"Why did you leave your previous job?"

Anyone?

Hi,

I'm Fresh Graduate. I have this questions during interview.
1. "Do you have anyone working in this company?" what should I answer?
Is it important for them to know if someone close to me is working in there?
What is the consequences if I answer yes or no?

2. Another question is technical question, if I do not know the answer is it better for me to answer I don't know or Willing to learn?

Please give advice. Thank You

Thank You for the information.

I have another question from Interviewer, "Do you have any question to ask?"

I didn't ask any as I thought I have all the information I need during the interview process. So in the end I didn't ask any question..... This is because they tell me what kind of programs they run, how they handle a task together, Is it good for me not to ask any question after the interviewer ask "Do you have any question to ask?"

Hi, I got a phone interview 3 weeks ago and it conducted by an HR personnel, I being informed that phone interview is the 1st stage followed by the face-to- face interview if selected.Basically he ask me the question about my skill sets,introduce about myself,my weakness and strength, my achievement, etc.... is takes around 25 minutes. After that, he email me a template which for me to key in my portfolio and ask me to email him back and attached along with all my edu cert.

After 3 weeks, i have been call to attend the interview in the same company next week and i being informed that the duration is 4hours. May i know is the face-to-face interview consider my 2nd interview? I really have no idea what will be the interview about which long for 4 hours. FYI, I'm in IT line. Thanks for anyone response.....

Hi sweet_pez,

You've make a right guess, it indeed an MNC. Thanks for your helpful information.  I will try to contact HR for more information about the interview.

can we ask question bac to the interviewer?
wil it a bit like throwing the question bac to him/her?

hello,
all sifu(s)...can giv me ideas how to answer "why you leave your previous company?" for IT job. need help here

normally i would fail at the questions like

1. why did you leave ur last job?
2. why did you take a year off?
3. what else have you been doing?
4. what is your strength and weaknesses?
5. what can you bring to the table?
6. why did you study this course and not that course (which is relevant to the job scope)?

i had this question the other day when i had an interview in The Star:

why didn't you apply for a job back at your old company (after i graduated from uni)?

sucks big time when i get too nervous. the interviewer was really patronizing.

how about dealing the question

"What is your expected salary"
and we counter back the question by telling them it's negotiable and they keep asking you, insisting to know that so they can have a salary filter through all candidate?

How should we said if they insists to ask?

also.. how about they ask you your previous salary? refuse to tell? or any good ways to counter this?

Some company refuse to pay more than 15% of your current salary, some 20%. I've been to interview which my expected salary was more than 30% my current salary. The HR tell me they cant give me more than 20% because it was their company policy. Now, is this reason good enough not to reveal your current salary?

That's ridiculous. So if you're extremely proficient and talented in what you do, and you can do what most other people can't (for example you're a powerful programmer/super good with microsoft access/know stuff about Islamic Financial Legal stuff) they still go on about the 20% thing? Sounds bollocks to me.

I have a friend in another department telling me, there's this guy, some damn junior guy. He's the whole reason the dept isn't falling apart. If he left, the 20 or so ppl there ... even the HEAD OF DEPT would not be able to cope with all the stuff he's helping them out with. This kind of people, companies will go out of their way to retain them. That is pure TALENT.

Yupp i also taught i heard wrongly. But he told me if possible after cny only let him know my decision 
Ask me dun so fast decide and think throughly -.-''
Anyway i plan to give him a call latest by next Monday.

The only reason i can think of is he worried i wont last long? Cos he told me the job is very challenging & must know how to drink (occasionally need to entertain client) I apply for Engineer position btw.

Hi.... everyone....i am panic now on answering the standard interview question... can anyone help me in giving me some ideas on the questions below:-

1) Please describe what appeals to you about our firm and the career opportunities we are offering.

2) Based on your academic background, qualifications and job experiences, please indicate what skills would assist you in your career.

3) Please describe any other special areas of interest of strengths that you feel are relevant to your application.

Really appreciate ur help.... thanks so much.!!!!

Ya, System Application Engineer position. Its not sales. Its a supplier company. Need to check about the entertaining customer part.

I'm curious, what do you say when you are say with :

"Have you applied to X firms" or "I noticed you interned with X firm, did you apply or why didn't you join then"

On one hand, I figure it is best to be honest. Because when you said you didnt apply back to the firm you had your internship is obviously a lie or you're not proactive enough (especially if you're applying in the same industry).

However when you do tell true, it opens a lot of loophole for the interviewer to "attack" you. Like once, the interviewer kept pushing to their rival as their rival have a better development structure. (To def, I kept saying I like their firm working culture and global initiative better) Or a second time when the interviewer just said "Oh, we can't offer you. They might counter offer you."

I once got bombarded by interviewer asking "Now tell me what can you offer, I have a guy who has a PhD in X, one with a degree from Cornell and a master from Brown. another with a double degree from NUS. You're just have a local degree plus not a very strong one too. What can you offer me?" Any suggestion for that too?

If you really ask me what a degree to me? I did mine locally, and find it a waste of time. Sure I may have learnt stuff but I felt the local environment was not competitive enough or the exposure was lacking. I remember my finance lecturer scolding the class saying, "you call yourself finance graduate and you dont even know what the subprime/credit crunch is all about?!". Some how its the lack of knowledge beyond the text book. If I wanted to know about the stuff in books I would just stay at home and write a list of books and write about how well I know the topic in my resume. I wanted to develop myself beyond the knowledge and leave a bit of my ideology behind when I passed on. However there are a few exceptional people that rise up and most get sent overseas. Sorry if I may sound too critical, but this what happens when you have a few cousins whom graduated from Oxford and Harvard. You get a bit competitive/kiasu hehe. So having said all that, you might have a rough idea on how I set myself a part. (To everyone, If you respect and  accept the idea of free opinion please accept this as my opinion and don't start a flame war. However constructive criticisms are always welcome)

As for the job that compared with others, I got that(job interview) by a long shot! I applied for something else (some thing I didnt quite liked) and manage to get referred to some thing I loved! Sadly I didn't get that, either I didnt manage to impress them or they give priority within the firm. I will never know...