INTERVIEW QUESTIONS: 10 YOU NEED TO KNOW HOW TO ANSWER - LIFESTYLE

The 10 most frequently asked (and insidious) questions during job interviews

Trick questions, extravagant requests, insidious questions ... nowadays, having a job interview has turned into a real job. You have to study, get informed, in short, be prepared and make it clear to human resources that your you would be the ideal candidate for that position and company. To help you, we have compiled for you the 10 most frequently asked questions for job interviews and, attached, the most suitable answers. Now you can't go wrong, that job is already yours!

But before you start, watch this video and find out how to face a job interview with your head held high!

1. List 3 strengths and weaknesses for me

This is undoubtedly one of the most popular questions during job interviews. It is used by human resources or whoever will hold the interview to understand what your strengths are and which, instead, your weaknesses. In the face of this request, you must be confident but not proud, humble but assertive and show that you are aware of yourself, for better or for worse. Focus on qualities that can be useful from a professional point of view and interesting for the position you applied for and on defects that do not affect your performance at work and therefore are not perceived as an obstacle or a threat (for example, avoid saying that you are lazy or late), but above all, add to the answer also the way in which you are working to correct them and improve yourself.

2. How should a good boss behave, in your opinion?

This is one of those questions from which it is easy to be taken aback, but do not panic, there is an answer to everything. First of all, if you are asked, it is to understand what are the values that really matter to you in the workplace and the qualities that a leader must possess to run a successful company, but also to verify if your idea of a boss is compatible with the figure who will actually perform this task above you. In your response, avoid making age discrimination (your future boss may be younger than you!) And reiterate that what matters to you is competence, honesty, communication skills and empathy.

3. Tell me about your greatest success and your greatest failure

Often, past experiences, both positive and negative, can be a valid yardstick with which to evaluate your skills. If you are asked this question during a job interview, you must try to answer, limiting yourself to the professional sphere only, without going down to the staff, an area in which the company must have no interest (within the limits of legality). Again, the answer is for recruiters to know how you work and what improvements you can make to their company. Think of a career achievement that you have received compliments for and that has made you proud of your work. As for failure, however, remain rather evasive and focus mainly on which strategy you have adopted to get up and start again, with even more awareness. After all, without that error of path, you would not be the same person who came to that interview.

4. What is the motivation that drives you to go to work every day?

Of course, it is undeniable that the main reason that drives us to work every day is the salary, but money is not everything, so don't limit your answer to that. Ambition, passion, the desire to grow professionally and to learn new things every day, these are the answers that employers want to hear from the ideal candidate.

5. What was the last mistake made in the workplace?

As with the failure-themed question, when trying to answer, choose a mistake that hasn't unduly compromised the success of your work. It doesn't have to be the last mistake you made in chronological order, opt for one that is not too serious in the eyes of the new company and to which you were able to repair promptly, providing a quick and concrete solution.

6. Why would you like to change jobs?

Even if this is actually the cause, never, ever speak ill of bosses and colleagues. Because? Simple, because those who are interviewing you today could become your colleagues of tomorrow. This is the first rule to memorize in anticipation of a job interview. Also, before providing your answer, try to think if one of the dynamics that prompted you to look for another job could also recur in the new company (for example: absence of smartworking). In that case, self-censor and turn to other answers such as distance from home to work, hours, business context. The advice we give you, however, is to provide answers without resentment or complaints, letting recruiters understand that you are simply looking for new stimuli and unprecedented challenges.

7. Why would you like to work with us?

Be prepared because a question of this type could appear at any moment during the interview. After all, from the point of view of human resources, it is more than legitimate to want to know what prompted you to send your application and why you deserve the job. Study the company you applied for and focus on its values and mission, noting how proud you would be to take part in it. Also, show your desire to be able to contribute your hard work to the company's ambitious goals.

8. Where do you imagine yourself in 5 years?

To a question like this, in addition to answering where you would see yourself in 5 years, focus on how you will get there because there is no professional growth without new challenges, constant training and lots and lots of study. These, in fact, are the only weapons that will allow you to be more and more competent and to realize yourself in your field. Thanks to this answer, you will have the opportunity to show all your ambition and prove yourself for who you are: certainly not a person who sits on his laurels.

9. How do you imagine your working day at our company?

During the interview, recruiters ask questions like this to see if your expectations are compatible with what your new job could effectively become. Also in this case, inform yourself in advance and in depth about the tasks usually performed by the position you are applying for and, whatever answer you give, bring out all your motivation and enthusiasm.

10. Do you have any questions for us?

Trivial as it may seem, when headhunters ask this question, they are not really interested in whether or not you have something to ask, but they do it to verify that you have done your homework. Only after having studied everything relevant there is to know about the company, some legitimate doubts may arise with respect to the position you would fill. So do your research and be an interesting and interested candidate!