tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-79700039085355812302024-03-14T00:28:32.000-07:00HR Interview QuestionsList of all frequently asked HR Interview QuestionsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7970003908535581230.post-32107027788574181592011-05-30T12:03:00.000-07:002013-03-03T12:10:31.507-08:00What is your salary expectation<br/>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>What is your salary expectation ?</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">or</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>What is your minimum salary expectation you think ?</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is a very common interview question in the HR round. Based on the answer to this question, the HR will decide on how much will you be paid. Remember that for every role with in an organisation there will be a range. Depending on your qualification and experience you fall some where between this range.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Depending on your situation, your answers may vary. Following are some of the scenarios and responses that I can think of at the moment. If you can think of any other scenarios, I request you to kindly add them by submitting the form below.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Scenario:</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1. You are a fresher.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2. Currently you don't have an offer from any other company.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">3. You don't have any other interview scheduled.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">4. Even if there is an other interview scheduled, you are not confident about getting to this stage in the interview process.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Example Response:</strong> It is better to say, I don't have any figures on my mind. I strongly believe the organisation decides the salary scale based on the industry standards. So, I will be more than happy to accept accept the offer made based on the current industry standards.</span><br /><br/>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Scenario:</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1. You are a fresher (currently have an offer) or an experienced person and currently working.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2. Currently you have an offer from an other company or your current salary is XYZ (if you are currently working).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In this scenario, make sure you have already done your research and you are aware of what is the highest and lowest salary range for a similar position in the market. If your current offered salary is in the lower side of the range, then you can ask for a hike of what ever is the difference. The number could be in terms of percentage or the actaul number itslef.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Example Response:</strong> I currently have an offer for XYZ and I am expecting 15% more. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If in case the Interviewer asks, why should I pay you 15% more than your current offer, then you can let him know about the research you have done.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>If you can fine tune the answer for this question further, please feel free to do so by submitting the form below. I thank you for your feedback.</strong></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7970003908535581230.post-64432904346273123842011-05-29T04:52:00.000-07:002013-03-03T12:12:18.427-08:00Why do you want to make career in this company<br/>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The interviewer wants to know, how much you are interested in his company or the job that is being offered. Because, if a person likes or has passion for the job and the company, he will do everything to the best of his ability. The employee will be highly motivated and naturally will have the highest productivity.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>So, when answering this question, think about all the facts that you like about the company:</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>1.</strong> The company and its brand value.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>2.</strong> The quality of the products and services.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>3.</strong> Any unique features like, has more than 100,000 employees, or has branches in every country in the world etc.</span><br /><br/>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Also, make sure to let the interviewer know how your skills and strengths can be utilized on the job that is being offered.<br />
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<strong>For example, if you are applying for a software engineer job you can say the following:</strong></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My technical skills is a perfect match for the offered job. I strongly believe, with my skills I can have the job well done and contribute to the organisation success and at the same time achieve my personal goals as well. Infact, I have been waiting for an opportunity like this from a long time. If given a chance, I will prove myslef to be a valuable resource to the organisation. To work for company XYZ is my dream. <br />
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This question can also be asked as, Why do you want to work here?</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7970003908535581230.post-82297403734508564732011-05-29T03:48:00.000-07:002013-03-03T12:13:12.030-08:00How did you handle your most challenging experience in your previous job<br/><br/>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If you are a fresher with no work experience or does not have any challenging experience, talk to your seniors or people who has experience. They may give you some examples.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Think of a stressfull thing that happened at your last job. Then write a short description of what it was and what you did. Did you work to resolve the problem? Did you remove yourself from the problem and let other handle it? Stuff like that. Just a short explaination of what happened. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is more related to problem solving, first, think of a problem you had in you work and what is the action/ solution you have taken to resolve. It is always better to explain the point in logical order with a good example. </span><br /><br/>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>When answering a question like this, you should always try and remember two things: </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">use an example. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">use the word 'teamwork'. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Employers want to know how you handle stress, how you worked through that problem, and if you're a team player. </span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7970003908535581230.post-80141629748909840252011-05-29T03:32:00.000-07:002013-03-03T12:14:07.368-08:00What are your career goals<br/><br/>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is a, very frequently asked question in the HR round. When you answer this question make sure you give realistic answers. For example a person with 1 year of experience cannot say I would see myself as a Project Manager in the next 3 years. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Every organisation has a career path and we have to spend the required time at each level, learn the stuff what it takes to get it to the next level and move on. Hence set your expectations realistic. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Next 2-3 years to become a senior developer. </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Next 3-5 years to become a team lead. </strong></span>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Also, let the interviewer know that in terms of my future career path, you are confident that if you do your work with excellence, opportunities will come your way and you will be able to achieve your career goals.