Interview Questions

Some people get very nervous at the prospect of going for an interview and others do not.

The main driver behind the fear of interviews seem to be those nasty questions some interviewers tend to ask, for instance "why should I talk to you?"

The key is to be prepared for interview questions but the remaining question about Interview Questions is "How do I prepare for Interview Questions?". Here is a post that covers 9 tough commonly asked Interview Questions 

There are many books on the subject of answering tough Interview Questions and many websites and blog articles, including this one!

I suggest that there are two ways to approach this problem. The first is to go and frantically search for possible answers to all the possible questions. This can be quite exhausting as there are some publications entitles 1000 common interview questions.

Here is an article citing 15 not so common Interview Questions.

Another way to approach this subject is to try and understand what the Interviewer is looking for in the answer and putting that forward in the best possible manner. Most of the good books covering Interview Questions will look at that angle as well. We also give some insights in our post that covers
9 of the most common tough interview questions and their motivations.

If you have any good or interesting Interview Questions you have come across recently, do leave a comment below and also let us all know what you thought of it and how you answered it!

Also never forget that an interview is not a one-way interrogation, it is also time for the candidate to ask questions to the interviewer. Here is a newer post that contains 9 great questions to ask the hiring manager during an interview.