Job Interview

[cali yaris]

1. What is your one most important weakness in taking on a supervisory position?
2. How will you build team spirit and cooperation in your group?
3. How will your work result in higher productivity/profit/etc. for our company?

A. Do NOT describe how you've improved at anything, that is weak. Say you are ready NOW.

B. Say you want it. You'd be surprised how many interviewees don't ASK for the job.

C. Ask THEM questions. It's your interview too, and demonstrates assertiveness.

if you want more, those are just off the top of my head...

[CTScott]

Originally Posted by cali yaris

1. What is your one most important weakness in taking on a supervisory position?
2. How will you build team spirit and cooperation in your group?
3. How will your work result in higher productivity/profit/etc. for our company?

A. Do NOT describe how you've improved at anything, that is weak. Say you are ready NOW.

B. Say you want it. You'd be surprised how many interviewees don't ASK for the job.

C. Ask THEM questions. It's your interview too, and demonstrates assertiveness.

if you want more, those are just off the top of my head...

^+1, particularly on answer C.

Over the past 20 years I have only worked for two companies (the second for the past 18 years). On occasion I have interviewed elsewhere, although I have never been serious about leaving. With these dozen or so interviews, I have always been offered the job. The key for me has been to go into the interviews demonstrating complete confidence and turning the interview around where I make the interviewer try to sell me on his/her company and on why I should want to come work for them.

Internal interviews and progressions are quite different though. Seldom with an internal interview process is the decision not already made before the process begins. With an internal promotion, your resume is your past performance, accomplishments, attitude, and conduct.

[Altitude]

Originally Posted by CTScott

The key for me has been to go into the interviews demonstrating complete confidence and turning the interview around where I make the interviewer try to sell me on his/her company and on why I should want to come work for them.

+1 Though be careful to not cross the line between confidence and arrogance.