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Interviewing Flashcards

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Why should I hire you?

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You’re looking for someone that’s

  • Detailed oriented
  • Communicates well at all levels
  • Technical Understanding
  • 3 of my greatest strengths
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Why do you want to change jobs?

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  • New challenges w/growth opportunities

- Exciting industry / explore it further.

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What makes you think this job is any different from all your other positions?

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  • Committed to find Co (like yours) with
    a. Stability
    b. Growth opportunities
  • Ensures a long-term relationship.
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What makes you want to work here?

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I'm looking for a Co that provides; 
   a. Stability
   b. Growth opportunities 
   c. Challenging position
You’re looking for someone that’s 
- Detailed oriented
- Communicates well at all levels
- Technical Understanding
- 3 of my greatest strengths
I believe this is a great fit
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What interests you most about this position?

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  • Growth opportunity
  • Excellent business culture
  • Stability of company
  • Challenging position
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What contributions have you made to sales, profits, cost efficiencies, or whatever?

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  • New portable mp3 player “Playaway”
  • Sales contest
  • Plan to target largest customers 1st
  • 12 to 15 appointments w/portable speaker
  • Most sold w/cash award
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Could you do your supervisor’s job?

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Yes I believe I could do it very effectively

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Would you be willing to relocate?

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  • With right opportunity

- Consider a position any location.

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Who has been the most unforgettable influence in your life?

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  • Tim Doyle
  • Muscular dystrophy
  • Confined to wheel chair
  • Most positive attitude of anyone I know
  • Inspired to focus on positive in any situation
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What causes you to lose your temper?

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  • Lack of patients w/those not giving best effort
  • Always ready to give 110% effort
  • Sometimes frustrated when others don’t do same
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How’s your health?

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  • Great health
  • Exercise regularly
  • Eat very healthy whole foods
  • Donated kidney, no issues
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What do you want to be doing 5/10 years from now?

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  • Working for your company of course
  • Specifically hope for promotion or two
  • Always enjoyed opportunity of new responsibilities
  • Is that possible if someone’s a real go getter?
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What kinds of decisions do you have difficulty making?

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  • Trying to make an important decision

- Not enough info for certainty of correct decision.

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Why are you not earning more money?

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  • Growing with my career
  • Made strong contributions
  • Making a difference in business
  • Committed to progress
  • Learning more important than income
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How do you feel about your progress so far?

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  • It’s been a positive journey
  • Great learning experience
  • Proud where I am & what took to get there
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Do you intend to continue your education?

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  • Absolutely!
  • Lifelong learner
  • Always interested in furthering education
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What are your most outstanding achievements?

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  • Rollout cutting edge software system
  • New interface & relational database
  • Concentrated amt time to learn new software
  • Created training materials & built presentation
  • Rolled training out across 4 Regions
  • Over 600 users trained in 8 week period
  • More accurate records & work efficiencies
  • Highest level of peer recognition with cash
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Which of your qualifications best fits our needs?

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  • Understanding of technology
  • Analysis
  • Troubleshooting
  • Implementation
  • Training
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How will you like working for a male/ female supervisor?

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  • Worked for both in the past
  • Enjoyed working with all of them
  • No preference for either
19
Q

How long can I count on you to stay here if I hire you?

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Stay with the company as long as

  • Growth opportunities
  • Development
  • Challenges
20
Q

What salary level do you expect?

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  • Appreciate question
  • No problem getting together on compensation
  • Better idea of responsibilities / Judge value in performing
  • Share most important duties / Typical day might look like
21
Q

Have you done the best work you are capable of doing?

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  • Always put forth 110% of my best effort
22
Q

For a sales position, can you sell me this pen on my desk?

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  • Take your time
  • Ask questions about how the pen is used
  • Feed back what he likes about pen w/sales case
  • see section on Master Presentation System, 5.5
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What do you expect to earn on this job?

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  • Appreciate you asking me
  • Wouldn’t ask unless interested in me filling position
  • (Pause) Know this about me - $$ not most important
  • More important to me;
    A. Stable company
    B. Growth & opportunity
    C. Challenged
  • Far more important to me than just the money.
  • By the way, what’s the salary range is for position?
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Q

How many people have you supervised?

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  • Managed a group of 7 system support people

- Both local & remote

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Q

Does your present employer know you’re searching?

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No they do not know I’m searching

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Q

Have you ever hired or fired anyone?

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  • Done both in the past
  • Hiring requires active listening & great questions
  • Firing requires good judgement & poise
  • Both good learning experiences
27
Q

But you don’t have… ?

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  • Eliminating Negatives 4.3.5
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Q

Can you start next week?

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  • “How soon you would you like me to start?”

- Fair to present boss

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Q

What will you do if your boss makes a counter offer?

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  • Likely I will get a counter offer

- Firmly committed to making a move at this time

30
Q

What do you want out of life anyway?

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Position where;

  • Good work environment
  • Stable company
  • Growth & opportunities
  • Challenging
  • Fair compensation
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Q

Why didn’t you accomplish more? Go to graduate school? Become a supervisor?

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Eliminating Negatives, 4.3.5

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Q

Do you have any Questions?

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Questions You Ask the Interviewer

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Closing & Wrapping Up the Interview

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Closing

  1. Trial Close
  2. Close

Wrapping Up

  1. Strong Appreciation
  2. Next Step
  3. Close the Loop
  4. Re-state the ‘Match’
  5. Six most important words
  6. Confident handshake
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Offer Response

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  • Appreciate offer
  • Honored w/opportunity w/great Co
  • Good fit & I’m very excited
  • Career very important. No snap decision
  • Sure you wouldn’t want me 2
  • Share w/wife & determine addtl Qs b4 pulling trigger
  • How soon decision needed?
  • Specific time to get together to form things up
  • Offer in Writing

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