Top10 Best Interview Questions and Answers for 2022

hey everybody don georgiovich here with job interview tools and welcome to my channel i'm glad you're here today because i want to show you the very best way to answer the 10 most common interview questions so no matter what kind of job interview that you have coming up it's likely that they're going to ask you all 10 of these questions so i want to share with you my best tips and strategies for answering them now since these are the most popular interview questions you've probably seen or heard of them before and you may think that you know how to answer them i mean these questions have been around for a very long time but the only thing that's really changed is the best way to answer them and that's what i want to show you how to do today let's move on to the top 10 interview questions now the first one is tell me about yourself and i'm sure you've heard about this one before i mean this question comes up in every job interview and it comes in different forms like tell me about your background or how did you get started in your career so i want you to be prepared if your interviewer users uses an alternate form of the question now there are five easy steps to creating your answer to tell me about yourself step one tell your interviewer how you got started in your profession and when you first realized that you were interested in what you do then in step two talk about what you did to nurture that desire and what fueled your passion and this could really be anything then in step three mention where you went to school while touching on one or two relevant highlights or things that you learned along the way and then step four gloss over one or two key jobs or internships where you continue to nurture your desire into your career i mean you can even mention you know relevant key accomplishments and things that you learned along the way then in step five wrap up your answer with what you like about your profession and where you see yourself headed i mean you can even tie that into the position that you're interviewing for for that added impact now here's my advice to put your answer together talk about your journey in life and what brought you to your career i mean interviewers want to hear how you got started they want to hear your story you know what do you like about your career and where do you see yourself going it's very important to create a long and a short version of your answer when you have two versions this gives you a lot of flexibility so if you only prepare a long version you'll get stuck if your right viewer short on time in those instances you want to give them the short version so let me give you a quick sample answer to tell me about yourself at a young age i became interested in business i think it started when i sold candy bars for the boy scouts i actually held the record in my troop for having sold the most bars during high school i loved my business classes and i enrolled in all of them i went to ohio university to study business and i interned as a business analyst with capital markets and then i was later hired as a process specialist the role over there encompassed the responsibilities of a business analyst a tester and an operations process specialist i loved everything about the role and i could see myself going far and due to covid my contract was cut short and then i moved on to the employment development services of canada as a business analyst and today my goal is to help organizations drive innovation and implement strategic solutions to meet their technological advancement this is one of the reasons that i was drawn to this job in the first place it really seemed to align with my core values and experience i'm very excited about it and i'm certain that you will not be disappointed with me on your team and that's really all there is to it now as i'm going through these questions with you i kind of forgot to tell you that you can download all of these questions in this book right here you can get this from job interview tools.com top 10 just put in your name and email address tell me where to send this i will get you out the ebook right away so as i'm going through all these questions i'm only going to give you one sample answer for each question just because otherwise it will take forever to make this video but i have multiple answers to each of these questions in this book i think for tell me about yourself there's about six or seven different answers and variations and you know one that might you know fit you a little bit better but you know obviously you want to tell your story not mine these are just to give you examples but i also go into a lot more depth on the question and i give you more strategic insight than it can in this video so get this book download this and this is free this is my gift to you just for being here and watching me today show you how to answer these questions but you can get this from jobanderptools.com top 10. so let's move on to the next one which is why did you leave your last job now unless you're still working there you're probably going to get asked this question even if you're working you know they want to know why you want to leave but more often than not if you're not working chances are that while you were laid off you're terminated or you quit you just have to let them know the reasoning behind why you're not working at your most recent job there are four easy steps to create your answer to this question step one identify one single reason you left and focus your answer on that mentioning multiple reasons will cause employers to doubt you then in step two make sure that the reason you left would not be a concern for a prospective employer so if you left a position to pursue greater challenges just make sure that your need for those greater challenges was met in the next position that you accepted and if you quit your most recent job to pursue greater challenges make sure that your current employer you are interviewing with is capable of meeting your desire for those greater challenges then in step three if you were fired from a pastor current position isolate the reasons to one specific incident and then accept responsibility for it even if it wasn't your fault directly you're far better to own what happened to you i mean if you don't employers are