How to answer hard interview questions : --and everything else you need to know to get the job you want

In this book, experienced interviewer, Charlie Gibbs provides valuable advice on how to prepare for your interview, how to conduct yourself at the interview and, most crucially perhaps, gives examples of the sort of questions you are likely to be asked, with the kind of answers interviewers really want to hear. Common interview questions included are on your - drive for achievement - strategic thinking - relationship building - commercial awareness - leaderships skills - decision-making skills and judgement - customer awareness - development of self and others - teamworking skills You'll also find some good ideas for questions you can ask your interviewer. CONTENTS......Page 6 PREFACE......Page 12 1 FINDING THAT JOB......Page 14 Filling in your application form......Page 15 Curricula vitae......Page 16 2 PREPARING FOR THE INTERVIEW......Page 18 Personal ratings and competencies......Page 19 Levels of competence......Page 23 Researching the organisation......Page 44 Timing is everything......Page 47 Planning what to wear......Page 48 What should I take with me?......Page 51 Outside the dragon’s den......Page 52 Legislation affecting recruitment......Page 53 Sex Discrimination Act 1975......Page 54 Race Relations Act 1976......Page 57 Disability Discrimination Act 1995......Page 58 Asylum and Immigration Act 1996......Page 61 Police Act 1997......Page 63 The employment tribunal......Page 64 Preparation......Page 67 Conducting the interview......Page 68 The importance of interview notes......Page 69 5 CONDUCTING YOURSELF AT THE INTERVIEW......Page 70 Questions about your drive for achievement......Page 73 Questions about your strategic thinking......Page 80 Questions about your relationship building......Page 84 Questions about your commercial awareness......Page 88 Questions about your leadership of change......Page 92 Questions about your leadership skills......Page 95 Questions about your continuous improvement......Page 99 Questions about your customer awareness......Page 105 Questions about your decision-making skills and judgement......Page 108 Questions about your influencing skills......Page 110 Questions about your development of self and others......Page 114 Questions about your teamworking skills......Page 118 The ‘... and finally’ questions......Page 122 First-round interviews......Page 126 Final-stage interview......Page 128 Searching for information......Page 130 Learning from rejection......Page 135 Resigning from your current job......Page 140 10 TELEPHONE INTERVIEWS......Page 143 Drive for achievement......Page 146 Strategic thinking......Page 149 Relationship building......Page 150 Commercial awareness......Page 151 Leadership of change......Page 153 Leadership skills......Page 155 Continuous improvement......Page 157 Customer awareness......Page 160 Decision-making skills and judgement......Page 162 Influencing skills......Page 164 Development of self and others......Page 167 Teamworking skills......Page 169 Specialist knowledge......Page 170 Appendix: The joke’s on HR......Page 172 Index of questions......Page 178 R......Page 182 W......Page 183 Don't be caught off guard in an important interview - this book will thoroughly prepare you and help you perform better under the spotlight. It features 50 examples of the kind of answers interviewers really want to hear Offering tips on how to prepare for, and conduct yourself at the interview itself, this book has almost 50 examples of the kind of answers interviewers want to hear; and the kind of answers that help you get that job.