22.
What is your greatest strength?
Numerous answers are good, just stay positive. A few good examples:
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Your ability to prioritize.
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Your problem-solving skills.
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Your ability to work under
pressure.
o
Your ability to focus on
projects.
o
Your professional expertise.
o
Your leadership skills.
o
Your positive attitude.
23.
Tell me about your dream job.
Stay away from a specific job. You cannot win. If you say the job you are contending for is it, you strain
credibility. If you say another job is it, you plant the suspicion that you will be dissatisfied with this
position if hired. The best bet is to stay generic and say something like: "A job where I love the work,
like the people, can contribute, and can’t wait to get to work."
24.
Why do you think you would do well at this job?
Give several reasons and include skills, experience, and interest.
25.
What are you looking for in a job?
See answer #23.
26.
What kind of person would you refuse to work with?
Do not be trivial. It would take disloyalty to the organization, violence or lawbreaking to get you to
object. Minor objections will label you as a whiner.
27.
What is more important to you: the money or the work?
Money is always important, but the work is the most important. There is no better answer.
28.
What would your previous supervisor say your strongest point is?
There are numerous good possibilities:
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Loyalty
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Energy
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Positive attitude
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Leadership
o
Team player
o
Expertise
o
Initiative
o
Patience
o
Hard Work
o
Creativity
o
Problem solver
29.
Tell me about a problem you had with a supervisor.
Biggest trap of all. This is a test to see if you will speak ill of your boss. If you fall for it and tell about a
problem with a former boss, you may well blow the interview right there. Stay positive and develop a
poor memory about any trouble with a superior.
30.
What has disappointed you about a job?
Don’t get trivial or negative. Safe areas are few but can include: