This is a common interview question and given the feedback we receive from students, considered to be quite a difficult one to answer. Start by understanding why the employer is asking it and talk about a topic that genuinely interests and excites you. Continue reading
This should be easy shouldn’t it? Surely it’s easy to tell the employer why you are keen to work for them. Yet in reality it can be difficult to pinpoint what exactly has attracted you to the employer – aside from their freebies at the careers fair! It’s likely that you are applying to more … Continue reading
Is it just me, or does this at first glance seem like an odd question to come up in the interview context? It certainly does come up, and not infrequently. Surely employers are interested in how you are in the workplace, not in what goes on when you are relaxing with people you like? Continue reading
As interview questions go this one has to be up there with the most feared. In a situation where it is imperative that you sell yourself and be the best ‘you’ you can be, you are asked to lay bare your faults and explain exactly why you shouldn’t get this job – not a welcoming … Continue reading
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