Author: Hans Hasselfors

There is nothing I dislike more, than attending a job interview.
They are a necessary evil, no doubt, but I have always dreaded
them. It seems to me that all you do is show that you are good or
bad at job interviews, and not whether you are good at the job
you're a candidate for. Some job interviewers approach the
interview very scientifically, reading up on techniques,
psychological profiling and so on. For the interviewee, you must
know how to answer job interview questions.
A job interview is the art of telling people what you think they
want to hear. Having said that, there must be a degree of honesty
here. We all exaggerate our experience and skills a bit from time
to time, but remember that if you claim to have a four-year track
record of flying passenger airplanes, you will need to back it up
later on.
To answer job interview questions is to walk a thin tightrope. The
questions tend to be designed to find out lots of contrary
information. For example, are you a good team player and do you
also enjoy working alone? Do you like to lead and are you good at
following instructions?
Sometimes, I have been so nervous at job interviews that I don't
listen properly which make it difficult to answer job interview
questions at all. In fact, the key is to swallow your nerves and
listen intently. Otherwise, you'll have to wing it. The questions
are not there to trip you up, but to find out about you, and what's
more fascinating than talking about yourself!
When I answer job interview questions, I try to be calm and
collected. I have had some success with meditation exercises before
going into the interview. Some people do the much-recommended
technique of imagining the interviewer in his or her underwear. I
tried this once and got a fit of the giggles. Unsurprisingly, I did
not get the job. Try to think of it as a conversation between
equals, rather than a job interview.
The worst situation is when you really don't want the job. In my
younger days when getting a job was a case of needing cash quickly,
I went for all manner of different positions. When this is the
situation, they always seem to want you to answer job interview
questions like, why did you choose their particular company? You
have to quickly come up with an answer. Out of all the companies
manufacturing ball bearings in the world, why did I choose them?
Tough one.
To answer job interview questions is an art. In the end, the only
person you can be is yourself. Trying to be who they want you to be
is hard to sustain, especially if it's a panel of interviewers
peering at you. Each job interview gets easier. Well, it's
marginally preferable to going to the dentist.

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