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Standard Questions Asked during Interviews

These questions can be used during the trial interview, along with questions specific to the job and individual candidate based on that person’s résumé. That’s the reasons that I decided to practice answering these questions like a personal interview in an office with person of the human resources department. You can try too for your future work life.
1. Tell me about yourself
2. How would you describe yourself (your personality)?
3. What would you consider your greatest strengths and weaknesses?
4. What two or three accomplishments have given you greatest satisfaction?
5. How did you choose the career you have chosen, and what have you done to prepare for it?
6. What qualifications do you have to help you succeed in this career?
7. Why did you apply for a job with our company?
8. What do you think it takes to be successful in our company?
9. Where do you see yourself in five years?
10. Why should I hire you?
11. How do you work under pressure? Give me some examples.
12. Are you willing to relocate?
13. What are the three most important things to you in a job?

To my future boss:
Good Morning. My name is Sara and I live in this city since I born.
I am in the perfect age to work in your company. I'm a single woman and have no children. I studied Marketing and International Business in UADY. Then I took a post grade in economy and finances. I speak Spanish, English and Chinese and now I'm learning French. I have facilities for change my residence if the work required, I don’t have problem for doing a business trip.
About my personality I am an original person and creative, I'm responsible, honest and professional. I like to travel around the world and read too.
I consider one of my greatest strengths is my professional history and one of my weaknesses is the failure.
In five years, maybe I will work in this company doing a very good deal with an international airline.
You should hire me because I'm a different person and I want work with you to do something different, I want that this company will be the best and I know I can do that.
You will never be regret.
The three most important things to me in a job are:
- My personal success
- I fell happy with the things that I do, with my partners and the work space.
- Have time to myself.


Rodgers Drew, Norwegian School of Management (1998)
Business Communications: International Case Studies in English
Cambridge, United Kingdom; Cambridge University Press
Inc pages 4-8.