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23. What’s the last book you read?
24. What magazines do you subscribe to?
25. What’s the best movie you’ve seen in the last year?
26. What would you do if you won the lottery?
27. Who are your heroes?
28. What kind of car do you drive?
29. Tell me your favorite memory from childhood.
30. How do you react to a co-worker who does not complete their part
of a workload?
31. What irritates you about other people, and how do you deal with it?
32. If you boss told you to do something that you disagreed with, what
would you do?
33. What’s the most important thing you learned in school?
34. What do you look for in terms of culture when working for a
company?
35. Why did you choose your major in school?
Experience tells hiring managers that most applicants are not who they
say they are at the interview. That is precisely the reason modeling cus-
tomary patterns everyone else follows is not the best way to stand out.
For instance, if you ask one hundreds applicants this question: “Why
should we hire YOU?” What do you think is the most common response?
Ninety nine percent respond with: “I am motivated, punctual, ambi-
tious….” The majority provide a list of adjectives hiring managers are
well accustomed to hearing from every other applicant. To stand out, your
response should NOT be a list of adjectives. This is the reason companies
ask behavioral interview questions. Your answers will provide the em-
ployer with an insight into your true character. Above are examples of
Behavioral questions. We prepare for this more diligently at Step Five
when we prepare for the interview.
Answer the questions
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