Comments on: The Best Interview Question Ever Asked, And The Correct Answer http://www.mosthired.com/blog/the-best-interview-question-ever-asked-and-the-correct-answer There's a job here for you Sun, 12 Jul 2009 18:50:58 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: estella http://www.mosthired.com/blog/the-best-interview-question-ever-asked-and-the-correct-answer#comment-54 estella Sat, 18 Oct 2008 16:02:20 +0000 http://www.mosthired.com/blog/?p=28#comment-54 very good i like it very good i like it

]]> By: Yancey from you can learn basic employee rights http://www.mosthired.com/blog/the-best-interview-question-ever-asked-and-the-correct-answer#comment-36 Yancey from you can learn basic employee rights Mon, 14 Jul 2008 19:45:41 +0000 http://www.mosthired.com/blog/?p=28#comment-36 Not preparing for an interview is probably the number one mistake most job interviewees make! As a job applicant, you must learn the answers to job interview questions the employer may ask. As the article points out there are two questions or some variation thereof frequently asked by job interviewers. “What are your goals?” “Where do you see yourself in five years?” But before I offer my opinion on what the appropriate job seeker response should be, my experience shows it’s just as important to ask like kind questions of the employer. Would you like to know one of the most important of all job interview tips? The interview questions to ask the employer! This is another major consideration that many job seekers fail to properly plan for. Preparing for job interviews without asking the interviewer the appropriate questions tell him/her getting the job isn’t important. When preparing for a job interview spend time investigating the business. Learn about the company’s history and what it does for the industry. I would be looking at how well it treated its employees with things like salaries, benefits and promotional opportunities. Ask the interviewer “What are the company’s goals?” Where does the company see itself in five, ten years?” Try to find out how well the company is doing financially. It would be to the job interviewee’s advantage to know if the company is going to be around for a while. Where do you see yourself in five years? This is another one of my favorites. Personally, I think it is idiotic however; many employers place a lot of importance on this question. They use it to judge whether this job is just a stepping-stone and measure your level of commitment to it. It is like guaranteeing the future. Who knows where they will be in five years. Again, stay focused on the qualifications you have for the job and your willingness to stay. What are your goals? This is another one of my favorites. I told the interviewer who was also the department director, “My goal is to end up on a beach in Tahiti”. After I was hired, the director told me that was the most honest answer he had heard in all the interviews for the position. I’m not recommending you respond with an answer like that. That answer could have just as easily backfired on me. But, I remained focused on showing why my qualifications were the best match for the position based on my knowledge and experience. Many employers put heavy emphasis on setting goals. So be prepared to demonstrate your goals for your job, life, family, etc. Remember to keep the focus on how your goals show you to be an asset for the needs of the interviewer. In my opinion there are no “right” answers to these two job interview questions. Without properly preparing for an interview</a> the responses given could certainly cost you the job. Not preparing for an interview is probably the number one mistake most job interviewees make! As a job applicant, you must learn the answers to job interview questions the employer may ask. As the article points out there are two questions or some variation thereof frequently asked by job interviewers. “What are your goals?” “Where do you see yourself in five years?”

But before I offer my opinion on what the appropriate job seeker response should be, my experience shows it’s just as important to ask like kind questions of the employer. Would you like to know one of the most important of all job interview tips? The interview questions to ask the employer! This is another major consideration that many job seekers fail to properly plan for. Preparing for job interviews without asking the interviewer the appropriate questions tell him/her getting the job isn’t important.

When preparing for a job interview spend time investigating the business. Learn about the company’s history and what it does for the industry. I would be looking at how well it treated its employees with things like salaries, benefits and promotional opportunities. Ask the interviewer “What are the company’s goals?” Where does the company see itself in five, ten years?” Try to find out how well the company is doing financially. It would be to the job interviewee’s advantage to know if the company is going to be around for a while.

Where do you see yourself in five years?
This is another one of my favorites. Personally, I think it is idiotic however; many employers place a lot of importance on this question. They use it to judge whether this job is just a stepping-stone and measure your level of commitment to it.

It is like guaranteeing the future. Who knows where they will be in five years. Again, stay focused on the qualifications you have for the job and your willingness to stay.

What are your goals?
This is another one of my favorites. I told the interviewer who was also the department director, “My goal is to end up on a beach in Tahiti”. After I was hired, the director told me that was the most honest answer he had heard in all the interviews for the position.

I’m not recommending you respond with an answer like that. That answer could have just as easily backfired on me. But, I remained focused on showing why my qualifications were the best match for the position based on my knowledge and experience.

Many employers put heavy emphasis on setting goals. So be prepared to demonstrate your goals for your job, life, family, etc. Remember to keep the focus on how your goals show you to be an asset for the needs of the interviewer.

In my opinion there are no “right” answers to these two job interview questions. Without properly preparing for an interview the responses given could certainly cost you the job.

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