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The same question can also be asked as, <strong>Where do you see yourself in the next 3 to 5 years from now</strong>.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7970003908535581230.post-3335344534299957382011-05-29T01:00:00.000-07:002013-03-03T12:15:02.700-08:00How do you handle pressure<br/>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Another common interview question, asked to find out how well you can handle stress while you are on the job. No employer would like you to give up, when there are situations of working under pressure. Hence, it is very important to let the interviewer know that, you can handle stuff very well under pressure.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong><span style="color: red;">So do not say anything like:</span></strong> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I dislike stress and cannot perform well under pressure. All organisations work with deadlines and at times there will be a crucial need to work under pressure. This is the reason why most interviewer's ask this question. </span><br /><br/>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong><span style="color: #20124d;">It is safe to say:</span></strong> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>1.</strong> First, I understand why there is a need to complete the given task at hand with in so less time and react to situations, rather than to stress. That way, the situation is handled and doesn't become stressful. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>2.</strong> I actually work better under pressure and I've found that I enjoy working in a challenging environment. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>3.</strong> Prioritizing my responsibilities so I have a clear idea of what needs to be done when, has helped me effectively manage pressure on the job. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>4.</strong> If the people I am managing are contributing to my stress level, I discuss options for better handling difficult situations with them.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7970003908535581230.post-32234324214593391672011-05-28T10:57:00.000-07:002013-03-03T12:16:04.778-08:00What do you like or dislike most about your current or last position<br/><br/>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">With this question, the interviewer is trying to find the compatibility between you and the open position you are being interviewed for. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>So do not say anything like:</strong> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>1.</strong> You dislike overtime. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>2.</strong> You dislike management. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>3.</strong> You dislike your immediate manager or co-workers. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>4.</strong> You dislike deadlines. </span>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>It is safe to say: </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>1.</strong> You like challenges. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>2.</strong> Opportunity to grow into design, architecture, performance tuning etc </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>3.</strong> Opportunity to learn and/or mentor junior developers </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>4.</strong> You dislike frustrating situations like identifying a memory leak problem or a complex transactional or a concurrency issue. You want to get on top of it as soon as possible </span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7970003908535581230.post-25846471017545000962011-05-28T10:06:00.000-07:002013-03-03T12:17:23.224-08:00Why are you looking for a change<br/>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When answering this question please make sure <strong><span style="color: red;">not to talk anything bad about your current organisation, Manager or your peer.</span></strong> What ever may be the reason why you left your present job, don't speak badly about your previous employer. The interviewer may think, you will talk bad about his company next time you're looking for another job. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;"><strong>The following are some of the reasons you shouldn't be giving for quitting your current job:</strong> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>1.</strong> They didn't pay you enough. <br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>2.</strong> Odd shift timings. <br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>3.</strong> You did not like the management. <br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>4.</strong> This new job offer pays much more than what you are getting now. <br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>5.</strong> You are fired for poor performance or bad code of conduct. </span><br /><br/>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Answers that could get interviewer the attention: </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>1.</strong> My organisation is very small and I have already spent 3 years and as there is no scope for growth with my current employer and I'm ready to move on to a new challenge. <br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>2.</strong> I'm looking for a bigger challenge and to grow my career and I couldn't job hunt part time while working. It didn't seem ethical to use my former employer's time. <br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>3.</strong> I am relocating to this area due to family circumstances and left my previous position in order to make the move. <br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>4.</strong> I am interested in a new challenge and an opportunity to use my technical skills and experience in a different capacity than I have in the past. <br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>5.</strong> I was looking for a position like this which is an excellent match for my skills and experience and I am not able to fully utilize them in my present job as there is very limited scope for growth. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Other ways of asking the same question: </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1. Why are you leaving your job? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2. Why did you leave your job? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">3. What made you leave your current job?</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7970003908535581230.post-17993417996875883382011-05-27T11:51:00.000-07:002013-03-03T12:18:09.812-08:00Why should we hire you?<br/><br/>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is another common question asked in your interview. This question deals with your ability to market yourself with the experience and skills you have. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The interviewer is asking this question to find out how can your skills and experience be a value add for the job you are being interviewed for. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Answers that would get the interviewer's attention: </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>1.</strong> I have three years of experience in this technology and my skills enables me to develop better products in less time </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>2.</strong> I have what it takes to fill the requirements of this job - solve customer problems using my excellent customer service skills. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>3.</strong> I have the experience and expertise in the area of customer support that is required in this position. