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Personal Consultation Session

Contact: Martin on

   07847 372725

or email click here

Possible Questions From The Employer

The Job

- Why are you interested in the job?

- Why are you interested in this industry?

- What can you bring to the company?

- What do you know about the company?

- Which technologies have you used?

- What makes you think that you would be good in this job?

- What aspects least appeal to about this job?

- How do you hope to develop in this job?

- What changes would you make if given this job?

- Have you experience of this sort of work?

- What would you do in the first 30 days if given this job?

About You

- Tell me about yourself.

- What are your strengths?

- What are your weaknesses?

- Where do you see yourself in five or 10 years' time?

- How do you motivate others?

- How do you work with a team?

- What is the best job you have had? and why?

- What do you do in your spare time?

Experience

- What were your main responsibilities in your last job?

- How successful do you feel you were? and why?

- What did you enjoy most about your previous job?

- For IT work, can you give me an example of a project in which you used x, y or z?

- What is your best achievement to date?

- What is your worst professional failure?

- What do you do particularly well?

- Can you describe a difficult problem and how you dealt with it?

- Why do you wish to leave your current job?

The Industry

- What are the most important trends in the industry?

- What do you think of the impact of x (recent developments) will be on the industry?

Scenarios

Give me a recent example of when you had to deal with a major problem.

- What did you do about the problem?

- What options did you consider?

- Why did you choose the option?

- What did you learn from the experience?

- What would you do differently next time?

What would you do if:

- You got behind schedule with your project?

- A customer accused you of breaching the security of their network?

Possible Replies To Some Questions

Tell me about yourself.

Keep your answer fairly brief, explaining your background and highlighting your attributes and what you have done that are relevant to the job.

Why do you want to work here?

This is where you can show off your knowledge of the company, and you can use this to explain how the company can provide an environment to fulfill your potential e.g. I am keen to work in a large company that has a highly structured graduate recruitment scheme.

What are your strengths and weaknesses?

Use your strengths that fit with the company e.g. flexibility, attention to detail, a quick learner, team working, leadership.

Put a positive angle on your weaknesses – present them as minor flaws that you can learn from.

What would you do if…

If you have been in a situation similar to the one described, you can explain what you did on that occasion. Otherwise, it’s a matter of giving what you think is the correct course of action e.g. if behind schedule on your project, you’d tell the project leader/client, look at options for the deadline to be extended, work out if you could catch up or get extra help.

Possible Questions To Ask The Employer

The Job

- Who will I report to?

- Where does he/she fit in the structure?

- How much of my time would be spent on…?

- Where will I fit into the overall organisational structure?

- Who will I be working with?

- How experienced are they?

- What do you expect me to achieve in the first six months?

- Will there be any travel in this post?

- When are you looking for your new employee to start?

- What is the next step in your recruitment process?

The Company

- Which technologies do you see your organisation adopting in the next few years?

- Which direction is your company moving in?

- Who are your main customers?

- Who are your main suppliers?

Training and Progression

- How is training organised?

- What provision do you make to keep IT skills up-to-date?

- What opportunities are there for progression in the company?

- How do you monitor progress?

- Is there a mentor program in the company?

Avoid asking about the pay or salary at the interview, unless of course the interviewer brings it up. Once the company has decided they are interested in you, you are in a much stronger position.

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