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Questions to Ask in a Job Interview, Part 2 (Or How to Have your Cake and Eat it, too)

Posted on 11.06.18

Questions to Ask in a Job Interview, Part 2 (Or How to Have your Cake and Eat it, too)

Last time we discussed some caveats around asking questions in a job interview, and we also covered questions related to your specific role. Today we’ll continue with the other categories, getting more “big picture” as we go. The Team You will obviously be curious about the folks you’ll be working Read More >

Filed Under: Interviewing & Salary Negotiation, Job Search Tagged: interview questions, interviewing, Job fit, job interview, job search, question to ask in the interview, Values

Questions to Ask in a Job Interview, Part 1 (Or How to Have your Cake and Eat it, too)

Posted on 10.16.18

Questions to Ask in a Job Interview, Part 1 (Or How to Have your Cake and Eat it, too)

“Do you have any questions for me?” How many times have you heard that in an interview? Well, here’s the thing: if you wait until the end of the interview to ask your questions, you’ve missed the whole point. The interview meeting--just like the entire job search process--is meant to Read More >

Filed Under: Interviewing & Salary Negotiation, Job Search Tagged: interview questions, interview questions to ask, interviewing, Job fit, job search, Values, what to ask at the interview

How to Hit Curveball Interview Questions Out of the Park

Posted on 04.16.18

How to Hit Curveball Interview Questions Out of the Park

“If you were an animal, what kind of animal would you be?” Or how about, “What is your favorite song and can you perform it for me now?” Actual interview questions, you ask? Yep. They’ve been asked in real live interviews. Once I got, “Sell this Read More >

Filed Under: Interviewing & Salary Negotiation Tagged: Curveball Questions, interview, interview questions, Interview Strategy. Personal Branding, job interview

Will You Survive (and Thrive) Tricky Interview Questions?

Posted on 04.14.16

Will You Survive (and Thrive) Tricky Interview Questions?

Imagine being asked this tricky interview question: "If you were a tree, what kind would you be? Why?" No, you're not at the "Imagination Table" in a kindergarten room, you're at a job interview. Some interview questions don’t seem to have anything to do with the job opening or the Read More >

Filed Under: Interviewing & Salary Negotiation Tagged: goofy interview questions, how to answer interview questions, interview questions, unusual interview questions

How Smart Executives Use the Job Interview

Posted on 02.25.16

How Smart Executives Use the Job Interview

Invest in focused analysis as you prepare for the job interview. The job interview is a tool that employers use to evaluate your candidacy and evaluate the level of risk in bringing you into the firm. But there’s another perspective that many executive job candidates don’t always consider. Time and Read More >

Filed Under: Executive Insights, Interviewing & Salary Negotiation, Networking Tagged: hiring, interview questions, job interviews, negotiations, recruiting

What They Really Want to Know

Posted on 11.03.15

What They Really Want to Know

During your interview, you’ll be asked a lot of questions. Usually, the interviewer cares less about the specific answer and more about understanding your character, personality and skills. When they ask you to tell them about a challenge you faced, they're actually evaluating how you deal with difficult situations. Are Read More >

Filed Under: Interviewing & Salary Negotiation Tagged: interview, interview questions

How to Prepare to Talk About Yourself in an Interview

Posted on 07.13.15

How to Prepare to Talk About Yourself in an Interview

Do you know how to talk about yourself in an interview? Start off with a list of sample interview questions. One list I found online offered sample answers to over 200 common interview questions! I don’t suggest memorizing answers to 200 questions, instead pick broad questions that when answered can Read More >

Filed Under: Career Change, Interviewing & Salary Negotiation, Job Search, Networking Tagged: impressing an interviewer, Interview Coaching, interview preparation, interview questions

Ask Questions to Increase Job Offers

Posted on 04.01.15

As job seekers prepare for an interview, they often focus on strategies for answering the questions they think they will be asked. They ask themselves, “How do I make a weakness sound like a strength?” or “How do I explain a 2-year gap in employment?” They often forget to prepare Read More >

Filed Under: Interviewing & Salary Negotiation Tagged: interview, interview questions, interviewing, job interview, job offers, job search

Interview Secrets HR Won’t Tell You

Posted on 03.05.15

Do you ever wonder what information the job interviewers are looking for? The role of human resources during the hiring process is to protect the company from fraudulent employees. This may sound dramatic, but it’s true. If you have ever watched the movie Catch Me If You Can, you Read More >

Filed Under: Interviewing & Salary Negotiation Tagged: human resources, interview, interview answers, interview help, interview prep, interview questions, interview tips, job interview, job screening

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