How to get a Job through a Smart Interview?

Before you got a job, you must go through a job interview, therefore you must learn about ‘Interview’, you might missed a golden chance because of the lack of interview knowledge. I will list down all the required and important interview tips and information, which will help you to get a job more easily by having an excellent interview.

What is Job Interview?

There are four common methods of interview:

1. Face to face individual interview (one to one)
2. Face to face group interview (one to many)
3. Phone-call interview
4. Video-call interview

Different scholars, HR specialists and job seekers have different interpretations of the definition of job interviews. In order to explain the interview systematically, it is necessary to analyze in depth from three sections: surface, outer and inner.

The Surface Level — Talent Selection

Interview is an important means of talent selection. This method has been fully applied since the ancient time very long time ago. Nowadays this method is widely used in most companies or civil servant recruitment. The entire interview process can be divided into Six layers, so called “The Recruitment Screening Pyramid”.

1. Recruiting attracted candidates — 1200 people
2. Received interview notice — 200 people left
3. Receiving proper interview — 150 people left
4. Received hired notice — 100 people left
5. Become a probationary employee — 50 people left
6. Finally become a full-time employee — 2 people left

The Outer Level — Examination

An interview is a form of examination that examines job applicant’s ability through interviews. It provides an opportunity for examiners and job seekers to communicate and improve understanding between the two parties, therefore both parties can make a more accurate decision.

Within the interview job seekers must pay attention to their job competency (What you can do in your position?), language expression ability, logical thinking ability and team collaboration ability.

Never mention any information that you might leave afterwards, such as immigration, relocation, or want to become a boss in the future, these are taboos for job seekers.

The Inner Level — Communication

The essence of interview is communication. Experienced job seekers liken an interview to a friends chat. This is the highest level of interviewing, instead of treating an interview as a stressful exam, it is a relaxed interaction.

In the communication, job seekers show their individual ability and own characteristics, and interviewers obtain relevant information. Interviewers need to use variety of methods to gradually explore job seeker’s potential such as values, attitudes, social roles, self-awareness, qualities and motivation. Most of the companies are more willing to hire a like-minded person than to hire a capable person.

Congratulation! You have roughly understood what is interview and now you need to learn something useful, its introducing yourself.

How to perform a Perfect Self-introduction in a Job Interview?

Usually the first part of the interview is to perform a simple self-introduction, which will affect about 60% for the overall interview result. In the process of interpersonal communication, the initial impressions play an important role.

Although the first impression is not completely trustworthy, but for a stranger it is indeed the most distinctive and strong enough to determines the communication process in future. This is the so-called “Primary Effect”.

From HR perspective, self-introduction has two main purposes:

1. Allow HR a certain amount of time to scan the resumes of job candidates and marking.
2. Investigate the basic abilities of job seekers, such as verbal skills, expressive skills and logical skills.

From job applicant’s perspective, there are two main purposes:

1. Relieve your tension because self-introduction is prepared in advance not like Q&A section.
2. Promote yourself and impress the interviewer with a short introduction.

Now you will need to learn on how to prepare a smooth content for self-introduction step by step.

1. Basic Information — After a brief opening remark, you should first let the other party remember your name. You may use some clever parables to telling your name. After that, tell about your hometown, so both party can get closer to each other. Followed by your college and education related information. Lastly is explain your intention that apply for this job. Remember that you don’t have to make a long story, just make it simple.
2. Relevant practical experience — This is an important part. HR is more inclined to find job applicants with relevant experience, can be more quickly to pick-up the job, and also save time and cost on training. Therefore this content you must focus on relevant working experience.
3. Personality traits and knowledge skills — Explain your personality traits, as close to the job requirements as possible, and telling some hobbies that related to your job to get some extra credits.
4. Competence — You must show a radical side, proactively tell the interviewer how you will work, how to use your work experience to help the company. It is more than enough to prove that you are absolutely qualified for this position.
5. Concluding remarks — Ending with a sincere and serious expression, end your self-introduction with a word of thanks, and make sure to re-emphasize your desire and confidence in this position, and thanks the other party for the interview opportunity.

50 Common Job Interview Questions you must know

1. Please introduce yourself.
2. What is your biggest advantage or disadvantage?
3. How do your classmates, colleagues or friends evaluate you?
4. Talk about your home or school.
5. How do you usually handle evaluations from others?
6. Have you ever had a dispute with someone? How did you solve it?
7. What is the most successful or most failed thing in you?
8. What is your hobby?
9. How do you think about the other candidates performance?
10. How do you balance the relationship between home and work?
11. Is your family settled nearby?
12. Please describe yourself with a word or sentence.
13. How to get along with people you don’t like?
14. Have you participated in public welfare activities?
15. How is your English level?
16. Which software are you good at?
17. What do you think about the previous boss?
18. How much do you know about our company?
19. Why did you choose our company?
20. Why did you leave your previous company?
21. What do you think about job change?
22. Talk about your career plan.
23. What do you value more about a new job?
24. What can you bring to our company?
25. Why do we choose you?
26. How will you adapt to your new working environment?
27. In addition to this company, which other companies have you applied for?
28. What was your major works in previous job.
29. Can you elaborate <something> which is mentioned in your resume?
30. Why do you want to change job?
31. How much do you know about this job?
32. How much do you know about this industry?
33. What difficulties do you think you will encounter in this job?
34. You have no work experience. How can you do this job?
35. Please try to sell this product to me on the spot
36. Why do you like this job?
37. Are you good at multitasking or single-tasking on working.
38. Do you prefer independent thinking or teamwork?
39. What kind of leaders or colleagues do you like to get along with?
40. Are you better at managing up or managing down?
41. What do you do when you have a different opinion with your boss?
42. What do you do when your leader’s order is different from your boss’s order?
43. What if you find yourself unfit for the job after working for a while?
44. What will you do if you have difficulty getting along with your boss or colleagues at work?
45. If we hire you, how are you going to work?
46. What would you do if we didn’t hire you?
47. What do you hope to be after a year in this company?
48. What do you think about OT (overtime)?
49. What do you think of salary?
50. Do you have any questions?

Here is some prohibition for interviewee, you must fix all these things before going into an interview.

• Body odor
• Bad breath
• Messy hairstyle
• Messy dressing
• Impolite behavior
• Too early or late for interview

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