The topic of personal shortcomings is one of the trick questions during job interviews. The interviewer tries to explore as many of your weaknesses as possible.
If you are currently looking for a new job, You can find job opportunity information from various companies on the website Linkedin. One way companies use to get the right people is by conducting interviews with job applicants.
Interviews are often a crucial factor in getting a job. Therefore, You certainly know that you have to prepare yourself as best as possible, both physically and mentally when attending a job interview.
With some tips and tricks, Stories about your shortcomings can be directed so that they highlight your strengths.
This article was created specifically to help you be prepared and not panic when answering trick questions during an interview.
This article will fully explain several tips and tricks for answering trick questions when you are in a job interview.
The following are Trick Questions during Job Interviews + Answering Tips
1. Tell us about yourself
Usually this question is an opening question, therefore don't spend too much time answering it. Give answers that can answer four subjects: recent years, education, work history, and recent career experience.
2. What do you know about us ?
When this question is asked by the interviewer, You are expected to be able to discuss products or services, income, reputation, community view, target, problem, management style, the people in it, history, and company philosophy.
The tip for answering this question is to give an answer that tells the interviewer that you took the time to find out about the company. But don't act like you know everything about the company, show a desire to learn more about the company, and don't give negative answers like “I know your company is experiencing problems, that's the reason I'm here". Emphasize the company's advantages and your interest in them.
3. What can you give us? (that other people can't give)?
A tip for answering questions like this is to mention the achievements and career levels you have achieved. Mention your abilities and things that interest you, combine it with your history of achieving those things. Mention your ability to set priorities, and identify problems.
4. What do you find most interesting about this job?? And what is least interesting?
You can mention three to four attractive factors about the job you want to take and one small thing as a less attractive factor to answer this question.
5. Why should we hire you?
This question is the same as question number four, Just mention your abilities that can support the company.
6. What are you looking for in a job?
For this question, you can give an answer that revolves around opportunities within the organization. Tell the interviewer that you want to make a contribution and be recognized. Avoid answers that question personal financial stability.
7. According to you, what is the definition of the position you want?
Give short answers that revolve around duties and obligations. Make sure you understand the position before you answer.
8. How long will it take you to make a meaningful contribution to us?
Give realistic answers. Tell the interviewer that although you will try to overcome all expectations and challenges from day one, It will take you about six months to really understand the company organization and its needs.
9. How long will you be with us??
Tell the interviewer that you are interested in a career with the company but you want to remain challenged to achieve common targets.
10. From your resume, we think you are too experienced for this position. What do you think??
This is a trick question. You are expected to remain humble but confident in your abilities. The best way to answer this trick question is to say that you need to know more about the company before you can efficiently work at a higher level.
11. Why did you leave your previous job?
You should answer this question honestly but briefly and clearly, including if it is because you were fired. But what needs to be paid attention to, You should not mention personal conflicts. You need to take into account that the interviewer will probably ask a lot of questions about this issue, Don't let your emotions get carried away.
12. How do you feel when you have to leave your job?
Tell the interviewer that you are worried but don't sound panicked. Say that you are ready to accept all risks in order to get a job that is suitable for you. Don't show that you are more concerned about financial stability.
13. At your previous job, what suits you? And what's not to like?
Be careful in answering this question and bring out the positives. Describe more things you like than things you don't like. Don't mention personal matters. If you make a previous job look bad, the interviewer will wonder why you are there. This clearly reduces your professionalism.
14. What do you think about your previous boss?
This is also a question you should answer carefully. The tip for answering this question is to express the positive side because your prospective boss will feel that you will talk bad things about him like what you did to your previous boss..
15. Why don't you get a better job at your age?
Again, this could be a trick question. The tip for answering this question is to tell the interviewer that this is the reason you are looking for a job vacancy at that company. Don't be defensive.
16. How much do you want to be paid by our company??
You might be confused about answering this question if you are a fresh grad, maximize searching for information from question numbers 2 Just to find out what the standard fresh grad salary is at that company, don't go too far from that range. If you have already forgotten to find out, Tips for answering this question wisely are "I am sure that this company has set good salary standards according to the scope of work and level of work. Therefore, I want to accept the salary standards set by this company."
You can also add, "If that's the case then I feel like I should be paid more, please the company first see how my performance and performance are, Then we will negotiate further."
If you are experienced, and the nature of changing jobs because they want a promotion or salary increase, You can probably estimate the answer yourself.
17. What if you feel bored working with us, then resigned / absent from work suddenly?
You can answer this question with sentences like the following, “Dear Sir/Madam, I intended to work here from the start and I already had the motivation (including wife, child, studying, or career and so on). maybe on the way later I will be saturated and so on, I will return my intention at the beginning, motivation and goals at the beginning first. i am a highly motivated person. so I'm sure my spirit will rise again"
If necessary, you can add "if it is very saturated, I will be allowed to take time off just to refresh, I think this is normal"
This answer is to show that you don't over-promise, but also enough to convince the company that you are a logical person.
These are some examples of trick questions during interviews that are very often asked of job seekers.
The important thing you need to know when you encounter trick questions during a job interview is to remain calm and answer with confidence. Remember to always emphasize the positive side of each answer.
Hopefully with these tips and tricks, During the interview, you can answer all the trick questions and successfully get your dream job.
However, Maybe there will be other questions not mentioned above. To anticipate that, You can improve your abilities by reading a lot, including reading interesting and useful tutorial. Reading a lot can increase vocabulary.
By reading, You can also learn how to guess the meaning of a word (which is not yet known) by reading the context of other words in a sentence and also to get new motivation.
Hope it is useful