Charotar University of Science & Technology (CHARUSAT)

Faculty of Technology & Engineering

Humanities & Social Sciences (HSS)
Academic year: 2016-17
BBA/ Semester V/Professional Communication/(HS124 D)

Project Work
Name: _________________________ Id.________________ Branch/Division/Batch:______________ __________

Refer the given possible Interview Questions and write down your answers for the same.
1. Tell me a little about yourself.
Because this is often the opening question, be careful that you dont run off at the mouth. Keep your answer to a
minute or two, and consider four topics:
Early Years
Education
Work History
Recent Career Experience
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2. What can you do for us that some else cant?
Here you have every right and perhaps obligation to toot your own horn and be a bit egotistical.
Talk about your record of getting things done.
Mention specifics from your resume or inventory of accomplishments
Say that your skills and interests, combined with history of getting things done, makes you valuable.
Mention ability to set priorities, identify problems, and use your experience and ability to solve them.
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3. Why should we hire you?
Create your answer by thinking in terms of your ability, your experience, and your energy. See Question 2 for more
detail.
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4. What do you look for in a job?

Keep you answer oriented toward the opportunities at the organization.

Talk about desire to perform and be recognized for contributions
Orient your answer toward opportunities rather than personal security
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5. Can you work under pressure and deal with deadlines?
Observe that both are facts of business life.

Take examples from your list of accomplishments to show how you have dealt successfully with
pressure and deadlines in the past.
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6.

What career options do you have at this moment?

You should try to identify three areas of interest, one of which includes this company and job.
The other two should be in related fields.
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7.

How would you define success?

Think in terms of a sense of well-being.

Consider opportunity and responsibility as components of success.
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8. If you could choose any company, where would you go?
Talk about the job and the company for which you are being interviewed.
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9. What are your long-range goals?
Refer back to the self-assessment phase of your career continuation efforts. Dont answer, I want the job youve
advertised.
Relate your goals to the company youre interviewing for: In a firm like yours, I would like to .
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10. How long will you stay with us?
Say that you are interested in a career with the organization, but admit that you would have to continue to feel
challenged to remain with an organization. Think in terms of, As long as we both feel achievement oriented.
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11. What is your management style?
You should know enough about the companys style to know that your management style will compliment it. Possible
styles include:

Task oriented (Problem solving)

Results oriented (Effect on bottom line)

Participative style (open-door method motivating people and delegating)

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12. Are you a good manager? Can you give me some examples? Do you feel that you have top management
potential?
Keep your answer achievement and task-oriented.

Rely on examples from your career to support your statements.

Stress your experience and your energy.

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13. Do you consider yourself a leader? How?
Take examples from your work experience.

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14. What important trends do you see in our industry?

Be prepared with two or three trends that illustrate how well you understand your industry.

You might consider technological challenges or opportunities

Economic conditions

Current competitive situation

Regulatory demands related to the direction in which your business is heading.
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15. Would you describe a few situations in which your work was criticized?
Be specific. Dont be emotional.
Think in terms of constructive criticism
Show that you responded positively and benefited from that criticism.
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16. What are your strong points?
Present at least three.
Use concrete, work-related examples to illustrate them.
Try to relate your answer to the interviewing organization and the specific job opening.
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17. What are your weak points?
Dont say you have none. But try to make a negative sound like a strength carried a bit to far.
I sometimes get impatient and become deeply involved when a project is running late.
Dont offer a list of weaknesses
A good interviewer may press you a bit by saying, Is there anything else? You might answer No, I
dont think so on that topic.
If the interviewer persist, come up with a second weakness, but only if you are asked for it. Dont offer

negative information unnecessarily.

Finally, show that you are working to correct your weaknesses.
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18. What do you feel this position should pay?
Salary is a delicate topic.

We suggest that you defer tying yourself to a precise figure for as long as you can do it politely.
You might say, I understand that the range for this job is between $X and $Y. That seem appropriate
for the job as I understand it.
You might answer the question with a question. Perhaps you can help me on this one. Can you tell
me if there is a range for similar jobs in the organization?
If youre asked the question during an initial screening interview, you might say that you feel you need to
know more about the responsibilities involved before giving a meaningful answer. Here too, either by
asking the interviewer or doing research during your investigation of the company, you can try to find
out whether there is a salary grade attached to the job. If there is, and if you can live with it, say that the
range seems right to you.
If the interviewer continues to probe, you might say, You know I am making $X now. Like everyone
else, Id like to improve on that figure, but my major interest is in the job itself. Remember the act of
taking a new job does not, in and of itself, make you worth more money.
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19. Do you speak to others before they speak to you?
The interviewer is probably trying to determine your ability to deal with unstable or unanticipated situations.
Say that your actions depend on specific circumstances.
While you wouldnt normally start a conversation with a stranger on the street, for example, you feel
comfortable initiating discussions with people you dont know in normal business or social settings.
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20. You can have a million dollars to launch your ideas best entrepreneurial idea. What is it?
Think about what you are passionate about. What you are good at. Be able to support your idea with reasons why it
would work. Highlight our positive traits such as goal-setting, planning, ambition and responsibility.
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