most difficult job interview questions and answers important thing

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These exemplary answers will help you build an idea of the most difficult key questions that can meet you during the interview and how you can get over them. Of course, you may encounter some of these questions or not, but mostly, employers measure the efficiency of the applicant for the job through these questions, even if they formulate them in one way or another.

29 question and answer personal interview questions and their answers
TIP: Do not use typical answers as they are creative and add your personal touch to the answer. Of course, the best answer may vary depending on the situation, so answering a question in a job interview for engineers is different from questions of job interviews for marketing, for example.

1. Talk about yourself

Do not talk about what you do in the weekend activities. You do not have the slightest chance in all job interviews to be boring talking about yourself.

Focus on the following four points:

years of initiation or childhood, adolescence, and youth (pass them by quickly), then education, then training or appointment date, and then last job. Stop at the last job and dwell on what I did in this job. Usually this question is at the beginning of the job interview as a form of dating. Be quick, direct, and brief.

2. Why did you leave your last job?

Whatever you say, do not speak ill about the owner of the company, your former manager, or your former colleagues. Not because of your fear of knowing your opinion, the real reason is that even if it is that bad, your talk about them shows you the appearance of the person who takes all matters with a personal loader and not a professional loader.

Do not forget that this also shows you as a person who is unable to cope with his professional problems but chose the easiest way of resigning.

The best answer: The company was not ready to accept change or tolerate new technologies and methods or did not see my potential career path after five years

3. Explain the job title of a seven-year-old

This is one of the most difficult questions if you are unable to do your job or capabilities. All you have to do is use simple words to explain something complex. Why? Because if you are able, as you say in the CV, you know the field of work well and can explain it in a simple way without complicated definitions. The purpose of this question is to confirm the extent of your experience in your field of work or to discover that you do not know anything of what you said. Therefore, do your duty before the interview and do your research.

4. What if I reject all of my new ideas?

The best answer is: “I am sure you have a lot of great ideas and I would appreciate it if I could explain the reasons for rejecting my ideas to continue learning from you.” The idea here is to show your modesty and your ability to learn continuously. They are two important features that you can display in one sentence.

5. Have you ever disagreed with your manager?

Don’t say no! We all had some kind of conflict with a manager. All you can say as an answer is the following: “I remember one or two situations. It was not a little thing. We differed, but I did not take a personal position because of the dispute and worked hard to listen to his view or point of view and reached a common ground for the sake of the company’s best interest. The issue is not about whoever wins the conflict. ”

6. What is your weakness?

No less than your love for soap operas. This is not the purpose of the question. You will find a lot of advice on the Internet that ends up focusing on one of your strengths as a weakness. Do not do it!

This shows you with a prank or manipulative appearance before the recruiting officer in the personal interview. Instead, say, “In the past, I was struggling with time management and planning. However, I am working on developing these defects by using this application on my phone to make sure I organize my time and arrive on my date. ” Then unlock your phone and show this app to your recruiter to see it

Do not forget that we are human and we all sin and each of us is a weak point. Whoever speaks with you in the personal interview knows this well. You will clearly appreciate your talk of a real weakness and your passion for the idea of working on it.

7. I studied (literature for example), how do I make sure that you are suitable for a job in marketing?

In fact, this question is one of the most important questions of job interviews. Start by noting that.

You can answer the most important thing that you learned from your university studies in general. Perhaps studying literature has taught you to pay attention to detail, or to care about content or writing in general, all of which are important parts of the marketing profession. Perhaps you may be those who have found a passion for marketing, studied it, worked hard and focused on learning it, and for this you are a good fit for a job in marketing. Turn the question path toward you and do not deal with it as an offensive one.

8. I moved between three positions in one year. Why should I help you?

The best answer is “I may have moved between three jobs in one year. But I think it is more appropriate to be unemployed than to be an employee in a place where I will not develop or be promoted. I am looking for a place to implement my ideas, develop from them, and change them for the better. The worst thing about any job is to work without seeing what the future holds for me or the company. I know the path I want to go and feel that working in your company will help me move the company to the highest levels. ” Do not stop here. Rather, show your great ideas for the section you want to work with. Here the importance of focusing on turning a negative question into a positive answer in job interviews appears.

9- Didn’t you want this job?

Simply. Study the job title before the dates of the job interviews, then show how your qualifications match the job title. Express your enthusiasm for the job and be prepared to demonstrate your compatibility with the corporate culture as a workplace.

10- Where do you imagine yourself from work after five years?

Never forget that hiring, recruiting, and attending job interviews is a difficult and time-consuming process. Whoever interviews you in the personal interview wants to invest his time, effort and money in appointing and training a person who may be in the process of leaving the job if he finds the best one. “The best” here might be a better job, start a private company, or get married, for example. Your answer must be honest and you must calm his doubts about your intention to stay in the job for a long time.