probably going to doubt you then in step four if you were laid off it's usually because of economic reasons and corporate cutbacks now if that's true it would be beneficial to say that you know you were the last one on the list to go and that your boss did everything that he or she could do to save your job because well you were very liked by everyone and you were a solid performer then you want to wrap up your answer and tell a simple story with one single reason of why you left or were terminated so here's my personal advice for you remember you're not there to defend why you were fired you were there to talk about what you could do for them so it's very important to keep your answer brief when answering this question the more you talk the less likely they are to believe the your reasons for quitting here's a sample answer to why did you leave your last job the position i held previously was stagnant and there weren't any opportunities for growth within the company i was looking to move into a senior engineering position though we already had three senior engineers who out ranked me there just wasn't enough demand for our products to expand the department so i left to seek a position with a company that was able to offer me the growth that i was looking for i believe that it's important to anyone in their career to keep growing otherwise you get stagnant and complacent i ended up accepting a position with keystone engineering where i was able to work on more complex engineering projects and now after seven years with them they're changing their corporate direction to focus on large-scale engineering projects overseas and i'm just not in a position to move having just settled in with a new family so that's why i'm leaving keystone and that's really all there is to answering that question pretty straightforward so let's move on to the next describe a difficult problem and what you did to overcome it now this is a problem-solving question that tests your critical thinking skills and your overall approach you want to keep your answer related to your work experience and avoid problems from your personal life there are four easy steps to create your answer in step one you want to choose two or three stories from your past where you were faced with a difficult situation or problem and write a headline for each one of those for example the time my coworker quit and left a mess for me or the time a customer didn't get their order or the time i missed an important deadline that costs the company some credibility having three stories to talk about will prepare you if your interviewer asks you for another example then in step two expand the details of each story by using this framework you want to start off with you know when does the story start what was the problem and then what did you do about it and how did it all work out then clean up your story so it flows by removing non-essential parts because you want your story to be easy for anyone to follow and understand then in step three assemble your story using the star method this is where you explain the situation or task not both then discuss the action that you took and finalize your answer by sharing the result of what happened then in step four practice practice practice you want to have a long and a short version of your story so you are prepared to give that extra detail when interviewers want it but always lead with a short version that provides a brief overview of the events here is my personal advice for answering this question think about a time that you had to work with difficult people to accomplish a project or a task now if you don't have a story because you have little to no work experience pull one from your college years or even use a personal one as a last resort no story is too small you might feel the problem that you faced is insignificant and well you might be right but skipping the question is not an option so let's take a look at a sample answer to describing a difficult problem that you were faced with and you know what you did to overcome it our company was scheduled to deliver a presentation on a new product to one of our best clients this was a board room style meeting with their ceo and executive management team i was the project manager and i worked with our sales team who would be delivering the presentation on the day of the presentation i was called into my manager's office who proceeded to tell me that jim lance our presenter had laryngitis and well he was out for the week so my boss casually told me to deliver the presentation i mean i wanted to tell him that i wasn't prepared for such a high level meeting but i just sucked it up and started cramming with only a few hours before showtime the big moment came and we all sat in the client's boardroom and i dove right into the material i was very nervous at first but as i eased into the meeting i developed a comfort level with my audience and i started to believe that i could actually pull this off and i did it after two and a half hours our clients were thrilled with the presentation and product benefits as a result they signed the contract at the end of the next day that's really all there is to it pretty straightforward answer now if you just tuned in or you jumped to this question i wanted to let you know that you can download all of these questions in this top 10 questions book right here and you can get it from job jobinderrytools.comtop10. i will put a link in the description below but this book goes into a lot more detail than i can in this video there's multiple sample answers for each question for some of these questions i think i have six or seven sample answers but most of them there's at least three or four sample answers and i go into a lot more detail i give a lot more personal advice on how to make your answer better and i crammed all that in this little book that you can download for free my gift to you just for being here today and you can even download this and follow along with me in the videos as i go through these questions but get this this is really going to help you and i'm also making this available in audio and video formats you can download the video tracks for all the questions and the audio with all the extra detail that i'm putting in it so let's get back to the top 10 questions the next one is what are your greatest