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If you are not working, keep in mind that it is not an advantage for you; therefore, prepare a good answer for the following question.
Also, if you have had a lot of rotation in the last period –by a lot of rotation, it is understood that you have changed three jobs in three years, for example-
7. Why do/did you leave your leave your current/last position?
This is a question they will always ask you. You should have a good explanation prepared. Even when the circumstances are not favorable for you, you should look for the best words for your speech.
“I need to have constant challenges. I am interested in having additional responsibilities and new opportunities that unfortunately I don’t at…, due to…”
“I was put aside because I didn’t share the objectives stated by my boss.” If you say something like this, know that they will ask you for more details. Prepare your answer, giving details doesn’t mean to be disloyal with your company or boss, don’t give details of the company that are considered confidential. You are not expected to talk about the things you shouldn’t or can’t talk about, but you should give an explanation you interlocutor can understand.
8. Mention three areas of your job you like the most.
Even if you want to change jobs because you dislike the current one, you will always find something attractive about it. Think about it. Use your own words. If you really like your job, a possible answer would be: “This is hard to answer because I like everything I do.” And right after that, mention some aspects of your job you like and – and at the same time - are related with the job you are applying for.
9. Mention three areas of your job you dislike the most.
Remember that even when you are looking for a job and that shows that there are things of your current job that you dislike, be careful when talking about this. Don’t get mad during your speech and talk about things without exaggerating their importance.
10. Describe the best supervisor you have ever had.
We have all had good and bad bosses. Choose one who has helped you in your professional development and describe them.
If you had a difficult boss, even though you had problems with them, the experience has been positive. You can say: “My relation with him was difficult, he was very demanding and sometimes even unfair, but in spite of that, I have a satisfactory development in my work and I was sometimes congratulated by my boss and superiors.”
11. Describe the best job you have ever had.
Answer this question in relation with your own experience and without exaggerating. Be aware of the requirements for the position and describe a similar one, if it corresponds. Example: if it is applicable: “The best job was the… position at… (name of the company).
12. Describe the best company you have ever worked at.
Answer adequately.
There are times when one know people who have worked for companies with a strong corporate culture, that leave a seal in their collaborators. If you are one of them, review your speech. It is important to be recognized by a company from which you learnt a lot, but don’t exaggerate. Your future employer will want someone who is happy to work with them, if they pick you.
13. What kind of references of you do you think I would get from your current/previous employer?
If you know your references will be favorable: “I know that all my references will be favorable and will confirm what we have talked here.” If you think that the references won’t be favorable: “Even when most of the references will be favorable, there may be a case in which they are not. Despite of the fact that I feel proud of my work there, my supervisor and I have never solved certain criterion differences.”
14. Do you think your work in better/worse/equal than your work mates?
Be cautious with this type of questions. You have to find the fair point. You shouldn’t give the idea of pride or undervalue yourself. One idea: “It is difficult to talk about myself, but the quality of my work has always been good. I have always fulfilled my boss’s expectations.”
15. In what areas of your current job do you stand out?
You can talk about the areas you stand out at and that –at the same time- are important for the search you are participating at.
16. In what areas of your current job don’t you stand out?
Remember you should “sell yourself” for the position and not “stand out” yourself. If you really think about your weaknesses are so many that you are not able to fulfill the requirements of the position, then, we recommend you don’t apply.
A possible answer: “I don’t have important weaknesses that can interfere with my performance at work. The only area in which I occasionally don’t stand out is… “
17. What factors contribute to your success in your current job?
We continue in the same line of suggestions than the previous ones. Look for favorable factors you have to provide and match them in your mind with part of your previous history. Example: “Principally, the experience, for example…. The training and situations in my previous jobs helped me develop more and better. The responsibility of my tasks has considerably increased. Also, the continuous education and good planning of the time and productivity.”
18. What areas would they tell me you stand out if I would ask your supervisors?
Try to relate your previous situations. Explaining your answers helps and generates confidence in your interlocutor. “According to my development revisions, I understand that I am considered a productive, efficient worker and a good team worker too.”
A previous supervisor told me… (and talk about a story you consider adequate).
19. What areas they would tell me you stand out if I would ask your subordinates? (or work mates, according to the case).
For this type of questions, try to talk about an anecdote that exemplifies good adaptability to groups and other characteristics you understand as important in relation with the required profile.
20. What are the areas you don’t stand out, according to your supervisors?
We all have aspects in which we shine less than the others. In the majority of development revisions, the supervisors consider necessary to stand out some area that they consider need to be improved. “Even when my evaluations have always been favorable, I need to improve in the… area. If these aspects are considered important in my new position, then I understand I will be able to improve.”
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