How to Answer Basic Job Interview Questions

Video Transcript

"This is Gloria Campbell with Advantage Training Systems located in St. Petersburg, Florida. Basic job interview questions, you have got to get past those before you get the job. Here are some that you are always going to get. The first one tell me something about yourself. It is an easy question, it is meant to put you at ease and you really should have a very good concise answer to that question. If you fumble over that, if you don't have a good answer the interview is probably not going to go very well. The interviewer is not looking for your life history. They want something very short like who you are if you have family, where you maybe grew up, where you went to school, things you like, your hobbies, very clear, very concise. Also I want to caution you don't give too much information here. If you are a divorced mother with two small children, that is not the kind of information that you want to give here because later on that may come back to haunt you if this is a job where you have to work nights and weekends. The second question you are going to get is what are your strengths and what are your weaknesses? Be honest. An interviewer knows that no one can do everything but you always even on your weaknesses you want to frame them in a positive standpoint and say here is what I have learned to do. I am the kind of person who is very task oriented but I know that other people may not be so I have learned to kind of back off in some instances and let other people do certain things. The other question is what didn't you like about your last job? How would this job be different? Are you a team player? Make sure that you have some good examples where you have been able to work as part of a team or independently. Getting those basic questions down that you know you are going to get are the first step to getting to that second to third interview and landing that job. This is Gloria Campbell with Advantage Training Systems in St. Petersburg, Florida"