I do believe you mean to say company not country.

Questions you need to answer :

1. Is this your first job or perhaps your 2nd or 3rd?

Reason I ask this is because you can reply back generally stating that you would like to join the company as to expand my experience in this field or industry.

If so happen you were asked why this particular company? You can generally answer that this is afterall an interview hence I'm here to find out for myself what this company has to offer myself.

As for your 2nd question, it really all boils down to what really are your strengths?

Are you a multitasker? Are you a specialist perhaps?

How you can go about answering this questions is what type of company is that (eg. IBM, HP) hence you can respond back with your strengths (eg. Can contribute because you have many years in dealing with hardware / software, I'm a people person, I get along well with people so you can be a good team player, etc)

As for your first question - best answer is your most honest answer. Not direct and totally frank that perhaps may be offensive to the interviewer but you can reply honestly saying that this particular skill, you've learned during your studies in the university however currently, you're perhaps abit rusty on it due to lack of practice.

Here's a quick question for you - when you are applying for an engineering job, do you prepare yourself whereby you know you are going to be asked these sorta skill / technical question? If your answer is no - then the responsibility falls on you instead.

*It's always best to be prepared before going into an interview once you know your application has gone through.

No interviewer expects you to be perfect or an absolute genius ... at least touch the basics whereby it can give you that edge thinking that at least you've got solid grounds ... just needs some touch up perhaps ...

I agree to a certain degree but bear in mind that when you go for an interview, you're not only being interviewed but YOU have to 'interview' the company as well. Don't sit there and answer questions only. ASK questions as well ... find out more if the application for that job suits you



This post has been edited by jethrel: Aug 10 2010, 10:10 AM

IMHO - I wouldn't accept it.

Again, to me personally - It's not so much of what people think of myself but instead, what is the purpose for that interview? Wasn't it for the job / role of XXX but instead YYY?

1. Speak with confidence and fluently.
2. Ensure you don't fall into alot of 'eeerrr' ... 'aaaarrr'. If you don't know the answer, get prepared on how to divert that question
3. Most importantly - speak politely and concise with least amount of slang

Wrong.

That is not asking what is your weakness ...

Isn't obvious it's seeking your opinion on how perhaps creative you are on providing an alternate solution ?

Not necessary.

Depending on the candidate, if per say that the answer is 'creative' perhaps, it enlightens the interviewer a preview of the candidates way of thinking ...

That's at least how I would think of it.