The same question also appears in same application. 

I meant the two questions from your two previous posts also appeared in the application form for a job in some companies.

1. Expected salary.
2. Salary from your previous job(s).

I manage to secure 2nd round interview at perodua next tuesday..just now call me that there is another exec position option for me..and that mean a related-to-my-course-position  aiya..has to go to Rawang again.....

What are you strength?
Think ahead of what you will say if they ask you that question. During an interview my daughter was asked this question in a different way. Her question was "what would your colleagues least like about you?" For a question like this, it may be wise to turn negative trait into a positive characteristics.

For instance, if you are impatient then it will be good to say that you are impatient with people who are not focused and disciplined about work. You are impatient with people who do not meet work deadlines. If you are disorganised, use the creative card to say that you are more rightbrain that left and there is order in you chaos.

Why should we hire you?
Here are some of the possible answers you can say with conviction: a quick learner, highly motivated, willing to accept challenges, focused about learning new things, willing to travel, will not watch the clock, will be willing to work anywhere, have the ability to get along with people, have good communication skills, have leadership skills, very disciplined, have great energy to work in order to learn something new, etc.

Where do you see yourself in five years down the line?
You must talk about what you want to do or dream about doing, even if in reality you change your mind after two years and it does not happen. The point here is to have a plan of action.

What was the hardest think you have ever faced in you life?
This question calls for personal experiences and ther interviewer wants to know if you are capable of making hard choices and surviving tough times. You can talk about failing exams or not making the grade in getting the course you want, and having to make do with a second choice. It could be having to work and study, and struggling to make ends meet.

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Very good input you have there, thanks for posting it up. It has enlightened me a lot. I have been to some interviews during my college break, the toughest question that i have encounter would be the question about " Tell me about your strength and weaknesses". I am like OMG, i can't be telling him about my downside, but by the end of the day i manage to get through the interview process.

1. when can I expect to hear from you?
2. be more specific. if u ask that, I also cincai  answer. u may want to ask job scope or the hierarchy level.
3. urs is ok.
4. eh, u gonna ask ur interviewer that question? cool! let me know how they reply.

well, few more days to ur big day. keep us updated k? have a nice weekend!

I guess everybody has its own unique way of answering this kind of very subjective question.

Well, it may not suit you as my weaknesses might not be your weakness or vice versa. Try to be original.

I didn't say that you're copying. What I meant that this type of questions can be considered as spontantaneous type of questions ... and you might not be giving the same set of "scripted" answer for each interview you went for. Got what I meant?

Good effort but it's might be a very wide scope. Some interviews are short and direct to points while others are very comprehensive which they ask from A to Z.

It's also differs on who is interviewing you; HR staffs, manager, technical personnel.

Usually technical interview/questions are tough where they asked something you learnt 3-5 years ago and you can't recall even tough you prepared for it or you didn't prepare at all.

For questions from HR person, you may still use your creative skills to come out with an on-the-spot answer.

To boringpig,

To be honest i didn't know how i did it but i just came out with it spontaneously, just try to use your strength and manipulate it into your weakness where by the end of the day the interviewer himself couldn't figure out if that answer is really a weakness or not. Kind of hard to explain look through this website for further understanding >> http://www.businessweek.com/careers/conten...position=link18

boringpig,

it's time for you to compose a follow-up email now. send it tomolo morning.. hehehe that's what i've been told by iZuDeeN and David83

having my interview tomolo.. time to read up something from ere...

haha. i found the road signs to cyber is ok. but when wanna go back home, teruk. i twice went into putrajaya.

boringpig, good for u for surviving the interview! do look for other jobs in da mean time. gambateh!

that's true.

but u din get the interviewer email? did u send ur resume using email? if yes, u can use back that email.

otherwise snail mail?

Hahahaha, that's Datacom right? is it for the Netgear, CISCO or D-Link team?

An experienced interviewer will not accept this as an answer, plus it shows you've rehearsed the answer before the interview, AND it tells the interviewer that you didn't really listen to the question. He/she's gonna ask "you've never tied a shoe lace before?" Major deduction points there.

The least you can do is set the expectation, then try to answer the question, or at least what you can do when faced with these kinds of situation and THEN you tell them you're a fast learner and things like that.

I surprise people that way. Heheh
No, Datacom's pretty efficient in their hiring process. If they didn't call you back, you probably didn't get the position. Don't worry too much about it, it's not a big opportunity you missed.