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It’s an easy warmup question for candidates to start with a strong opening pitch. Personally, I like it bc it gives me a chance to provide a story and suck them in a bit before we get to technical questions.
Well my reply would likely be about my life improving after having been recently released early from prison. Seriously, why don't they just cut to the chase and ask "what do you do/what are you good at and how can you make us money"?
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Why bother with the interview at all, since it’s all written on your resume?
I have a work around for that ;-) I got my college degree thru a prison program and since I was doing a dime I figured I could take my time ;-) since I was just paroled recently my degree date is fairly recent ;-) Seriously, why does someone's age really matter? It's just dumb. Maybe they should also ask your 401K balance since this kind of savings could become a buffer if you decide to walk after enough abuse? BTW, I'm obviously joking about the prison thing. The most I've gotten so far is speeding tickets...quite boring ;-)
Think the most annoying question for me is why am I thinking of leaving my current employer. Plenty of bad answers for that. More importantly, I’m still not sure I want to leave, maybe you could convince me a bit before asking that.
It's not about you or your accomplishments. It's about how you talk and present yourself. If you're not in STEM that is what matters.
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It’s basic communication skills. Easy layup for a decent back and forth fluid interview.
If you can’t sell them the idea of you working with them, how are you going to sell your ideas if they do pick you, as well as sell the idea of getting promoted?
It's funny you put it that way. After a short time into the interview I either want the job or don't. If I want the job my brain switches into thinking "I wonder why you guys haven't already hired me".
Well the other thing honestly is it's optimistic to believe that your interviewer even read your resume. Often these people are busy with other stuff and get pulled into interviews at the last minute. This is also why they recommend bringing extra copies of your resume along because sometimes the interviewer hasn't even seen a copy. But of course you have to be perfect...you have to know all about the interviewer and probably their dog too.
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Think of it this way it's a great way to see if you can connect in any way. A lot of sales jobs want people who are competitive so they look for success in sports. Maybe they are looking for teaching skills or good in a groups situation, working alone, whatever. So think of it this way talk about what you are passionate about. Let's say the position involves a lot of reading of documents so one of your hobbies is reading murder mysteries because you love solving the before the end of the book. Then you say I read 1 000 words a minute with 98% comprehension so.I usually read at lead one book a day. Unless you're totally in the wrong career there is something you do in your personal life that connects to the job so include that in your about me description. Sports played coaching, courses taken that aren't at the request of a company, volunteering I tend to stay away from family unless you use it to your benefit.
It's to help nervous candidates ease in and give you the softest possible meatball question to give you time to either shine or crap the bed.
It sets the tone for the rest of the interview. It shows whether you're able to reflect on your career so far, summarize and hit the main points, and be thoughtful with how you present information.
You shouldn't take interview questions literally or at face value. The purpose of every question is essentially one and the same: are you easy to work with, motivated to work, and competent in the role? If you answer every question with those things top of mind, generally the interview will go well