11- Describe your ideal company

be honest. Say, “The ideal company for me is a company that values its employees and allows them to show their creativity and contribute to building it.” Use the information you obtained from the company’s page on Jobzella, for example. Focus on what you can offer the company to be the ideal company from the point of view of all and not only from your point of view

12- Why did the company seek to appoint you?

The question may appear similar to the first question in the list. The biggest difference here is that the hiring officer speaks on behalf of the company and not on his own behalf. This means that you only need to mention three to four points from your work experience or in the company’s field of work. Show him why you are so important to the company and not as a direct manager.

13- What were the responsibilities of your last job?

do not lie. They can get the truth from your previous boss. Be clear, specific and accurate in presenting your job title and responsibilities of your last job.

14- What are the reasons for seeking to quit your current job?

No less provocative answers such as “away from my home”, “salary is low” or “managers hate me.” Instead, say that you do not see your future or your career path in that position and that you are striving to move to a company in which you can develop, learn and advance.

15- Do you have any questions for me?

The first rule here in all job interviews is that you should ask a question and do not answer here by refusing. Ask a question about the company or challenges you are expected to take on the job. The recruiting officer may have previously talked about a private or important project, for which he or she was asked. This answer shows that you were a good listener throughout the job interview.

16- What was his last project and what was its result?

This question will only come in job interviews if the CV or your job page on Jobzella mentions a project or a team you led. This question comes to you to demonstrate your leadership abilities. Talk about the challenges you faced, how you faced them, and how you led the team from start to finish. Even if the outcome of the project is negative or comes to failure, acknowledging the failure demonstrates the strength of your character.

17- What was your biggest failure? And what I learned from failure?

I mention a few simple points about the situation, how it faced it, and the result. Then say you learned a lot like organizing, focusing, pre-preparing and setting priorities more precisely.

18- What is the salary required for you?

Here the salary negotiation stage begins. You are of course good at this stage if you have read the Jobzella guide to how to negotiate a salary. You can ask about the company’s budget for your job or end the discussion by saying that you do not expect less than the market price for this job title.

19- What is your previous salary?

Do not answer this question. What you have been receiving as a salary since you started your career is yours and belongs only to you. Instead of answering this question, specify the salary you are seeking for this position.

20- What is your primary goal if you get the job?

If you were a good listener during the interview, you would have found the real goal behind their quest to hire a new person. Perhaps they have a new project or intend to expand or solve an existing problem. Focus on making your company goal your goal. Then add some information about the way you will improve the way you work, build new management methods, or reach a collective goal for the company. Choose a target that is close to the goal of the company. Do not mention any goal related to your personal life.

21- How long do you need to add in a beneficial way to the company?

Start by saying “I have already developed a plan to start an addition to the company more efficiently quickly. But naturally, I will spend the first month arranging things, getting used to the company’s systems, and getting what I need in training. After this month, I will have enough confidence to start adding to the company and work on the existing projects. ” Explain your ability to communicate, saying, “In your opinion, is there a way that I can inform the company more quickly?”

22- What is the ideal work environment for you?

As mentioned in the previous question. If you have done your research you already know the nature of the work environment in the company. Answer the same information that you found because it makes sense that the ideal work environment is the work environment of the company you seek to join.

23- If you have a choice, will you consider yourself a person focusing on the broader picture or smaller details?

Depending on the type of job, for example, if your business requires a strategy, you will most likely need to look at the broader picture. Either if you are an engineer or a designer, your work will focus on more accurate details. The job title will give you the correct answer

24- What do you think of your former manager?

Even if you hate or adore this person, do not make it personal. Explain the positive and negative qualities of this person and his values without ever making it personal. For example, if your manager was evil, say: My former boss taught me that good treatment among team members improves team performance and transforms the work environment into a more positive environment in the long run. ” We all realize that your manager was evil, but you prove here that you learned something positive from this experience.

25- What are your hobbies?

Talk about hobbies that are preferable to be related to improving your new company or showing your own ability. For example, if you love chess, this is a sign that you love planning.

26- What do you want to be?

Don’t fall into the trap of providing answers that assume your interlocutor wants to hear it. Even if your biggest goal is far from this company, it is your right and you should not feel embarrassed about that. The aim of the question is to obtain an estimated answer about the number of years you intend to spend in this company and how committed you are to the company’s goals.

27- In your opinion, what are the characteristics of a good leader? And the bad leader?
Be calm and professional. Use examples of senior leaders you worked with, use examples of weak leaders you worked with, and then talk about the characteristics of a distinguished manager from your point of view.

28- In your opinion, should the leader be frightened or loved?

What about “respected” or “liked”? Choose an answer that expresses your opinion openly.

29- What are your feelings about the idea of working for someone with less information and experience than you?

Let your answer center on the idea of transmitting information and that each of us has information and experience that is not necessarily available to others. He focused on the importance of group learning to support the company