HR INTERVIEW QUESTIONS

[abeetha.m]

Tell me about something
you did – or failed to do – that you now feel a little ashamed
of.

TRAPS: [/b]There are some questions your
interviewer has no business asking, and this is one. But while you may feel like answering, “none of your business,” [/i]naturally you
can’t. Some interviewers ask this
question on the chance you admit to something, but if not, at least they’ll see
how you think on your feet.



Some unprepared candidates,
flustered by this question, unburden themselves of guilt from their personal
life or career, perhaps expressing regrets regarding a parent, spouse, child,
etc. All such answers can be
disastrous.



BEST ANSWER:[/b]
As with faults and weaknesses, never confess a regret.[/i] But don’t seem as if you’re stonewalling
either.



Best strategy:[/i]
Say you harbor no regrets, then add a principle or habit you practice
regularly for healthy human relations.



Example:[/i]
Pause for reflection, as if the question never occurred to you. Then say, “You know, I really can’t think of
anything.” (Pause again, then add): “I
would add that as a general management principle, I’ve found that the best way
to avoid regrets is to avoid causing them in the first place. I practice one habit that helps me a great
deal in this regard. At the end of each
day, I mentally review the day’s events and conversations to take a second look
at the people and developments I’m involved with and do a doublecheck of what
they’re likely to be feeling. Sometimes
I’ll see things that do need more follow-up, whether a pat on the back, or maybe
a five minute chat in someone’s office to make sure we’re clear on
things…whatever.”



“I also like to make each
person feel like a member of an elite team, like the Boston Celtics or LA Lakers
in their prime. I’ve found that if you
let each team member know you expect excellence in their performance…if you work
hard to set an example yourself…and if you let people know you appreciate and
respect their feelings, you wind up with a highly motivated group, a team that’s
having fun at work because they’re striving for excellence rather than brooding
over slights or regrets.”

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Question 5 Why are you leaving (or
did you leave) this position?

TRAPS:[/b]
Never badmouth your previous industry, company, board, boss, staff,
employees or customers. This rule is
inviolable: never be negative.[/i] Any mud you hurl will only soil your
suit.



Especially avoid words like
“personality clash”, “didn’t get along”, or others which cast a shadow on your
competence, integrity, or temperament.



BEST
ANSWER:[/b]



(If you have a job
presently)
[/i]If
you’re not yet 100% committed to leaving your present post, don’t be afraid to
say so. Since you have a job, you are in
a stronger position than someone who does not.
But don’t be coy either. State
honestly what you’d be hoping to find in a new spot. Of course, as stated often before, you answer
will all the stronger if you have already uncovered what this position is all
about and you match your desires to it.



(If you do not presently have a
job.)
[/i]Never lie
about having been fired. It’s unethical
– and too easily checked. But do try to
deflect the reason from you personally.
If your firing was the result of a takeover, merger, division wide
layoff, etc., so much the better.



But you should also do
something totally unnatural that will demonstrate consummate
professionalism. Even if it[/i] hurts , describe your own firing –
candidly, succinctly and without a trace of bitterness – from the company’s[/i] point-of-view, indicating that
you could understand why it happened and you might have made the same decision
yourself.



Your stature will rise
immensely and, most important of all, you will show you are healed from the
wounds inflicted by the firing. You will
enhance your image as first-class management material and stand head and
shoulders above the legions of firing victims who, at the slightest provocation,
zip open their shirts to expose their battle scars and decry the unfairness of
it all.



For all prior
positions:
[/i]Make
sure you’ve prepared a brief reason for leaving. Best
reasons:[/i] more money, opportunity,
responsibility or growth.

[sowmya571]

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sowmya

[winner]

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[Spoorthi]

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