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here is the most common interview question.
Tell me about yourself.
technically a question,
more of a request,
but it is an extremely common way for your job interview to start
with a broad question just like this
and it's a good way to break the ice or to plant some interesting information that will make the interviewer curious and want to know more.
Now there are so many blogs and youtube videos all about this question and most of them will say
answer with where you are from what you studied or your experience and then maybe something interesting about you like a hobby.
This will make you sound exactly like every other person that they interview for the job
and you're really just saying the same information that you put on your resume out loud.
So right here is where you have the opportunity to stand out from the crowd.
So answer this question by saying
where you are from but then say
I am passionate about.
Well,
I am passionate about solving technical puzzles
finding ways to make people's lives easier through technology.
That's why I decided to become a product designer and to study at UCLA.
I graduated in two thousand and eighteen and I have worked for the department of health ever since
So,when you respond to
tell me about yourself,
it's essential that you think about what the interviewer is interested in,
they are not interested in your degree probably,
they have already seen that on your resume and if they are interested in specific details
let them ask you
answering the question
I am passionate about
you are painting more of a picture of who you are as a person
who you are
exactly what they are looking for
Another question is
what motivated you to apply for this position
it's a great
excellent benefits
flexible and that suits
the job is a good for you,
you need to answer this question demonstrating you
are a good for them.
There are two parts to this answer
one is reassuring the interviewer that you have read the requirements and you know
that you are a great candidate for this position.
So it's an opportunity to explain
why the role excites you
that you feel excited about the opportunity of contributing something to this team.
So to prepare,
read over the position description,
the key selection criteria and mention something specific about your experience or your passion or expertise
that tells them
you are a good fit for this role
and the second part
is the opportunity to make sure they know that you
have chosen them,
you wanna work for this company because they are a good for you,
you could work anywhere,
but you have chosen this company,
why?
this is your opportunity to flatter them
to do that,
review the organisation website and get a better understanding of the company culture and their values,
help them to understand how
your beliefs and your interests and passions align with those of the company.
you might say that your motivation for applying for this job
because the company has a great reputation for innovation and creativity
or a fantastic team culture and you value the opportunity to learn and grow within that team
or perhaps
they prioritize sustainability
and you want to contribute to organization that is creating a better future.
I have a lot of experience creating and fostering team culture.
and when I realize that an essential component of this role will involve bringing together stakeholders often with different priorities
and that commitment to collaboration is something that really drew me to this company
I believe that with the engagement,even the most unlikely partners can produce fantastic project outcomes
as a business owner myself and having interviewed many people for roles in my companies,the people who stand out
are the ones who actually show an interest in our goal.
and align with our values.
They are the ones who have taken the time to consider
who we are
and how they can help us to reach our goals.
So this is another
important opportunity to stand out from the crowd.
what are your strengths?
When you answer this question,
it is really important that you think about which of your strengths
of many many strengths
which one of those strengths will actually add value to the organization and the position that you are applying for.
Don't just tell them how good you are
tell them
how you are gonna make them look good
So you want to explain how your strength
can help organization
and provide some examples or some context to convince them that this is a strength of yours.
Anyone can say they are a good team player
but what makes this one of your strengths
using examples from your previous experience
if you
you could talk about that
or the team that you work with,
you could also talk about sports teams or other organization you are involved in
you are a non native English speaker,
you might like to highlight your ability to understand and to empathize
with represented groups in society or if you are a new you might wanna highlight determination to succeed
against you,
your persistence
in obtaining and building new networks
in your new country.
strengths,
one of my strength is that I am a problem solver
the harder the challenge the determined I am to find a solution.
I really believe that its this grit and determination to find solutions that will bring value to this organization
especially in a role where I need to bring stakeholders together to find common ground to collaborate
and to keep projects moving forward.
what are your weaknesses
about this question,
we don't want to expose negative and we don't want to turn the interviewer,
but it's important not to it.
The purpose of this question is just to let the interviewer know that you are aware of your blind spots.
the areas that you need to improve
you are aware of them and you are open to learning and developing new skills.
So when you are thinking about how to answer this question
about your weaknesses
instead ask the question
what is one area that you would like to develop your skills in
there is one aspect of the role where you have a little less experience
you wanna work on the skills
and when you highlight this to the interviewer,
make sure they know
that this is something you are aware of
and something that you are working on
give an example of something that you've been doing
to practice that skill.onstrate that you have a growth mindset that you have initiative and that you can take action needed.
Let's look at an example.
area that i am working on right now
is delegating responsibility.
I started managing a team in my previous role and
initially I handed over tasks expecting them to be returned to me exactly as I would have completed.
myself
allows my team to thrive and everyone to feel valued.
So enjoying learning more about managing a team and getting the best out of them,
but I really grateful for
opportunities to be mentored to learn from more experience managers in the team,
last question
also happens to be a request rather than a question
and it starts with
tell me about a
These are tricky,
because you need to think on your feet
designed to find out more about
who you are and how you react to certain situations
but you don't know what they are gonna ask about so it can catch you
unless you prepared
a good way to prepare for this type of question is to brainstorm.
and space to do that on the PDF that we made for you
when you brainstorm,you write down your ideas about something
and I want you to write down some ideas about where you had to collaborate with a team
or maybe take the lead in a situation
where you deal with a customer orient complaint
and where you have to solve the problem
and do something different
if you can think of an example from your own personal experience that all of these different,
you will be prepared to adapt to the during your interview
Tell me about a
a client was disappointed with your work,
how did you resolve that situation,
fortunately this hasn't happened,
but there was a time when my clients expectations didn't meet budget
is because
architects
were the creator of their dreams
or the ones that bring them to life.
I always we can go through it to
them through that helped us to reach out
the price.
similar to the Italian marvel ones that they chose,
so that we could get a similar feel but for half the price
and since this experience I provide options to all of my clients from the outset and through the project
So that discussions budget and expectations
are always throughout the project.
These clients were so happy with the result that they ended up recommending the firm to
another
client and we got a different job out of it,which is fantastic.
Now,it's impossible to know what questions you will get asked at a job interview,
but preparing for these is gonna help you to feel prepared
and help you to get off on the right foot.
don't forget that fantastic free pdf because there are five more common interview questions that we didn't have time to go through here in this video and it also has the space for you to prepare your own answers
with some extra tips and lots of examples the link to get that pdf is down in the description.
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