strengths now employers want to know what you're best at doing as it relates to the job that you're applying to now the key to answering this question is to align your strengths to the requirements outlined in the job description there are three simple steps to creating your answer in step one carefully read over the job description to gain a deeper understanding of the key strengths that they are looking for in candidates then in step two ask yourself how and why you feel your strengths are aligned to their needs and be honest with yourself i mean if you're struggling to articulate your strengths think back to some past projects that you worked on or even problems that you were faced with i mean what did you have to do to complete the project or solve a problem the things that you did that pulled you through are likely your strengths then in step three write down several of your strengths and rank them from the strongest to the weakest and here's my personal advice for you when answering this question don't overthink this question and don't feel that you don't have any strengths if you're not sure what your strengths are just think about what your past co-workers or boss would say about your strengths so let's take a look at a sample answer to what are your greatest strengths i'm very good at getting things done because i know how to create a plan i always begin with the end in mind when given a task i start by reviewing the long-term goals of the project or task and then i work backwards from there to build a plan or a strategy this small effort provides clear insight on everything i need to do to accomplish the task beginning with the end has allowed me to be a very successful project leader in previous roles in my last job i developed a bit of a reputation for getting things done and everyone always wanted me to lead their projects i didn't always used to be a good planner but after working on so many projects i became frustrated with myself for being a little disorganized and i forced myself to change now i feel it's so simple to do yet so many people just don't know how to create a plan and that's really about it pretty straightforward answer so let's move on to the next one here why do you want to work here it's one of my favorite questions your interviewer genuinely wants to know what you like about their company it's products it's industry reputation or it's culture i mean this is your chance to express why you want to be a member of their team and most importantly the contributions that you feel you will make as a loyal employee now there's three easy steps to creating your answer to this question in step one think back to what attracted you to wanting to apply to this job and then write those reasons down i mean what about the job posting intrigued you the most was it the type of work itself was it their company mission was it tied to their industry or type of products then in step two connect your reason for wanting to work there to something personal or emotional if you can i mean this will help reinforce your answer then in step three think about what you're best at doing as it relates to the requirements for the job and then you just put it all together so it tells a story here's my personal advice for you in answering this question give them one solid reason for why you want to work there instead of a compound reason like i want to work there because i like this and i like that and that just give them one simple genuine reason is so much stronger and more memorable than five reasons so let's take a look at the sample answer to why do you want to work here i went to medical school to become a doctor of sports medicine because i've always felt a connection to helping injured athletes because i was injured playing football in high school but i later found out that medical school is not only difficult it's just not for everyone so halfway through college i changed my major to computer science and i became a software developer i'm very content with what i do now and i just love designing and creating new software programs i've already worked as a software programmer in a few different industries high tech and manufacturing but now to have the opportunity to work as a developer in a sports medicine clinic makes me feel like i can still make a contribution by working in an environment that is dedicated to helping and rehabilitating injured sports players and that's really all there is to that answer pretty straightforward kind of gives you a good feeling for you know why that person wants to work there now as we go through all of these i want to let you know or remind you again that you can get all these questions with more sample answers in this book here for free my gift to you just for being here today you can get this from jobinterviewtools.com top 10 and like i said it has multiple answers for all the questions more detail more insight and it's free so let's move on to the next one here why should we hire you now this question gives you a unique opportunity to prove that you are the best candidate for the job and the key to answering it is to discover the needs of the employer for this role and you can find those needs in the job description now there's three easy steps to creating your answer this question step one print the job description and use highlighters to identify repeating patterns of their problems and needs for example if they keep writing statements that talk about management leadership coaching then you can assume that leadership is at the top of their list and then highlight those in blue now if they keep mentioning cost planning finance budget reports and the ability to plan a budget then you can assume that the ability to plan a budget is important to them and highlight the and highlight those in green and i'm just using finance and leadership as examples your job description will likely be different then in step two put your resume side by side to the job description and draw lines from their needs to your experiences that you could use to clearly demonstrate that you are capable of solving their problems then it's step three put it all together using this formula first thing you want to do is acknowledge their problems to demonstrate your understanding of them then talk about how you solved the same or similar problems in your last job or whatever