Answering Strengths and Weaknesses

What is your biggest strength?  Tell me your greatest weakness?  Answering the strengths and weaknesses questions in an interview can be difficult, especially when they catch you off guard.  I am not convinced about the value of these questions in job interviews, but since my responsibility is to help people prepare for interviews, this is often one of the areas … Read more…

The Worst Interview Questions to Ask Imagine you’re on a first date, and things are going pretty well. You feel the chemistry and are getting excited about a second date. Your partner stares deep into your eyes and asks, “Do you have any concerns about me that I can address?” or better yet, “How do I measure up against the other people … Read more…

The Seven Most Common Interview Questions How nice would it be to go into an interview already knowing all of the questions you were going to be asked?  Unfortunately, most employers won’t give you the interview questions in advance.  Today we’re going to break down seven of the most common interview questions that hiring managers ask. Now, here’s the deal, we … Read more…

Behavioral Interview Examples Behavioral interview questions are prevalent in large organizations.  Employers use them because there is a belief that past behaviors are strongly related to how people behave in the future.  So if you were able to drive results in your last job, chances are you’ll do the same in the new position. Today we’re looking at some of the … Read more…

Illegal Interview Questions

Have you ever been asked questions at a job interview that didn’t seem relevant or made you uncomfortable? Illegal interview questions are not job-related and target information about a job applicant that can be discriminatory.  Generally speaking, HR teams do a lot of work to make sure that hiring managers don’t ask questions that are above boards, but these questions still get … Read more…

Three Common Types of Interview Questions There are three basic styles of interview questions used by HR and hiring managers.  Today, we’re going to explain them so you can prepare for your upcoming interview.  We’ll start with behavioral interview questions since they are the most common and then discuss traditional and structured questions as well.  When scheduling your interview with a … Read more…