Comments on: The Easiest Interview Question Can Be The Most Challenging http://www.careerramblings.com/2007/05/04/the-easiest-interview-question-can-be-the-most-challenging/ Your Professional Development Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:28:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Pull Up a Chair For Some Career Ramblings http://www.careerramblings.com/2007/05/04/the-easiest-interview-question-can-be-the-most-challenging/#comment-3895 Pull Up a Chair For Some Career Ramblings Mon, 25 Jun 2007 12:22:39 +0000 http://www.careerramblings.com/2007/05/04/the-easiest-interview-question-can-be-the-most-challenging/#comment-3895 [...] is the interview goal, you need to be prepared by knowing which questions are toughest and which easy questions can be surprisingly difficult. Successful interviews have an etiquette of their own that you need to understand in order to use [...] [...] is the interview goal, you need to be prepared by knowing which questions are toughest and which easy questions can be surprisingly difficult. Successful interviews have an etiquette of their own that you need to understand in order to use [...]

]]> By: Study Tips http://www.careerramblings.com/2007/05/04/the-easiest-interview-question-can-be-the-most-challenging/#comment-3330 Study Tips Fri, 18 May 2007 10:05:31 +0000 http://www.careerramblings.com/2007/05/04/the-easiest-interview-question-can-be-the-most-challenging/#comment-3330 What did you say to that? I would be quite irritated if someone asked me that. If it was for a job as a creative writer, or possibly sales (where the ability to bull$%*! on the fly is required) then maybe its relevant, but if that was for a role in accountancy I think I would tell them I thought it was irrelevant..... What did you say to that?

I would be quite irritated if someone asked me that. If it was for a job as a creative writer, or possibly sales (where the ability to bull$%*! on the fly is required) then maybe its relevant, but if that was for a role in accountancy I think I would tell them I thought it was irrelevant…..

]]> By: Study Tips http://www.careerramblings.com/2007/05/04/the-easiest-interview-question-can-be-the-most-challenging/#comment-3329 Study Tips Fri, 18 May 2007 10:01:11 +0000 http://www.careerramblings.com/2007/05/04/the-easiest-interview-question-can-be-the-most-challenging/#comment-3329 I dont know why wordpress templates use the titles they do... they almost all need switching around, I thingk the i-theme is the only one I have seen with decent titles ready to go.... I dont know why wordpress templates use the titles they do… they almost all need switching around, I thingk the i-theme is the only one I have seen with decent titles ready to go….

]]> By: Study Tips http://www.careerramblings.com/2007/05/04/the-easiest-interview-question-can-be-the-most-challenging/#comment-3328 Study Tips Fri, 18 May 2007 09:59:36 +0000 http://www.careerramblings.com/2007/05/04/the-easiest-interview-question-can-be-the-most-challenging/#comment-3328 It is cheesy, but interviews often are.... a lot of interviewers are not very imaginative and look for a bit of 'padding'. I bet a lot of them now lift half their questions of career ramblings anyway haha, just read here and stay ahead of them ;-) It is cheesy, but interviews often are…. a lot of interviewers are not very imaginative and look for a bit of ‘padding’.

I bet a lot of them now lift half their questions of career ramblings anyway haha, just read here and stay ahead of them ;-)

]]> By: Study Tips http://www.careerramblings.com/2007/05/04/the-easiest-interview-question-can-be-the-most-challenging/#comment-3327 Study Tips Fri, 18 May 2007 09:57:24 +0000 http://www.careerramblings.com/2007/05/04/the-easiest-interview-question-can-be-the-most-challenging/#comment-3327 I am a bit like that, but you just have to get over it. You learn that other people are over selling themselves, and, that if you under sell yourself you often see some lamer take a job you would be better qualified for.... In interviews you have to sell your skills and abilities, that isn't to say you have to exaggerate or put too much spin on things... but if you are able to offer something to the company.... make sure they know about it.... I am a bit like that, but you just have to get over it. You learn that other people are over selling themselves, and, that if you under sell yourself you often see some lamer take a job you would be better qualified for….