has prepared you to take on their challenges and then talk about what you would do for them in this job and why hiring you would be beneficial to them here is my personal advice for you in answering this question make certain you understand the needs of the position and talk about your experience as a solution to their problems and that my friend is why they should hire you let's take a look at a sample answer because i can get things done one of the biggest problems you were faced with is a low customer service rating and a big factor in your lack of repeat business when i worked at citibank we went through a period where our ratings dipped and our customers showed us well by not being customers anymore i was tasked with revamping our customer service department and what i found was that our agents were not clear on what was expected of them i studied customer service strategies from other successful companies and i applied those to our own team and within three months we turned things around and our ratings improved significantly your customer service department is very similar to the one at citibank and i'm absolutely certain that i can step into this role to help you turn things around so that your customers are happy as well as the agents who serve them it's a win-win for everyone your business your customers and your team and that's really all there is to it that's a pretty short answer gives you a good feeling of you know what that person can do if they were to step into the role so let's move on to the next one here of where do you see yourself in five years from now now the best and safest answer should be aligned to the logical progression of the needs of the position i mean that way you're showing them that you know you want to do the current job at hand but as you get better at it you know that you would like to take on more responsibility and grow in that position there are five easy steps to creating your answer to this question first one step one ask yourself what is the natural progression for the type of work that i do then in step two ask yourself what is the natural progression for the position that i'm applying to your answer to step one and step two should be aligned if they're not then you need to ask yourself why not then in step three list at least three to five of your short-term career goals they can be lofty goals silly goals logical goals realistic goals the key is to write them down i mean what do you see yourself doing over the next one to two years i mean if you don't know then just guess and then ask yourself you know why is this short-term goal important to me then in step four list at least three to five long-term career goals now these can be harder to come up with because it's not easy to see that far down the road but write them down anyways and ask yourself why is this long-term goal important to me then in step five let's put it all together start your answer by describing your best short-term goal and why that's important to you followed by your best long-term goal and why that's important to you the employer should feel that you have put serious thought into where you see yourself going and why that goal is important to you now let me share with you my personal advice for answering this question adjust your vision so that it's aligned with each job you interview for when your vision shouldn't change just the path to get there where each job will offer you a different path to reach your goal let's take a look at a sample answer to where do you see yourself in five years i love leadership and i've been studying it for years by reading many books on the subject i see myself starting off as a team leader on this project and getting my feet wet over the next couple of years by implementing project plans delegating responsibility and coaching and mentoring my colleagues within three years i think i'll be ready to take my project management exam and become a certified project manager after i become certified i hope to lead a few small projects over the next couple of years and then within five or six years i would like to be in charge of some of your million dollar plus projects eventually i would like to become a senior project manager and work on some of your larger infrastructure projects both nationally and internationally and that is really all there is to answering that question about where do you see yourself in five years pretty straightforward kind of gives you good feeling for you know some of the short-term goals some of the long-term goals now i do have more sample answers to that question that you can download for free i know i've already talked to you about this before but this is a great book this is a great book to follow along with as i'm going through these videos because or these questions you might want to go back and watch this video again do it with this book get this from job interviewtools.com top 10 put in your name email address tell me where to send it i'll get it out to you right now and with a couple of minutes you should be able to start looking at it on your screen and going through it while i'm doing this video with you so free book more questions more answers more depth more insight on each question so let's move on to the next question here of what is your biggest accomplishment now the accomplishment question is designed to allow you to express achievements i mean they may as well just ask you you know what are your greatest achievements but the trick is they want to know about it in a way that's related to the job that you're applying to there are four easy steps to create your answer to this question step one write down at least five accomplishments no matter how big or small or unrelated to the job just write down the title of each one i mean that could simply be improved sales processes developed new product gave a ted talk presentation established a new market whatever this exercise will stimulate your mind so that you can remember all the really great things that you have done throughout your career organize your accomplishments from the greatest to the least great then in step two next to each accomplishment write down how achieving that or contributing to that event made you feel did it make you feel great proud satisfied honored fulfilled grateful happy whatever write it down and then write