Ultimate interview : 100s of sample questions and answers for interview success

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Contents
Introduction
	1 Know your enemy
		What do they want?
		What sort of things are they looking for?
		What will happen at the interview?
		What sort of questions will they ask?
		How do they know what they’re looking for?
	2 Prepare yourself
		What should you prepare?
		Exhibit 1: Evidence that you meet their needs
		Exhibit 2: Reassuring answers and explanations
		Exhibit 3: Industry knowledge
		Exhibit 4: The reasons you want this job
	3 Standing out
		Why are these qualities so important?
	4 Answering questions
		Make a good impression
	5 Starting the interview
	6 Questions they ask everybody
	7 Behavioural questions
		What are the important points?
	8 Questions for practical jobs
		Professional knowledge
	9 Questions for creative jobs
		Professional knowledge
	10 Questions for clerical and administrative jobs
		Professional knowledge
	11 Questions for sales and marketing jobs
		Professional knowledge
	12 Questions for technical jobs
		Professional knowledge
	13 Questions for management jobs
		Professional knowledge
	14 Questions for customer relations jobs
		Professional knowledge
	15 Questions for school and college leavers
		Transferable skills
		Professional knowledge
	16 Tackling the difficult questions
		Inappropriate and illegal questions
	17 Dealing with tricky questions
		Dealing with critical or negative questions
		Questions about salary
		Answering closed questions
	18 Answering off-the-wall questions
		Questions asking you to work something out
		‘Psychological’ questions
	19 Your questions for the interviewer
	20 Variations on the theme
		Screening interviews
		Telephone interviews
		Video interviews
		Panel interviews
		Serial interviews
		Assessment centres
		Informal interviews
		Second interviews
	21 The interview: Future trends
		The interview – future trends
		Making a presentation
		Showing your portfolio
		Technical and attainment tests
		Physical tests
		Job-replica exercises
		Group exercises
		Psychometric tests
		Future possibilities
	22 Looking the part
		Appearance
		Behaviour
		Overcoming nerves
	23 What happens next?
		While you’re waiting for their decision
		If they don’t make you an offer
		If they do make you an offer
	24 Interviews in a nutshell
		Main Question 1: Can you do the job?
		Main Question 2: Will you do the job?
		Main Question 3: Will you fit in?
Index to the questions
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