Interview Tips

Gough Recruitment's Helpful Hints!

Be Prepared to Answer Questions Like...:

1. 

Why did you choose this particular vocation? What do you really want to do in life?

   
2.

Why would you like to work for our company?

   
3.

What do you want to be doing in your career one, five and ten years from now.

   
4.

What style of management gets the best from you?

   
5. What interests you about our product or service?
   
6.

What have you learned from some of the jobs you have held? Which did you enjoy most?

   
7.

What have you done that shows initiative in your career?

   
8.

What is your major weakness?

   
9.

What do you think determines a person's progress in a good company?

   
10. 

How do you spend your spare time? What are your hobbies?

   
11.

What does teamwork mean to you?

   

Negative Behaviours to Avoid:

1.

Poor personal appearance.

   
2.

Overbearing - aggressive - conceited "superiority complex" - "know it all"

   
3. Inability to express thoughts clearly - poor diction and grammar.
   
4.
Lack of planning for career - no purpose or goals.
   
5. Lack of interest and enthusiasm - passive and indifferent.
   
6. Lack of confidence - nervousness.
   
7. Over emphasis on money - interested only in remuneration.
   
8.
Evasive - makes excuses for unfavourable factors in record.
   
9.
Lack of tact, maturity, courtesy.
   
10.
Condemnation of past employers.
   
11.
Failure to look interviewer in the eye.
   
12.
Limp, fishy handshake.
   
13.
Lack of appreciation of the value of experience.
   
14.
Lack of preparation for interview and a failure to ask intelligent questions about the job and company. This is most important!
   
 

 

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