down why it made you feel that way then in step three write out the details of each accomplishment you know what did you do to achieve it and how did you do it then in step four put it all together describe what you did why you did it the impact that it had on your former employer and then the result and here is my personal advice for you in answering this question choose accomplishments from your career that led to meaningful contributions to your former or current employer only choose accomplishments that you enjoyed and that made you feel good now let's take a look at a sample answer to what are your greatest accomplishments i recently graduated from the ohio state university with a master's degree in mechanical engineering this was a very long journey for me and one of the most difficult things i have ever done in my life it's undoubtedly my most significant achievement but i had the opportunity to intern with tesla motors for two summers where i became exposed to some of the most advanced automotive technology that exists on the planet getting the tesla internship was 10 times harder than getting accepted to ohio state's graduate program over 250 000 students from all over the world had submitted applications but only 25 were accepted into the program and i'm happy to say that i was one of them i got to work side by side with some of tesla's most senior automotive engineers and though i didn't design anything being in the presence of sheer engineering greatness solidified my decision to work in the electric car industry for the foreseeable future being part of an industry that is literally changing the way humans travel is mind-blowing and being in an industry that is reducing our carbon footprint is something i can be proud of for the rest of my life and that's all there is to that question let's move on to the next one here what is your biggest weakness now sharing a weakness with an employer seems counterintuitive i mean when you're applying for a job i mean the last thing that you want to do is tell the employer things that well you're not good at doing it doesn't seem to make any sense does it but you have to think about it from the employer's point of view they simply want to know what your weaker points are so that they can put you in a position that will suit you the best there are three easy steps to creating your answer to this question let's take a look at them step one write down five areas where you are weak if you can't think of any ask a friend or a co-worker i'm sure they'll be able to come up with a few for you and then rank them in order of relevance to your career not weak to weakest career-related weaknesses would get ranked first and borderline one's personal career those would get ranked last then in step two choose your first weakness and write down why it's a weakness and what you have done to work towards improvement continue this exercise for the other four weaknesses it's a good idea to have a few of these prepared ahead of time just in case your interviewer asks you to share a second weakness believe me it happens then in step three put it all together by wrapping a story around your weakness where you talk about an area that you have struggled in and then the steps that you've taken to improve on it now let me share with you my personal advice for answering this question don't say that getting angry is your weakness because that's extremely negative and potentially hostile if you take that path use words like frustrated impatient or upsetting because they don't have all the emotional meaning that angry does now your weakness shouldn't prevent you from doing the job at hand either now let's take a look at a sample answer of what's your biggest weakness i've been a team leader project manager and a manager and sometimes i struggle with delegation not always just sometimes i mean you would think after being a manager for nine years that any manager would have this down but it can make me feel a little uneasy sometimes you see i'm actually really good at assigning work to subordinates that i've been working with for a while but if you've just been assigned to my team then my comfort level drops when i have to assign project work to you i mean this is usually a result of a lack of rapport if i don't know that person very well or what they're capable of then i'm reluctant to assign work to them and if that person has more experience than me that can make me feel a little inferior in their eyes until i get a chance to know them to get over this hurdle i've been making a concerted effort to spend more time with people who have just been assigned to my team once i get to know them and hear their stories of what they've done and you know what they want to be doing it relieves all the tension that i used to feel and now delegating work to them is so much easier i mean it's still an issue for me and probably will be for the rest of my career but as long as i work towards getting to know them as soon as they're assigned to my team the problem rarely presents itself and that's really all there is to it i think that's one of the best ways to explain what your weaknesses are now i have more sample answers to what are your greatest weaknesses and you can get those for free in this little book right here you can download download this from jobandyretools.com and put in your name email address i'll also put a link in the description below but this book goes into more detail has more questions doesn't have more questions has more sample answers for each question more detail more personal insight for me to give you that extra edge and it just covers a lot more than i can with you here in our short time in this with this video today so let's move on to the next one here the last one is do you have any questions for us the worst response you can give is that you don't have any questions it's bad because it signals to the employer that well you're not very interested in the position now there's three easy steps to creating your questions to ask step one review the job description for this position so that you understand everything that they are looking for in the ideal candidate then in step two discover what is most important to you in this job and then write down five reasons you genuinely want this job and why those reasons are important to you then write down