been promoted, how would you deal with your boss if he is arrogant, how would you explain a complex technical stuff to a non-technical audience, tell any incident when you failed to deliver, if your boss asks you to compromise with your ethics what would you do, if you get a better opportunity somewhere else would you quit this job, will you have difficulty if all your co-workers are of opposite sex and so on. These job interview questions are meant for testing the candidateð€™s mettle and his presence of mind.ÂThere are various questions which have been made illegal. Deciding any candidateð€™s suitability on the basis of birthplace, disability, race and religion and other things which hurt the candidateð€™s sentiments are not allowed. There are various job interview questions which are meant to test the candidateð€™s depth of knowledge. Questions based on the candidateð€™s educational qualifications, his subject knowledge, his ability to use his theoretical knowledge for practical purpose, his problem solving abilities etc are asked.Â
Sometimes a candidate is given some puzzles to solve. Questions related to test the candidateð€™s ability to work in a team is tested. Candidates are asked to describe such incidents were he took initiative to lead a team. Questions on his interpersonal skills are also asked. A question such as how do you handle stress, tries to explore a candidateð€™s ability of handling a situation effectively. Sometimes a candidate may be asked whether stress is good for him or bad for him. While dealing with such questions a candidate should be open minded and speak up his heart.