Job interview questions are like test questions. They
are only intimidating if you don’t know what they will
be. Once you figure out what will be on the test,
however, then the intimidation factor is gone. You
know what to study for, you know how to prepare, and
you can be sure to excel on either the test or the
interview. Fortunately for job seekers, there is a
simple way to determine ahead of time the job
interview questions they will face. This method does
not involve spying on the interviewer during other job
interviews, or somehow hacking into the companies
secret job interview question database. This method
takes nothing more than curiosity, research and logic.
The first step to determining what job interview
questions you will face consists of learning as much
as you can about the target job. What are this job’s
day to day duties? What results does a successful
performer achieve? What kind of environment will the
job take place in? What kind of attributes does a
successful performer display? What personal or
informal duties does the job also require? What kinds
of additional roles or responsibilities does the
company expect a successful performer to add to his or
her job? What are the most important issues facing the
industry? Who are the competitors to the target firm?
What does the target firm do in order to compete
against these competitors? What is the perception
within and without the industry about the target firm?
You will know that you have researched enough when you
can answer all these questions.
How to Predict Job Interview Questions
To predict the job interview questions you will
encounter, simply use your research findings to
determine the most important duties and expected
results of the target job. Chances are, the majority
of the job interview questions will be chosen to
discover whether or not you can perform these duties
and achieve these results. Consequently, your
preparation for these questions should focus on being
able to not only say that you can, but to prove it
with relevant examples from your work history. To do
this, simply create a list of the top requirements and
desired results and think of times in your job history
in which you have done these things. What was the
situation? What actions did you take? What were the
results?
Answer your job interview questions in this format,
and you will create a picture in the interviewer’s
mind of yourself performing the duties and getting the
results which you are describing. If you have prepared
yourself fully, you can make sure that all of these
factors match up with the situation, actions and
results relevant to the target job. Seeing your
successful performance in similar or identical
situations gives the interviewer confidence that you
can perform in the target job as well. With this
confidence in you, the interviewer does not think of
you as an unknown commodity anymore. You are a proven
performer, who is eligible to be considered for the
position in question.
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