Preparing for an interview is the most important thing to do when looking for a job. Unfortunately many job hunters are not always ready for an interview. Here are some interview questions and how to answer them.

Why Do You Want to Work for our company?

The interviewer wants to know your knowledge about their company and what they are into. They want to be that you have done your research about them. So always find out about the company before you go for their interview.

Why Should I Hire You?

“I can get the job done” is the simple answer. Then you can go further by explaining your skills, experience and education and how it would benefit the company. Confirm that you have all it takes to hold the position successfully.



What Are Your Weaknesses?

This isn’t an easy question to answer but there is a way to take advantage of it. For example you can say you are constantly working on improving your skills. You should answer these question with a positive conotation. Paint the weakness as a positive advantage. For instance you can say you are too anxious to get a job done which could be a weakness when working on a team.


Why Did You Leave Your Previous Job?
Well its best to be honest but you shouldn’t present it as your fault. Your answer would greatly depend on your reason. Whatever you choose to say, just make it sound logical and appropriate.

Why are you better than the rest of the candidates?
The interviewer wants to know your unique qualities. In answer this question, you can use your skills, experience and education as a point of reference. For instance, “I speak 4 languages fluently” or “I have a PhD in Physics” or “I have worked on a very similar project, and I know exactly what to expect”.


What Are Your Career Goals?
Your goals might be different from what the job requires but if you need to get considered as a great candidate for the position, your answer must please the interviewer. Make sure you career goals are flexible and you should be able to relate it to the position. This might work: “I would like to work for a reputable company, where I can continue to develop as a professional”.


What Salary Are You Seeking?
You will be safer if the employer gives you their figure but it is not always the case. So you may say what salary you expect and explain why you are worth that amount making reference to your skills and qualifications. Another trick is to answer the question with a question. For example “What budget did you have in mind for this position?”. Amother approach will be to say something like “I’m sure that if you decide to hire me, we can work out a salary figure, which will work for both parties.”


Conclusion
The important thing is to be prepared for the interview. You can practice answering those questions for a smooth presentation to woo the interviewer.

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Hayjaycity: So these are the 7 common interview questions and how to answer them....nobody go click that link wey u post now now!

O boi U harsh oo... I waz expectin 7questions alzo,waz zo surprise wen I saw jus 2questions...

Some thread starters just like giving person wahala shaa

Better!

Ok na...

Good ones

thanks

Nice.

5 out of 7 i attemptd...no 1 is a sure question!

Thnks OP. God bless

[b]What Are Your Weaknesses?[/b]



Remember being asked this at the second stage of an interview and I jokingly said,I am not sure this will be of any relevance to you and the role in particular but if you must know its Coca-Cola. Just 2 people on the panel;the group fulfillment manager and HR Coordinator, they just looked at each other and burst into laughter. Didn't sound funny to me but it did to them,dunno why.

That was the last question I got asked before the interview ended but the group fulfillment manager(reporting to her now) said to me as I left, ''you are a smart woman and that was a really smart answer,threw us off guard.By the way,what did you study and I answered HR''. HR coordinator looked at me(funny look on her face)and said ''I see!!''

I had barely opened my door before I got a phone call back from them ''You are hired,please confirm your notice period with your current employer again...bla bla bla'' and the rest they say is history.

these are the questions they've been asking since our forefathers fell asleep. these hr people better start thinking abeg. besides answering these questions doesn't guarantee any one the job.

@ op , thanks for the tip. I actually have an interview tomorrow. A tread of this nature was opened in the past on this forum and being searching for it but was unable to find it. And now you've opened a new one. God Bless you !!!!

9ice 1 bro

May God forgive the poster and the readers all together.amen. Haba!

Nice one. A few more tips:

What are your salary expectations?

-If interviewing for an experienced poistion, ensure you do your research and have idea about what is the pay for similar position in the company, then top it up with few millions. E.g you're going for an interviewfor supervisory position and your research shows supervisors in that coy earn 5-7m pa. You can make a request for 8-10m depending on other factors like special quality you have, where you're coming from and observed desperation of the employer. At the end of the negotiation, you may get up to 6-8m.

-If entry level, you hardly have control over the pay, so you mmay have a response like this:

'As a responsible and well structured organization, I believe you have in place a remuneration structure and I know I will be fairly paid based on where I fit in".

But if pressed further to state a sum, you can give a range based on what you know entry level staff earn there and probably add 1 or 2 millions. E.g you know entry levels there earn 2.5m, you can say 'anything between 3-4m should be fair enough'

Nice one bro

thepo: May God forgive the poster and the readers all together.amen. Haba!

wetin come do this again or aren't u a reader also

Nice one. Still dont know why the HR keep their salary, most job abroad will have their pay, whch eliminate question about pay. Most employer in naija are not open in their dealing, that suppose to reduce no application cos once u know the pay is mot for you, u dont need to.

[thepo]May God forgive the poster and the readers all together.amen. Haba!




But why?

thepo: May God forgive the poster and the readers all together.amen. Haba!

but why?

Thanks for the information.

Nice. Good to learn.

What Are Your Weaknesses?

This isn’t an easy question to answer but there is a way to take advantage of it. For example you can say you are constantly working on improving your skills. You should answer these question with a positive conotation. Paint the weakness as a positive advantage. For instance you can say you are too anxious to get a job done which could be a weakness when working on a team.

Well this line of response has become a lie and the most used line for that mata, d last time I 'pruned' someone going for a job interview, I had to tell the person to say d truth and quickly also mention how she has worked on it. Dat way d ansa would be far from d conventional ones. Dats y I said may God forgive d poster and the readers.

But nice piece tho.

this is mind blowing. good post @OP.

nice one @OP

OkwaIfugo: this is mind blowing. good post @OP.

I 'Shaking My Head' for your mind