Career Advice

Former recruitment agency experts answer employment questions, candidly suggesting how to negotiate your salary, find a really good job, handle phone interviews, and more.

Sage advice like this is priceless.

• Why do you want to work for us?
• Were you ever fired or forced to resign?
• Why have you held so many positions in such a short period of time?
• Explain this gap in your employment record? What have you been doing during this time?
• What are your your greatest strengths and weaknesses?
• What are your long-range career goals, and what steps have you taken toward them?
• Do you prefer working alone or in teams?
• Are you a leader? Describe a time of when you had to show leadership.
• What do you do when others disagree with your ideas?
• What motivates you to go the extra mile?
• Describe the most creative thing you've ever accomplished.
• Tell me about a time when you tried something and failed. How did you handle it?
• What do you see yourself 5 years from now?
• You seem overqualified for this position.
• You don't have enough experience.

Try the Interview Scorecard - it is a Job interview simulation that tests you on common interview questions and gives you feedback based on how you answer. If you learn just two new things from this interview guide, then you would expect to have a better interview and you would be able to get the job, wouldn't you?