How to answer common questions in a job interview

1 Answer truthfully even if you've been fired.
HR experts value sincerity above all. If you lie in an interview, your nonverbal language could give you away. Interviewers have experience in discovering the lies and you are automatically discarded in the selection process.
Maria Jose Martin, director of talent attraction and management of ManpowerGroup advises "answer questions with utmost sincerity, explaining examples to reinforce the message. Candidate must show really is."
If you have been fired in your previous job, do not try to hide it. "It is better to constructive criticism and highlight what has been learned from the situation," says Martin. Although I hold a grudge, never speak ill of your former colleagues or bosses: "It is not advisable to make a destructive criticism of old jobs."
2 Why do you want to work with us?
Before going to a job interview you should be well informed of the company offering the job. Tailor your answer to the company and what it expects from you.
"Based on the knowledge of the company and the position we argue why we want to get this job and take the opportunity to add value to what we can provide," advises Maria Jose Martin, director of talent attraction and management of ManpowerGroup.
3 Tell me about you ...
It is very common that the interviewer asks the candidate to tell it something about it. Not expected to analyze your resume from top to bottom because it has before. It is a way to break the ice that can serve to gain their trust.
Adecco advised to stick to the work and academic experience that has more to do with supply. The key, according to the company HR is "to highlight your academic achievements and responsibilities you have assumed in the workplace with a brief summary of your life experience."
Meanwhile, experts Laboris.net, ideally consider "short answer, be gentle and use personal marketing techniques".
4 How much money you earn?
Very often, the interviewer asks the candidate how he wants to win. If this occurs, quiet. With this question the recruiter asks whether your expectations match what the company is willing to offer.
"It's always better to give a strip because it denotes flexibility. If options vary it is important to convey, but it is also important to say if there is no option to change it," said Maria Jose Martin, ManpowerGroup specialist.
To no wrong in the figure, Laboris.net recommended "well informed about the average salary of your job". One way to look good, experts of this online job bank, is "explain that you are more interested in the opportunities that work provides that the compensation offered."
But not all experts think the same. Adecco considered to be "dangerous" to answer this question. "If you ask too could discard and if you ask some could stay with a salary less than you deserve," he says. To avoid this situation should "ask what salary range the company. If you do not respond, say you can not give a figure until more details of the offer."
5 What can bring to the company? Why should we hire you?
The company seeks to discover whether the interviewee really interested in the position offered. Sometimes the first interviews serve only to exclude candidates.
If they ask what you can bring to the company, "put in value the professional aspects and previous work experiences to illustrate what you can offer," said Maria Jose Martin, ManpowerGroup.
Adecco believes that such questions "are a good opportunity to relate your skills" and advises "emphasize your willingness to learn."
6 What are your strengths and your weaknesses?
During a job interview may ask you for your strengths and weaknesses as a professional. They are called questions of 'self'. The company expected to define yourself in order to "establish your level of knowledge and personal satisfaction, your honesty, your level of security and confidence in yourself," the portal Monster.es selection.
"In the job interview must be honest and sincere with the strengths of the curriculum and also with those to improve," said Maria Jose Martin, director of talent attraction and management of ManpowerGroup.
In terms of strengths, Adecco emphasizes the importance of "being aware of our core competencies, especially those relevant to the workplace, and highlight them in this case." In terms of weaknesses, the recruiter advised "comment those in which we are working to improve or some readily convertible into something positive like being a perfectionist or stubborn".
More information: 'Talking about your weaknesses in a job interview. "
7 What are your plans for the future?
In a job interview may ask how and where you look past four or five years. Such questions often displacing the candidate, who worries more find employment in the medium term future. The company wants to know if you are clear about your goals and set a career plan.
However, as recommended Laboris.net "try not to be too specific and stick to your aspirations in a generic sense." For example, "explains that you expect to have a job that is an ongoing challenge and allow you to develop yourself professionally and personally."
8 are not required to answer questions about your private life.
Some companies ask candidates about their private lives. Questions such as "are you married?" or "planning to become pregnant?" are frequent in the selection process. It is important to understand that you are not obliged to respond. You can avoid the question politely and courteously.
Careerbuilder believes it is "very difficult to say what personal and intimate questions entitled to Asking yourself the interviewer". In any event warns that "if you think you get upset or may be discriminatory, please avoid her in the most diplomatic way possible."
9 Do you have any questions? "Yes!"
If the interviewer asks if you have any question to do before the end, always answer yes. Formula a couple of basic questions. This will give a good image of yourself and show the interest you have for the position offered.