Brilliant Answers to Tough Interview Questions:Smart answers to whatever they can throw at you

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Features

• Learn how to recognise your strengths and how to play to them, how to deal with your weak spots and how to avoid panic answers.
• There is an art in turning every question to your advantage and this book shows you how.
• Includes over 200 of the most commonly asked questions and ideal answers to ensure you are ready to handle anything the interviewer throws at you.
• This new updated edition includes even more questions than previously but also brings focus on bringing the equal opportunities section in line with current practices.

Table of Contents

Introduction    

1          Look before you leap

How to be brilliantly prepared before the interview and how to survive and sparkle on the day   

2          More than an educated guess

How to show employers what your education really taught you           

3          All work

Making your employment history work for you    

4          Your kind of company

What you need to know and how to let them know you know   

5          The personal touch

All about what makes you tick and why this matters          

6          Choice, change and chance

Your career decisions – how did you take them, why did you make them?    

7          Onwards and upwards

Show them why you are the right person for this job and that you are ready to climb the career ladder if you want to            

8          Are you confident that you are competent?

Competence-based or behaviour interviews – use them to your advantage

9          Your Achilles’ heel

Dealing with your weak spots, awkward questions, embarrassing pauses and mean interviewers 

10        A level playing field

Equal opportunities, positive thinking and the selection process      

11        Turning the tables

Your questions answered – you in control          

12        Summing up

Learning from every interview, planning for future success and managing less typical interviews           

Index of questions  

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What does it take to really shine in your interview?

Interviews are your chance to showcase your talents. Get it right and you could nail the job of your dreams, get it wrong and you could be in for a stressful time.

Your biggest challenge will be using the questions they throw at you to show off your skills and potential - turning even the most awkward questions to your advantage. Brilliant Answers to Tough Interview Questions shows you how.

BRILLIANT OUTCOMES

• Turn each question to your advantage
• Feel in control – no matter what questions you are asked
• Be ready to show your strengths and  your weaknesses

Packed with over 200 interview questions – the tricky ones, the hidden meaning ones, the sly ones and the downright tough ones – you’ll find out exactly what the interviewer wants to hear and how to say it.

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