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is the time to let the interviewer know what you can do for them and why they should listen to what you have to offer. The more detail you give, the stronger your answer will be. <strong><span style="color: red;">This is not a time to talk about what you want.</span></strong> <strong><span style="color: blue;">It is a time to summarize your accomplishments and relate what makes you unique and therefore a viable fit for this position.</span></strong> </span><br /><br/>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Look at the job description. Find out requirements of the job? Make a list of these requirements. List your skills and think of two or three key qualities you have to offer that match each requirement that the employer is seeking. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>The following are the other ways of asking the same question:</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What can you bring to this position? </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What can you bring to the table if selected? </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Why do you think you are qualified for this job? </span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7970003908535581230.post-53280404986903208392011-05-27T11:17:00.000-07:002013-03-03T12:19:10.086-08:00HR Interview Questions<br/><br/>
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<span style="color: #0066cc; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A list of all the possible HR Interview Questions can be found on this page. It is very important we prepare to answer these HR round related interview questions. If there is a question that is asked, and you require more information, please post it here.</span><br />
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<a href="http://hrinterviewquestions.blogspot.com/2011/05/tell-me-something-about-yourself.html"><span style="color: #0066cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: small; line-height: 160%; text-decoration: underline;">Tell me something about yourself?</span></a><br />
<a href="http://hrinterviewquestions.blogspot.com/2011/05/why-should-we-hire-you.html"><span style="color: #0066cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: small; line-height: 160%; text-decoration: underline;">Why should we hire you?</span></a><br />
<a href="http://hrinterviewquestions.blogspot.com/2011/05/why-are-you-looking-for-change.html"><span style="color: #0066cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: small; line-height: 160%; text-decoration: underline;">Why are you looking for a change?</span></a><br />
<a href="http://hrinterviewquestions.blogspot.com/2011/05/what-do-you-like-or-dislike-most-about.html"><span style="color: #0066cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: small; line-height: 160%; text-decoration: underline;">What do you like or dislike most about your current or last position?</span></a><br />
<a href="http://hrinterviewquestions.blogspot.com/2011/05/how-do-you-handle-pressure.html"><span style="color: #0066cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: small; line-height: 160%; text-decoration: underline;">How do you handle pressure?</span></a><br />
<a href="http://hrinterviewquestions.blogspot.com/2011/05/what-are-your-career-goals.html"><span style="color: #0066cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: small; line-height: 160%; text-decoration: underline;">What are your career goals? or Where do you see yourself in the next 3 to 5 years from now?</span></a><br />
<a href="http://hrinterviewquestions.blogspot.com/2011/05/how-did-you-handle-your-most.html"><span style="color: #0066cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: small; line-height: 160%; text-decoration: underline;">How did you handle your most challenging experience in your previous job?</span></a><br />
<a href="http://hrinterviewquestions.blogspot.com/2011/05/why-do-you-want-to-make-career-in-this.html"><span style="color: #0066cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: small; line-height: 160%; text-decoration: underline;">Why do you want to make career in this company?</span></a><br />
<a href="http://hrinterviewquestions.blogspot.com/2011/05/what-is-your-salary-expectation.html"><span style="color: #0066cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: small; line-height: 160%; text-decoration: underline;">What is your salary expectation?</span></a><br /><br/>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is the most <strong>common and very first question usually asked in any interview</strong>. When you answer this question you usually have to tell about the following: </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Educational Qualifications:</strong> When you talk about educational qualifications, don't talk about percentages unless they are very good. If you have made any achievements like topping college academics or secured a gold medal make sure you tell about it. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Family Background:</strong> Donot spend too much of time here. Let the interviewer know your father's and mother's profession and how many siblings you have. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Hobbies/Interests:</strong> This is very important section and be prepared for follow up questions. If you say my hobby is reading books. Interviewer might ask a followup question like, what type of books you usually read. If you say I read fiction books. The interviewer might ask you, Who is your favourite author. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So be very careful when you are making up hobbies. It is better if your hobbies add value for the type of job you are doing. For example if you are going for a software engineer interview, you can say browsing internet as one of the hobby. If a software engineer has good browsing skills he might find solutions online quickly and solve the problem at hand in less time. When you say browing as one of your hobby, be prepared for the follow up interview questions like, What do you usually browse on the internet? What is your favourite website? Who is your favourite technical article writer? </span><br /><br/>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Strengths:</strong> Tell interviewer about your strengths with example. Examples of strengths are listed below. Make sure you back up each strength with an example from your past experience. </span><br />
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<strong>Hard Working in nature. </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Dedication. </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Commitment. </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Good Team player. </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Communication Skills </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Problem solving skills </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Taking Initiatives </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Beging Pro-active </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Design Skills </strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Weakness:</strong> When ever you say you have a weakness, make sure you also have a plan and working on it to over come your weakness. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Too invloved:</strong> Some times when there is a technical issue or a problem I tend to work continuously until I fix it without having a break. But what I have noticed and, I am trying to practice is that, taking a break away from the problem and thinking outside the box or taking suggestions will assist you in identifying the root cause of the problem sooner. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Over confident:</strong> Very rarely I become over confident, especially when a simple task is given, I get to solving the issue without spending much time planning. So I am working on applying the 80/20 principle of planning and implementation. Spend 80% of my effort and time in planning and 20% on implementation. </span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com5