Category: Job interview tips

How To Answer What Areas Need Improvement

Getting invited to a job interview is a big deal because it gives you an opportunity to sell your strengths to the Hiring Manager – in person. You’re one-on-one with the person tasked to find the best candidate for the position you applied to. These strengths that you want to highlight in the interview include

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How To Answer What Makes You Unique

Maybe you’re someone who can brush your teeth and comb your hair at the same time. But that’s not what the Hiring Manager wants to hear when he asks you “What makes you unique?” This question is an opportunity for you to stake your claim for the job and share the unique skills, abilities, and

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How To Answer Behavioral Interview Questions

Getting a phone call or an email notifying you of an interview schedule is a big moment. It means that of the resumes sent by hundreds of job applicants, the recruiter found yours impressive enough to qualify for an interview with the Hiring Manager. A job interview isn’t an in-person validation of the information shared

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How To Answer What Are Your Strengths

If someone asked you about your strengths at a party, you can confidently sit back and casually talk about your strong points – maybe with a tad bit more mustard in your descriptions. But such won’t be – or can’t be the case – when a Hiring Manager asks you “What are your strengths” during

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How To Answer What Is Your Greatest Weakness

The job interview is an opportunity for you to present the details that weren’t available in the resume. This time to the person tasked to streamline the number of qualified candidates or select the new hire outright – the Hiring Manager. You want to impress the Hiring Manager and convince him that choosing you is

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How To Answer Why Are You Interested In This Position

The resume gives Human Resources an idea of what you can do; if you have the necessary skills to qualify for the open position in the company. Job applicants who fit the bill move on to become job candidates and are invited to an interview by the Hiring Manager. The interview is a big step

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How To Answer Why Should We Hire You

The funny thing about job interviews is that you know what questions the Hiring Manager will ask you, yet the answer you give might be a career life or death situation. The truth is, there’s no one way to answer each of these questions. Because each company has different needs and expectations of its ideal

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How To Answer Salary Expectations

Your interview could be going well and you’re starting to feel confident about next Monday being your first day on the job. Then, comes the question that makes every job interviewee squirm: “What are your salary expectations for the job?” It’s a question that’s been asked for decades by Hiring Managers. Most likely, you were

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