Job interview

The job interview is generally the last instance before getting or not getting the job that you want. The job interview is also one of the stages before getting the job that most of people dread the most.



The best way to deal with the job interview is to be well prepared. Below you will find information that helps you prepare for your English job interview.

Job interview questions

The job interview is partially comprised of questions asked by the interviewer to the interviewee. These job interview questions naturally differ depending partially on which industry the interview is in. Some job interview questions are, however, quite common independently of in which industry the interview takes place. Below is a bunch of some job interview questions that are likely to come on your interview. The questions are, of course, not in any way exhaustive. Remember, to interview for jobs that is tricky business.



Here is a bunch of job interview questions:
Job interview question 1: Why do you wish to work in our industry?
Job interview question 2: Which other jobs have you applied to? Job interview question 3: Why do you want to work at our company?
Job interview question 4: Why do you want to change your current occupation?


Job interview question 5: Which salary do you think is reasonable that we offer you should you be offered the job after this job interview?
Job interview question 6: Walk me through your CV / resume.



Job interview question 7: Tell me about three bad / negative / weak sides that you have.
Job interview question 8: Tell me about three good / positive / strong sides that you have.
Job interview question 9: How much do you think that you would have to work should you be offered this position after the interview?
Job interview question 10: Do you want to be manager / director / an executive in the future?

Job interview answers

Job interview answers are undoubtedly an integral part of getting your dream job. The most important thing to remember when answering job interview question is that every answer should be such that it makes the person listening to the answer wanting to have you as a colleague. However, it is not advisable to lie. Often is advisable to be, at least to a very large extent, honest at the job interview. If you have to lie at the job interview in order to get the job it is often quite likely that the job and you will be such at good match. Below we have some suggestions on what the job interview answers for the question above should be like.



Job interview answer 1: In this answer you have the opportunity to show the listener that you know a lot about the industry. This is always a good thing to show on the job interview.
Job interview answer 2: This question is a tricky one. Probably, in most cases, the best thing is to be honest.

Job interview answer 3: In this answer you have the chance to show that you know a lit about the company that you are interviewing at. Perhaps it might be a good idea to talk a little about why you think that the company you are interviewing for is more interesting than their competitors.

Job interview clothes | how to job interview

Which clothes should one wear at the job interview? This question will be dealt with in the text below. You are about to interview for a job and you have prepared for most of the common job interview questions. But you must also decide in which clothes to wear. Clothing can be hard tying to decide for before the job interview. The general job interview tips as regards clothes are that is better to be overdressed than underdressed. This is probably a quite general career advice.

Job interview thank you letter

After having been to the interview it can be a good idea to send a job interview thank you letter to the person that interviewed you. The job interview thank letter normally contains some polite text about how interesting it was to be interview etc. A good idea can perhaps be to include something in the job interview thank you letter that lets the person reading it that you have thought, hopefully something smart, about the job interview. This will make the person reading the job interview thank you letter believe that you really want the job, which usually is a quite important part of what decides on who is getting the job in the end.

Case interview

Case interview are probably the most difficult types of job interviews. The best way to deal with the case interview is to be thoroughly prepared. There are plenty of ways to prepare for the job interview. One of the most common methods is probably to study case interview texts, such can be found on e.g. the following web pages acethecase.com and vault.com. A good idea for preparation for the case interview is to get som texts on case interview and then find a person that can pretend to be an interviewer. Perhaps you can convince a friend or colleague to do some case interview coaching in English for you.

Job interviews are difficult stuff. At CV and Resume.com you will find information on how to land the dream job. CV and Resume.com is a free guide for the whole process of getting a new job, including information on how to write a job application including an English CV / resume and an English cover letter. There is also information on how to prepare for the job interview including e.g. common job interview questions and common job interview answers.