Sunday, July 25, 2021

Most common interview questions and answers

 1. Tell me about yourself?


This is [Your name] ,   I am a specialist/expert in [your area] with [no of years]  experience and the [so and so] companies that you have worked.

I love to do [Your passion], [one favorite  hobby]

You can highlight any key achievement that is relevant to the job that you are applying for. 

DO NOT bore the interviewer to death,  think of this as a warm-up question, you don't want to strain yourself and the interviewer. 








2.  Why have you applied for this role?



I have applied for this role because the key responsibilities of role are [ 2, 3 key responsibilities from the job post] , and I have previously worked on similar roles with responsibilities [ 2, 3 key responsibilities from your previous experience]  , If you don't have prior experience then you can replace the above with ,  Some of my key strengths are [2/3 key strengths that require for the job and you possess].


So , I see a match with my prior experience / skillset to the job requirements, that's why I have applied for this role.







3.  What is your strength and weakness?


 

My key strength is [you're an area of expertise ], and how  [ you have used it before ] 

My weakness is [ ex : public speaking, ability to say NO]  and [what are you doing to overcome them]


 






4.   Tell me the most difficult task that you have performed recently.

Use your STAR : Situation, Task , Action, Result.






 Example: [S] we have recently launched our app in a new country,  the downloads were overwhelming but the conversation rate to sale was very less compared to other regions we have launched before, [T] I was given this task to investigate.   [A] I have spoken to a few users and quickly realized the UI was not that intuitive, so users are simply using services from other competitors.  I have communicated this internally and organized a plan to fix the problem and documented the learning for other regions. [R] This has resulted in a successful conversation rate dramatically and also we did not face this problem with other regions that we have launched. 










 



 






Most common interview questions and answers

 1. Tell me about yourself? This is [Your name] ,   I am a  specialist/expert in [your area] with [no of years]  experience and the [so and...