Which interview question is the most difficult to answer? In order to understand job seekers more quickly and accurately, today’s corporate employers, in addition to frequently updating the ’new question bank’ for interviews, also increasingly value job seekers’ workplace EQ.
However, if you are looking for a job, which interview question might make you dumbfounded? Or what interview questions are you most afraid of being asked? This article compiles 5 ‘killer’ interview questions for everyone, and provides the most detailed answers below!
1. How long have you been looking for a job? What did you do when you were unemployed?
In fact, employers will ask this interview question, and most of the hidden behind-the-scenes questions are, ‘Do you have any circumstances that make other employers not want to hire you?’ Therefore, please understand that you still have ‘immediate combat capabilities’ that you want to bring to employers. Confidence, for example, means that after quitting your last job, you gave yourself some time to review your personal career goals. Now you have a definite goal and have selected some positions that you are considering; or you choose to study again, Volunteer work for an organization, for example, can reverse the stereotype of employers looking for a gap in employment.
2. Is it acceptable to work overtime? What do you think about working overtime?
Be extremely careful when answering this interview question! Because once the answer is not ideal, the interviewer may worry that you are unable to endure the hardships and just want to come to our company to work for retirement, or even face a few special circumstances and are unwilling to fight side by side with the company.
Therefore, it is recommended that job seekers answer the interviewer with a smile: ‘I am willing to cooperate with overtime work within the legal and reasonable scope, and will work hard on the same front as the company; but I will also try to improve my work efficiency and try my best to Get the job done during business hours”.
3. After leaving your last job, who will take over your business?
Perhaps when many job seekers are asked this interview question, they will be stunned on the spot or give a very vague answer: ‘This… I’m not sure.’ But because of this, it is easy for the interviewer to think that you left your job because of I had an ‘unhappy breakup’ with my previous company, so I was indifferent or not very popular, so I had no contact with my former colleagues. It also means that your evaluation in your previous company may not be high.
Therefore, I also recommend that job seekers here try to answer the question: before you resigned, you recommended xx colleague to take over your position, or were entrusted by your supervisor to find a replacement. This is a way to gain more points for yourself.
4. What will you do if you continue to fail to achieve your work goals?
At this time, if you just answer the interviewer: ‘I will continue to work hard,’ I’m afraid it won’t be so appropriate! Because an employee who does not try to find out the problem and just continues to work hard in the wrong direction is not an outstanding talent with outstanding abilities.
Therefore, in addition to trying to give practical examples to prove yourself, you might as well tell the interviewer: ‘I will spend more time observing the situation, find effective methods, proactively work with my supervisor to solve problems, and hold the Positive and optimistic attitude”.
5. What leisure activities do you usually do after get off work?
As the saying goes: “Your future is determined after get off work”, and now this sentence has also been applied to interviews! Take the well-known Japanese company UNIQLO as an example. President and CEO Tadashi Yanai once asked a newcomer during an interview, ‘What was the last book you read?’ Although on the surface, there is no positive relationship between what book you read and working at UNIQLO. correlation, but what actually reflects is whether you have a high degree of enthusiasm for learning.
To put it simply, if you are asked an interview question about life after get off work, don’t forget to connect your interests with the job vacancy. For example, if you are applying for event planning, you can explain, “I usually collect some information.” Antiquities, so I usually like to participate in market treasure hunts, and I also observe that this kind of offline market has actually been curated in recent years, and many types of markets have developed…’
All in all, even if you are asked a ‘killer’ interview question during the interview process, don’t be intimidated and overwhelmed. Assuming that you really don’t know the answer to this question, remember not to make random guesses. Instead, you must frankly admit your shortcomings, do not bluff or big words, and at the same time confidently emphasize to the company other relevant professional advantages that you are sure of. A great way to help yourself get the admission notice more easily!
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