You write, spell, and punctuate well. That alone is a bit of an achievement these days. I've never met you and I've already found one thing you're good at.
Interviews can be tough if you don't prepare. If you do prepare, though, they're a breeze. I remember every difficult question I've been asked in interviews and I have my answers in advance.
In the interview for my current job I did get asked one I've never had before. You have someone very important with a problem, and quite a lot of unimportant people with a problem. Which problem do you fix? The one for an important person or the one that'll help many people.
I've also been put on the spot with "Tell us a joke in the next ten seconds". And "If you were me, why would you hire you?" And "What aspect of your role, if you were hired, would you least like?"
If you want the answers I gave, I'm happy to share. But it might be useful to come up with your own.
I would like to hear your answers for your last two questions actually, please. I've searched the internet for people's answers to the question "why would you hire you?", but none of them suited me. I've come up with answers to the questions, even though I think they're kind of lame, but I'm sure others want to know as well, like mumbum. I thank you and everyone for your answers, they're really helpful :)
Interviews are a bit like first dates. You can never get all of your good points across but you try your best.
For the "Why would you hire you" question, have a preprepared list of your positive traits. Don't be modest. Don't use any negatives like "I probably wouldn't hire me but I'd be making a mistake, as would you". That implies you're not hireable, that you make mistakes and that the interviewer makes mistakes. Very bad. Make the list as long as you can without it being overlong. Some of them won't stick with the interviewer, but some will.
My answer would be: I'm reliable, trustworthy, work well with or without supervision, deal well with pressure, have a positive "can do" attitude, deliver to deadlines, can communicate at all levels, have great attention to detail, work well in a team or individually, and am prepared to put in extra to make sure a job is done well. One of those isn't even true (I miss deadlines). But the person I'm describing sounds like a better option than someone who answers the question with "I don't get ill much anymore". And, yes, I genuinely had someone say that to me in an interview. His CV was so negative too. He described his leaving one job as "Having contracted every single variant of the common cold while in this post, I felt I had no further scope for development". Wittyish, but not what we wanted to hear.
"What aspect of your role would you least like" is a dreadful interview question because it traps people into being negative. This is where you first use damage limitation. Pick something very small and inconsequential; something the interviewer won't care about. Then twist it around by saying that you're looking forward to the challenge of getting better at whatever small thing you confessed to. The interviewer is prodding you to reveal something and not only are you not revealing much, you're showing you are astute enough to deal with difficult questions and the negativity of others (another positive trait).
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You write, spell, and punctuate well. That alone is a bit of an achievement these days. I've never met you and I've already found one thing you're good at.
Interviews can be tough if you don't prepare. If you do prepare, though, they're a breeze. I remember every difficult question I've been asked in interviews and I have my answers in advance.
In the interview for my current job I did get asked one I've never had before. You have someone very important with a problem, and quite a lot of unimportant people with a problem. Which problem do you fix? The one for an important person or the one that'll help many people.
I've also been put on the spot with "Tell us a joke in the next ten seconds". And "If you were me, why would you hire you?" And "What aspect of your role, if you were hired, would you least like?"
If you want the answers I gave, I'm happy to share. But it might be useful to come up with your own.
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I would like to hear your answers for your last two questions actually, please. I've searched the internet for people's answers to the question "why would you hire you?", but none of them suited me. I've come up with answers to the questions, even though I think they're kind of lame, but I'm sure others want to know as well, like mumbum. I thank you and everyone for your answers, they're really helpful :)
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Interviews are a bit like first dates. You can never get all of your good points across but you try your best.
For the "Why would you hire you" question, have a preprepared list of your positive traits. Don't be modest. Don't use any negatives like "I probably wouldn't hire me but I'd be making a mistake, as would you". That implies you're not hireable, that you make mistakes and that the interviewer makes mistakes. Very bad. Make the list as long as you can without it being overlong. Some of them won't stick with the interviewer, but some will.
My answer would be: I'm reliable, trustworthy, work well with or without supervision, deal well with pressure, have a positive "can do" attitude, deliver to deadlines, can communicate at all levels, have great attention to detail, work well in a team or individually, and am prepared to put in extra to make sure a job is done well. One of those isn't even true (I miss deadlines). But the person I'm describing sounds like a better option than someone who answers the question with "I don't get ill much anymore". And, yes, I genuinely had someone say that to me in an interview. His CV was so negative too. He described his leaving one job as "Having contracted every single variant of the common cold while in this post, I felt I had no further scope for development". Wittyish, but not what we wanted to hear.
"What aspect of your role would you least like" is a dreadful interview question because it traps people into being negative. This is where you first use damage limitation. Pick something very small and inconsequential; something the interviewer won't care about. Then twist it around by saying that you're looking forward to the challenge of getting better at whatever small thing you confessed to. The interviewer is prodding you to reveal something and not only are you not revealing much, you're showing you are astute enough to deal with difficult questions and the negativity of others (another positive trait).
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Thank you for your reply, I find it really interesting. I've read it multiple times today actually, lol!
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Ahh, you're more than welcome! :)