Top 10 interview questions.

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Q2 What are your greatest strengths?

What employers are looking for:

Strengths	Weaknesses
Analytical skills	Hard skills (defined by the job description)
Communication skills	Soft skills (such as public speaking)
Leadership skills
Ability to work in a team

Sample answer:

“My biggest strength is that I can think on my feet and work under pressure. As an event manager at Company X, we were organizing an IT conference that needed several last-minute changes - a speaker cancelling because of an emergency and 2 of our volunteers not being able to show up. 

Q3 What are your most significant weaknesses?

When recruiters ask you to identify your greatest weaknesses, they are looking for the following three things: 

• Honesty. They want to know if you're honest enough to give a real weakness. Keep in mind that if you get hired, your professional weaknesses will come up in one way or another, so being open about them in advance is the best option. 

• Self-awareness, or the ability to analyze yourself and recognize the areas where you need to work on. 

• Willingness to improve. Everyone has weaknesses - even recruiters themselves. That’s why they don’t expect you to lie about it. What recruiters do expect, however, is that you’re willing (and trying) to improve.

• Sample answer-

• My greatest weakness is time management. I have always been very detail-oriented, so it sometimes takes me longer to finish a project than I initially think it will. This is why I started using time-tracking software in my last job. It made me more conscious of the time a task takes me and helped me never miss a deadline again. 
  
  
  Q4 Tell me about something you did – or failed to do – that you now feel a little ashamed of?
  
  
  
  
• Sample Answer :
  I failed to understand the value of time during my early days of college life and now I feel upset about it. Fortunately, I was able to meet corporate professionals from Indian and foreign companies who gave lectures at my college and realized the value of time and how to allocate time for what is important to live
  
  
  
  Q5 Why are you leaving (or did you leave) this position?
  
  
  “I reevaluated my career goals and decided a change was needed.”

• Goals and objectives change. And if your company doesn’t offer something that fits with your new goals, it’s fine to leave. There’s nothing wrong with this answer for why you left your last job.

  Just make sure to show the interviewer that you know what you want in your career now. And show them how their job fits into your goals. If not, they’ll be worried that you might change your mind after they hire you.
  
  
  
  
• “I’m excited about this job opportunity, as it would allow me to …”
• Q6 The “Silent Treatment”
  
  
  It's normally used by those determined to see how you respond under stress. Here's how it works: You answer an interviewer's question and instead of asking another, he or she just stares at you in a deafening silence.
  
  
  Q7 Why should I hire you?
  
  Because I have the relevant skills and knowledge required for the job.
  
  I have grown up in an environment which always taught me about ethics and standards. I will be ethical and never let down your company's standards. Because this is my first ever job I'm gonna learn with all the work without any kind of deviations and I will improve myself as well as play a key role in the development of your company.
  
  Q8 Why do you want to work at our company?
  
  “I see this opportunity as a way to contribute to an exciting/forward-thinking/fast-moving company/industry, and I feel I can do so by/with my …” “I feel my skills are particularly well-suited to this position because …” “I believe I have the type of knowledge to succeed in this role and at the company .
  
  Q9 Where do you see yourself five years from now?
  
   ‘My ultimate goal for the next five years is to master my position and advance into a managerial role within my department. I was drawn to the personalized training approach your company outlines on its website, and I truly believe this approach to training will allow me to learn new skills and grow within this position. Over the next five years, I see myself taking on new and exciting projects within your company that will prepare me for a management role with the organization.’
  
  Q10 Describe your ideal company, location, and job?
  
  The company will provide me with a good and friendly environment and help me to get success in my life. That company will be as important to me as my family. My ideal company would be, Where I enrich my knowledge and I will get professional growth if I get a chance that would be your company.