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4.8 ANSWER QUESTIONS |
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What to Know |
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Most interviewers ask similar questions during job interviews. These questions relate to how your skills, knowledge, training, and work experience fit the job opening in the company. Unfortunately, many job hunters do not expect the questions, and do not practice their answers before an interview. As a result, applicants may not present their strongest assets. It is difficult to give good answers to questions on the spur of the moment. If unprepared, the simplest question can throw you off balance.
You can improve your chances for success if you practice answering questions. Read the questions on the next page, write down your own personal answers, and practice your answers out loud. Then, when an interviewer asks one of the questions, you’ll be ready.
As you read the questions and begin to develop your own answers, use the following ideas: |
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- Keep your answers brief, but be certain you answer the questions thoroughly.
- Use evidence, examples, data and anecdotes to illustrate your points.
- Think about your answer before you start to speak. It is okay to pause and collect your thoughts, and then give your answer. Try to relate your response to the position for which you are applying.
- Remember, most questions have more than one purpose. As you develop your answers, think about the match between your skills and the company’s needs.
- Every chance you get, explain how you would go about doing a job rather than just saying you can do it. Do not volunteer information you are not asked for—you might talk yourself out of a job.
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Be nice to people...nice gets nice, and all things being equal, courtesy can be very persuasive. |
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