After you’ve found the best career school for you, whether it was Berkeley College in New York, ATI in Miami Gardens or even taken online career training courses from Argosy University, Americolleges, the online nationwide college directory, is now here to help with the best way to answer a few popular questions during the interviewing process. Make sure to also read Americolleges’ Interview Answers: Part 1 for answers.
Your interviewer may ask you how you deal under stress and pressure. Try to spin stress as something that pushes you to do better; that it helps you stay productive and motivated. You can also respond by letting him or her know you react more to the situation itself and try to find solutions to problems instead of focusing on the stress itself.
You might be asked to recall a job where you really got along with your direct supervisor or boss and give reasons as to why that relationship worked so well. Just be honest, maybe your personalities meshed well, maybe you admired how your boss delegated responsibilities or knew how to ask for things. You can also tell them that you like to have a clear vision of what is expected from you and that’s why you worked so well with your ex-boss. Stress the fact that good boss or bad boss, you learned from everyone you worked with. Each person taught you a thing or two and that from every experience you grew as a person.
Another question that might come up is “Describe your typical work week”. In this case, state the event, skills and responsibilities that will be relevant to the job you’re seeking. Connect those past experiences with this new position you want. Also, don’t give too many details. Keep the description professional. There’s no need to let them know that every Friday, you left the office earlier for happy hour with all your colleagues.
You might be asked to talk about your hobbies or what you enjoy doing after work. Be honest and keep it short. If there’s something you’re truly passionate about and therefore have a great knowledge about, discuss it. It might help you standout when your potential employer is reviewing his or her favorite candidates. If you have a personal blog you maintain, point that out, just make sure it’s not offensive or too unprofessional.
There are so many more questions that might come up in a conversation between yourself and the hiring company. A plethora of questions might also mean they are truly interested in what you have to say. You might have to go through a few interviews with the same company in order to get hired, just have a lot of patience and know that honesty is the best policy. In the end, you want them to hire you, not someone you fabricated. |