At Imprimis Group, we occasionally refer our candidates to online resources to help them improve their handling of aspects of the job search. The employment interview, and three particular aspects of it, is particularly challenging—even for some of the best qualified job candidates.
- Turning the tables and asking questions to the interviewer
- Answering the “Tell me about yourself” question
- Answering the “What is your greatest weakness” question
Frankly, even the best job interviewers sometimes feel dissatisfied with their performance in these three tricky parts of an interview. How do we know? We get instant feedback from employers and candidates after the meeting, and we hear the frustration vented about missed opportunities on both ends. So we took to YouTube to find and recommend some of the best video tutorials to help you, the job hunter, improve your performance in each of these three compulsory interview components. Each one is less than ten minutes, so watch them all!
8 Smart Questions to Ask Hiring Managers in a Job Interview
from Work It Daily
What do you do when you get to the end of the interview and the hiring manager asks, “Do you have any questions for me?” Even if you think you’ve covered every base up until that moment, your response at this juncture can make or break your candidacy. A key point here is that having properly prepared questions shows that you value yourself and your skills, and you are not willing to sell yourself short. You want the best possible opportunity because you have earned it. The questions you ask will demonstrate your selectivity as a candidate, and that is highly attractive to employers.
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How to Answer: Tell Me About Yourself
from Big Interview
For the job candidate, dread comes from the open-endedness of this question, especially when it is asked as the initial icebreaker. There’s a feeling of skepticism about the lack of specificity. If you’re like many interviewees, you’re not quite sure what is intended by this question, or how to answer. You may stumble, you may falter, or you may talk too much about something that isn’t going to bolster your candidacy. You may commit any number of faux pas in attempting to respond to this question… that is, until you watch this video.
[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmFuWmzeiDs[/embedyt]
What Is Your Greatest Weakness?
from Interview Advice from the Scharff Tank
Likely the most feared interview question of all-time, this question is asked to learn several important things about you, the least of which is your actual weakness on the job. Among the traits an interviewer will attempt to discern are healthy or unhealthy ego, coachability, and personal insight. If you’ve been turning strengths into weaknesses by answering with a trite and disingenuous “I care too much,” or “I’m a perfectionist,” the six minutes you spend watching this video could change the outcome of your next interview!
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