five reasons that would prevent you from accepting this job and why then write down five things about the position that you don't understand or you need more clarity for example a reason you want the job is because it will help you grow in your career a reason not to accept the job might be that it requires more than twenty percent travel the job posting might not be clear on the type of work that you would be doing if the job description is vague then you might ask for clarity then in step three now that you've thought through the job description in detail create a list of the questions that will aid you in deciding if you will accept this position if it's offered to you now let's take a look at a few sample answers to do you have any questions for us can you describe your company culture and how it plays a role in the success of your company can you describe the first-year accountabilities for this role and the metrics you would use to evaluate my performance has a salary range been determined for this position unless you're willing to work for free don't be afraid to ask about salary but this approach is better than asking how much does the job pay i mean if discussing salary makes you uncomfortable you know then avoid the question but to those of you who don't want to waste your time interviewing for jobs that pay less than you're willing to accept asking this question early in the interview process will potentially save you a lot of time let's look at another one here what is the day-to-day routine like for this position and if i were to come to work for you what can i expect during the first 30 to 60 days what do you feel are some of the biggest challenges facing the person who accepts this position when do you plan on making a hiring decision if we were to come to an agreement and i were to accept this position can you share with me how you see me fitting in around here and what would the next six months look like and that's really all there is to it now in this book i actually have more questions that you might want to ask now the questions that i'm suggesting that you ask i'm not i'm not telling you to ask those questions in the interview those are just to kind of get your mind thinking of questions that are important to you because if you go in there and you ask them all the questions that that i shared with you in the video today or in this book then you know you might not be aligned with the job so the most important thing when answering that question is to ask questions that are important to you don't just ask questions because i said to ask them or i said that they're good questions to ask you need to evaluate whether those are good questions for you and that my friend wraps up the best answers to the top 10 most common interview questions and that's really all i have for you today but just one more time i want to offer this free book to you you can get this from job interview tools.com top 10 just put in your name email address i will send it out to you right now and this book has all the 10 questions it has more insight on each answer it has more personal comments on each answer and it has more answers for each question and and i did it that way because i can get this video out in a lot less time but i put all the questions and answers in here so i'm not i'm not shortchanging you on anything you're still getting everything and you're getting this for free you can download this for free right now now i do have a professional edition of this book that you can also get and that includes 25 additional behavioral questions but i will tell you more about the professional edition after you download this because like i said this is free and you can get it right now and it's going to really help you prepare for the next interview that you have even even if your interviews in a couple hours just going through this video with me here today is going to prepare for help you really prepare for your interview i mean you might not have time to go through the whole book if your interview is in a couple hours but this video is definitely going to get your feet wet it's going to get you prepared so that you have some idea of how to answering these questions but more importantly the more time that you put into practicing your answers to these questions the better off you're going to be and and i don't want you to memorize your answers to these questions because if you memorize your answers and you go into a job interview and all of a sudden you've got three or four interviewers asking you know tell me about yourself you know what are your greatest strengths you know why do you want to work here and if you have to pull those answers from memory you are going to be like a deer in the headlights in that interview and you don't want to be like that so i urge you to practice your answers you know in front of a video camera like i forgot like i'm talking to you today but practice them and don't just practice them one way practice them a variety of ways and don't read them from a script so if you have them printed on a piece of paper don't read that paper while you while you're practicing them you should be able to say your answers naturally from memory and they should come out slightly different each time that way you know that they are really wired in your mind because like i said if you rely on pulling them from memory and you know saying them word for word when you get into an interview you're just going to go to pieces i guarantee it i've been there i know so practice saying your answers a variety of different ways so that you're comfortable even if you're in a nervous situation you can still work through the answer but like i said if you memorize it it's going to be a lot harder for you to pull that answer out and then you're going to be second-guessing yourself as you're given that answer so it's going to be a big disaster so anyway that my friend is all i have for you today i sincerely wish you the very best on your next interview if you like this channel please subscribe and if you found this video helpful please give it a thumbs up i would really appreciate it maybe even share it with a friend or a family member who needs help on their next interview that's all i got for you i'll see you in the next video take care bye now

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