Why do they ask such interview questions? How to answer the?

i hate when they used to ask'tell us about yourself"..............they would be hardly listening.........and there is always confusion to tell about your education,experience or general overall.......

 

hi soumyapr

I know how it feels.Had few such experiences in interviews, Sometimes I feels even the interviewers dnt come prepared to take interviews and end up asking stupid question.guess they should upgrade their interviewing skills.

seriously that question you mentioned about,"how you are a better fit for that position"? is lame.That is left for them to figure out. But what they actually mean is may be,"I still dnt find some great reason to hire you,tell me more".

weakness and strength?
hahha,u think they really wanna know your weakness? all the answers we give to their questions,answers only 1 question " wats in it for me??? how do you fit in??"

I gave it a little thought, and figure out,that my weakness is that,I pay alot attention to details..checking,rechecking.!!!!- thats my weakness when comes to work. n that takes some time of your actual work.

Some interviewers are good and the rest are bad,they cant appreciate your worth..so keep going.

All the best!

 

If they accuse you of giving a bookish answer, do tell them that there have been so many books written on this subject that even my original answer was plagiarized before even I thought it up !!!

Yeah, I get your rant !!! But what are they to do?? For a single job, they interview about 50 "well-qualified" persons, so they have to see something differentiating you from the others, if they have to take you in

 

All these questions were asked to judge attitude..

 

A lot about how we think is revealed in these cliched and stupid questions. And they say bookish answers because they want to provoke you and push you to a corner to see how you take it.

 

When they are asking you if youre worth that much they are asking you about how you can contribute to the company in your best possible potential. Eg. if you're paying someone to coach ur kid in studies and they're asking for a fees that you feel is higher than youre willing to pay, you will ask them why and would genuinely like to know that will they be giving you something extra for that extra money?

Not all questions are necessarily asked to tick you off ( though some def are). It's difficult to keep your cool yes, but that's how you're gonna show to them that you can be cool if things go wrong for you. They have nothing personal against you and I'm not saying all their questions are superbright, but that's the judging criteria they have set for you. And that's the criteria you have to accept and go along with and prepare yourself accordingly. "Do what it takes".

I'd suggest write down the best possible answers you can think of for all the anticipated questions in a word file. Then edit them as u see fit after taking a few inputs and pondering over them and re-reading them.There were will always be a few unanticipated questions that will stump you, be ready for them mentally and give the best possible, dignified and honest answer you can think of. ( i don't mean brutally honest, as in facts should be correct and can be told in a polite way).

 

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Moumita

 

These questions can be difficult to answer if you are not prepared for them. It is hard to come up with answers on the spot. The best thing to do is go online and look up a set of interview questions that are commonly asked and prepare answers for them. These questions are asked a lot. I did 20 interviews last year and most of these questions came up in almost every one.
Other questions I got asked were:
- Tell me an example of how you took on a leadership position
- Give me an example of how you handled conflict
- How do you handle criticism.

When asked about why you are a good fit for the job, they are looking to see if you have researched the position and the comany. It is an opening to sell yourself and show enthusiasm while doing it.

Just go into it with a positive attitude and you will do great.