Job Interview Questions and Answers

Job Interview Questions and Answers

These are some of the important and frequently asked questions. Try to answer these on your own and later you can check the answers probably you can come with much better answers.

These are important questions and tips they are: -
1) Tell me about your self?
You can answer this question in two different ways they are: -

I am down to earth person, sweet, creative, smart, industrious and professional. These are some of the comments and testimonials from my previous employer.

You can give him a general introduction about your self. It should state everything for example: -

• My name is ABCD and I have worked in ABCD Company where I handled ABCD project. I have experience of three years in this field. I am particularly expert in CGU programming and I have handled three projects on this specialization. I hold a valid passport and I represented our company to clients across Asia.

• For Fresher`s in general: - My name is ABCD and I completed my graduation in ABCD university with “A” grade and I attended for workshops in --------- company`s which taught me protocol and security features in a network. My graduation project was based on Web design and security features which I have completed with three of my friends. I am passionate about Open source programming and coding. I am a resident of India and I have represented my college in Security features International seminar in France.

2) Why did you choose this field when you have several other options? What interests you?
Right from my childhood I was always fascinated by the computer and its applications. In my school I learnt basic and then I never stopped my learning ability. Although I had several options I was always interested in devising applications for them so that the process becomes much easy. I was always interested in open source programming.

3) After five years in this organization at what position do you see yourself?
I would be writing my internal job posting exam and I would like to see myself in the post of supervisor or team leads. I like to be a Team lead after five years.

4) What made you to choose this college?
I gained admission into this college by writing the state competitive examination. Also my budget made me limited to this college. I gained much information about this college from the websites and the active student groups. I was also impressed by the Labs present for my field.

5) What made you to choose this company?
I did gain much information about the company through various sources. I learnt a lot about the company`s work environment, ethics, values, quality and team work from some of my friends working in your company. I also have relatives in project manager position that helped me a lot in knowing information about the company.

6) What experience did you garner from your previous projects and education how well did it prepare you for a career?
I obtained an immense experience from my education, team work, leadership, management skills and technical aspects from my project. I always learn from my mistakes and achievements. My teachers, professors helped me a lot for my international conference which was very successful. I gained international exposure in work ethics, management skills and technical aspects.

7) Why should the company hire you?
As per the job position the company has advertised I have the requisite skills and also I have done a project on that specialization which makes me the ideal candidate for the company. Also my professors LOR (Employers LOR) is with you which has a detailed description about my candidature. I am also a good team player which is very much required for the company`s.
(Or)
You can split your achievements into sub headings and explain it to the interviewer such as: -
(i) Coursework
(ii) Work experience
(iii) Student organizations
(iv) Life experience

8) In general we have at times conflicting ideas did you ever experience those?
Yes there was once a situation in which I disagreed with my professor on a particular topic (Advanced control systems) during his explanation. After the lecture I asked him my query and said to him that working in that model will not give us sufficient results he objected it. Later that night I worked on the theory and gave him a report which detailed about all the practical and theoretical implications if we had approached it in that fashion.

9) Will you do further studies?
Yes I would love to do further studies in my field. Presently I like to gain much more practical experience and then I would approach the company for further research and education which can benefit the company and increase my career prospects. I would also be moving closer to my goal.

10) What is your goal and why did you choose that specific goal?
My goal is to develop an open source operating system based on Linux and that operating system should have CGI and CGU applications so that they reduce the need of costly operating systems which eat away major portion of the revenue. Under developed and developing countries can save a part of their revenue.