| Interview Questions: The scary part of looking for a | | | | business, their niche and how your background maps |
| job is the fear you won't give the "right" answer to | | | | to their current business model. |
| interview questions. Google the topic and you find | | | | Still not confident? Those ambiguous questions like, "tell |
| articles with long lists of questions and appropriate | | | | me about yourself," and "what would your last |
| answers. And of course, the advice varies from | | | | manager say about you?" are not asked to stump |
| author to author often contradicting each other. So | | | | you. In fact if you understand the purpose of the |
| how is the Executive or senior IT Professional to know | | | | questions, you can relax and answer correctly every |
| what to say? | | | | time. The interviewer has made time from his/her busy |
| Since you can anticipate most questions, it is easy to | | | | schedule because there is a job opening and they |
| prepare for ones that stump you. When you are | | | | suspect you may be the right person to fill the spot. |
| searching for the "right" answer, be sure the | | | | They are looking for reasons to hire you. They want |
| interviewer will notice and not take your answer | | | | you to tell them why they are taking their time to talk |
| seriously. | | | | to you. |
| And worse, no one likes to interview a rehearsed | | | | If you have done your research, you know exactly |
| robot. Rehearsed robots don't get a second chance | | | | how to answer no matter who asks the questions. If |
| much less the job. Now you know what not to do, let's | | | | the CFO is asking, she/he wants to know how your |
| examine how you can be ready for any interview | | | | background demonstrates your fiscal responsibility. If |
| question. | | | | the Vice President of Sales is asking, she/he wants to |
| To prepare for any successful job interview, you can | | | | know how your background demonstrates concern |
| lay the groundwork to answer most questions: Know | | | | for customer's needs, and so on. The answer to any |
| the business the company is in, who their customers | | | | question during an interview starts with understanding |
| are, why the customer buys from them, how the | | | | who is asking. |
| company is positioned against the competition, the | | | | Before you embark on your job search, you must own |
| challenges the company faces, the job requirements | | | | your resume; truly know the details of your own |
| and why the job is open. The research is not easy, but | | | | background in terms of the tasks you performed and |
| once you are fully informed, there is no guess work. | | | | the affects your results had on other departments. |
| You will answer any question in terms of their | | | | Now you are ready for any interview questions. |