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What exactly is a behavioral interview? It’s a job interview that focuses on questions about how the candidate has behaved in the past in specific work situations. Most job interviews include at least some behavioral interview questions. By asking you about your past behavior, hiring managers try to get a sense of how you might…
Where do you see yourself in five years? This interview question is not designed to test your psychic powers. No interviewer expects candidates to be able to describe EXACTLY what they will be doing in 1,820 days. In fact, a truthful answer about what you HOPE to be doing can easily sabotage your odds of…
Today, we are tackling another critical job interview question: What are your strengths? This is a commonly-asked question in job interviews for all levels of positions in all industries. Even when this question is not asked, you must be able to answer it in order to land the job. After all, from the employer’s perspective,…
Today’s post is your guide to answering yet another one of the most common (and most critical) job professional interviews questions: Why do you want to work here? Actually, we want to cover this question from two important angles. Why are you interested in the company? Why are you interested in the job? You must…
Why The Answer to “How Long Should a Resume Be?” Hasn’t Changed The experts say that your resume should be one page long exactly. Is that good advice or outdated? The truth is that one-page resumes are generally preferred by hiring professionals for good reasons – the one-page format forces the candidate to focus on the…
After sending out carefully-crafted cover letters and resumes and acing multiple rounds of job interviews, the payoff is here: a job offer. Time to celebrate? Not so fast. Even in a tight job market, it’s not always in your best interest to accept the first job offer you receive. And what if you’re faced with more…
Looking to land your dream job? Before you can truly interview well, you have to understand what hiring managers are looking for and how that aligns with your job skills and experience. After all, when they ask you about your strengths or fit, you Job Skills want to wow them by describing the strengths that…
You’ve worked hard to perfect your resume and land that all-important big interview. This means, though, that the battle is only just beginning. While it’s important to prepare yourself for skill, behavioral, and talent-related interview questions through practice, hiring an interview coach, or participating in the tutorials and interviewing training program offered by Big Interview,…
In an interview, talking about your weaknesses and flaws is difficult. We’re here to make it easier. Today, I want to talk about one of the most common and aggravating interview questions of them all: What is your greatest weakness? Are you rolling your eyes? Most candidates hate this question and consider it pointless. After…
At one of my training sessions recently, we had a discussion about being a first-time supervisors. While the group had a tremendous amount of management experience, everyone recognized how hard it can be in that very first supervisors role. Driving home after the session, it got me thinking – what advice would I have wanted…