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.