How To Crack Job Interview

An interview is essentially a structured conversation where one participant asks questions, and the other provides answers. In common parlance, the word "interview" refers to a one-on-one conversation between an interviewer and an interviewee.

A job interview is an interview consisting of a conversation between a job applicant and a representative of an employer which is conducted to assess whether the applicant should be hired. Interviews are one of the most popularly used devices for employee selection.

Success in an interview is nothing but a matter of preparation. Yes, mostly. 

If you want to win in an interview, go through the list of 10 most common interview questions with answers plus 31 bonus interview questions that you may be asked in an interview below.

Each interview question is followed by the strategy you should adopt along with a sample answer, so that you can frame your own response.

To start with, here’s a list of top 10 common interview questions. 

• What are your strengths?

• What are your weaknesses?

• Why are you interested in working for [insert company name here]?

• Where do you see yourself in five years?

• Why do you want to leave your current company?

• Why was there a gap in your employment between [insert date] and [insert date]?

• What can you offer us that someone else cannot?

• What are three things your former manager would like you to improve on?

• Tell us about an accomplishment you are most proud of.

• Tell us about a time you made a mistake. 

Job interview? Or interrogation? Judging by the response, it may as well be the same thing.  A Monster poll conducted recently across India, the Gulf and South East Asia reveals that fear of being interviewed tops the list of reasons why employees find it hard to change jobs.
Candidates dread this stage in the recruitment process primarily because there is no way to predict what they will be asked.
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