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Common interview questions

Some common interview questions are listed below – remember to try and
personalise your response as much as possible:

Tell me about Start off by describing your qualifications, career history
yourself and range of skills you have acquired – focus emphasis on
the skills relevant to the job you have applied for.
What have your Think about a recent work-related achievement and
consider the skills you used in the achievement. Also, in
achievements your example focus on what benefit the company derived
been to date? from this. For example, savings achieved.
This question is asked in almost all interviews. Discuss your
What are your main strengths, for example learning quickly, resilience,
strengths? positivism or being a teamplayer. You may need to provide
examples.
Don’t say you have no weaknesses. One way to answer
this question is thinking about areas in which you lack
experience. Or else look at any of the following skills but
What is your don’t choose one that is one of the job-related skills listed
greatest in the job advertisement: Teamwork, time management,
weakness? sharing responsibility, patience, focus, shyness,
organisation skills, sitting still, writing skills, delegating
tasks, public speaking, multitasking or command of a
particular foreign language.
The employer is looking for evidence of suitability for the
Why have you job – your general aptitude and things you enjoy doing.
applied for this Make sure you have a good understanding of the role and
the organisation, and that you are able to describe the
job? attributes of the role and organisation that interest you
most.
Other common interview questions to prepare for include:

1 Are you a self-starter?
2 What makes you unique?
3 What can you bring to this organisation? What are you looking for in
a company?
4 What should we know about you that is not on your CV?
5 How do you feel about working long hours and/or weekends?
6 Where do you see yourself in five years?

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