How to Answer Hard Interview Questions - And everything else you need to know to get the job you want

✍ Scribed by Charlie Gibbs

• Publisher: How To Books Ltd
• Year: 2008
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 175
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

For twenty years, I have been on the side of the desk where sits that scariest of dragons: the interviewer. The sheer variation of quality in the performance of interviewees has prompted me to distil what I've learned into one, manageable body of advice which, I hope, gives you the edge when it comes to getting that job.' As well as tips on how to prepare for, and conduct yourself at the interview itself, this book has almost 50 examples of the kind of answers interviewers really want to hear; the kind of answers that will get you that job. And if you can't find the answer to the question you want, then Charlie Gibbs will answer it for you, personally by email.

✦ Table of Contents

CONTENTS......Page 6
PREFACE......Page 12
1 FINDING THAT JOB......Page 14
Filling in your application form......Page 15
Curricula vitae......Page 16
2 PREPARING FOR THE INTERVIEW......Page 18
Personal ratings and competencies......Page 19
Levels of competence......Page 23
Researching the organisation......Page 44
Timing is everything......Page 47
Planning what to wear......Page 48
What should I take with me?......Page 51
Outside the dragon’s den......Page 52
Legislation affecting recruitment......Page 53
Sex Discrimination Act 1975......Page 54
Race Relations Act 1976......Page 57
Disability Discrimination Act 1995......Page 58
Asylum and Immigration Act 1996......Page 61
Police Act 1997......Page 63
The employment tribunal......Page 64
Preparation......Page 67
Conducting the interview......Page 68
The importance of interview notes......Page 69
5 CONDUCTING YOURSELF AT THE INTERVIEW......Page 70
Questions about your drive for achievement......Page 73
Questions about your strategic thinking......Page 78
Questions about your relationship building......Page 82
Questions about your commercial awareness......Page 86
Questions about your leadership of change......Page 90
Questions about your leadership skills......Page 94
Questions about your continuous improvement......Page 99
Questions about your customer awareness......Page 104
Questions about your decision-making skills and judgement......Page 107
Questions about your influencing skills......Page 110
Questions about your development of self and others......Page 114
Questions about your teamworking skills......Page 118
The ‘... and finally’ questions......Page 122
First-round interviews......Page 124
Final-stage interview......Page 126
Learning from rejection......Page 128
Resigning from your current job......Page 133
9 TELEPHONE INTERVIEWS......Page 136
Drive for achievement......Page 139
Strategic thinking......Page 142
Relationship building......Page 143
Commercial awareness......Page 144
Leadership of change......Page 146
Leadership skills......Page 148
Continuous improvement......Page 150
Customer awareness......Page 153
Decision-making skills and judgement......Page 155
Influencing skills......Page 157
Development of self and others......Page 160
Teamworking skills......Page 162
Specialist knowledge......Page 163
Appendix: The joke’s on HR......Page 165
Index of questions......Page 170
R......Page 174
W......Page 175