In interviews you have to sell your skills and abilities, that isn’t to say you have to exaggerate or put too much spin on things… but if you are able to offer something to the company…. make sure they know about it….

]]> By: Study Tips http://www.careerramblings.com/2007/05/04/the-easiest-interview-question-can-be-the-most-challenging/#comment-3326 Study Tips Fri, 18 May 2007 09:54:57 +0000 http://www.careerramblings.com/2007/05/04/the-easiest-interview-question-can-be-the-most-challenging/#comment-3326 Do you answer "for the money" Job interview suicide that is ;-) Assuming money is not the only motive for applying its normally an easy question to answer.... if money is the only incentive, you need a bit of spiel prepared!! Do you answer

“for the money”

Job interview suicide that is ;-)

Assuming money is not the only motive for applying its normally an easy question to answer…. if money is the only incentive, you need a bit of spiel prepared!!

]]> By: Study Tips http://www.careerramblings.com/2007/05/04/the-easiest-interview-question-can-be-the-most-challenging/#comment-3325 Study Tips Fri, 18 May 2007 09:53:30 +0000 http://www.careerramblings.com/2007/05/04/the-easiest-interview-question-can-be-the-most-challenging/#comment-3325 Yes its nice if you can get a job like that. I have had a number of different jobs, and only recently found myself doing what I wanted to do, as opposed to just working to pay the bills. You spend the majority of your waking life at work, its important to find something you are happy with... though for most people that may not be achievable... work after all is work..... Yes its nice if you can get a job like that. I have had a number of different jobs, and only recently found myself doing what I wanted to do, as opposed to just working to pay the bills.

You spend the majority of your waking life at work, its important to find something you are happy with… though for most people that may not be achievable… work after all is work…..

]]> By: Study Tips http://www.careerramblings.com/2007/05/04/the-easiest-interview-question-can-be-the-most-challenging/#comment-3324 Study Tips Fri, 18 May 2007 09:51:57 +0000 http://www.careerramblings.com/2007/05/04/the-easiest-interview-question-can-be-the-most-challenging/#comment-3324 I agree, it is possible for the interviewee to take some control over the process, and, many employers actually look for that ability. Also, a lot of job opportunities are over sold, I had a problem recently after taking a job that was not as described, I left after a few weeks, during the next job interview I was a lot more probing in terms of what the role would deliver.... tactful of course.... I agree, it is possible for the interviewee to take some control over the process, and, many employers actually look for that ability.

Also, a lot of job opportunities are over sold, I had a problem recently after taking a job that was not as described, I left after a few weeks, during the next job interview I was a lot more probing in terms of what the role would deliver…. tactful of course….

]]> By: Study Tips http://www.careerramblings.com/2007/05/04/the-easiest-interview-question-can-be-the-most-challenging/#comment-3323 Study Tips Fri, 18 May 2007 09:49:10 +0000 http://www.careerramblings.com/2007/05/04/the-easiest-interview-question-can-be-the-most-challenging/#comment-3323 I hate that one, its a real pain, interviews are a bit a false process IMO, I think most employers recognize this and use a variety of methods nowerdays, but that question still persists.... I hate that one, its a real pain, interviews are a bit a false process IMO, I think most employers recognize this and use a variety of methods nowerdays, but that question still persists….

]]> By: Study Tips http://www.careerramblings.com/2007/05/04/the-easiest-interview-question-can-be-the-most-challenging/#comment-3322 Study Tips Fri, 18 May 2007 09:46:51 +0000 http://www.careerramblings.com/2007/05/04/the-easiest-interview-question-can-be-the-most-challenging/#comment-3322 Yeah that question can be a real pain, but TBH if you go to an interview un-prepared you are asking for trouble.... I got caught off guard by "what were your best professional achievements in the last 6 months" I did not answer that one well, but it was a lesson learned.... Yeah that question can be a real pain, but TBH if you go to an interview un-prepared you are asking for trouble….

I got caught off guard by “what were your best professional achievements in the last 6 months” I did not answer that one well, but it was a lesson learned….

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