New Grad Interview Success
Tip 4: How to answer interview questions
by Chris Fogarty
Practice doesn’t make perfect, but practice makes improvement.
There are a lot of very common interview questions, and you could get a list of these and memorize an answer for each one. And that will work up to a point. But they’ll sound memorized (which won’t make you sound very ‘real’ or ‘honest’), and you’ll most likely stumble on the first unexpected question. So having a strategy for how to answer any question is a much better method of preparation.
Types of questions will include “tell me about a time when….”, “what would you do if…”, “what is your greatest…” and the all intimidating “greatest weaknesses” inquiry. Be prepared by thoroughly analyzing your background and develop ‘stories’ that portray your skills and qualities.
And prepare to answer the “what are your greatest weaknesses” question by wrapping any weakness between two strengths. In other words, start your answer by mentioning a strength, add in the weakness and then end with a strength.
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