Interview strategies answering questions

This chapter arms you with information and strategies to help you anticipate tough questions, formulate responses, and get an interview back on course. With preparation, you should be able to go into any interview feeling confident and without fear of surprise or embarrassment. Preparation is the key By researching and rehearsing what is likely to be asked, you are free to answer unanticipated questions with less stress and more confidence. 

You will face a number of difficult questions during your job search. Exhibit 7-1 lists a few of these questions, which you should think about before you go on any interviews. The next sections of this chapter discuss other tough questions that are typically asked in interviews, as well detailed strategies for answering them, followed by discussion of how fo go about getting a second interview if you don t get the job. The emphasis here, however, is on succeeding—and if you are alert, well prepared, and primed to think on your feet, you will accomplish nothing less. 

Of all the questions interviewers ask, this is probably the toughest one to answer, because the world is changing so fast. It s hard to know where we will be one year from now, much less in five. However, there are some good strategies that might help you answer this question. 

Another strategy for interviewing, notes Boyd Estus, "is for the person asking the questions not to look at the interviewee as a source of information but to get them involved in a conversation, which often involves playing devil s advocate. I really don t understand why this is better than that. Can you explain that to me " Estus explains, "So the person s engaged, as opposed to spouting a pat answer."... 

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