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Questions to ask for interview
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killadoob
Honorary Master
disable the pagefile would be one 
o yes whats the best anti virus (if he says norton throw him out the door)
o yes whats the best anti virus (if he says norton throw him out the door)
AntiThesis
Executive Member
Snormossel
Expert Member
1 Why do you want this job?
2 Tell me about yourself?
3 What have you done that saved money for your company?
4 Why should any company hire you out of 5 applicants?
5 How do you handle difficult clients?
6 List 5 major achievements.
7 What would you consider yourself good at?
8 What sort of person are you? Socially?
9 What are your strengths?
10 What are your weaknesses?
11 What do you know about our organization?
12 How would you approach this job?
13 How do you get things done?
14 How do you manage your staff?
15 What do you look for in a manager?
16 What do you look for in a subordinate?
17 How do you decide on your objectives?
18 How do you manage your day?
19 What interests you most in your work?
20 What do you do in your spare time?
21 In what environment do you work best?
22 What motivates you?
23 If you could change your current job in any way, what would you change?
24 If you could change your organization in any way, what would you change?
25 In what way have you changed over the last five years?
26 Where do you see yourself in the next five years?
27 Describe a time when you felt that things were not going too well?
28 How do you work in a team?
29 What contribution do you make to a team?
30 What would your colleagues say about you?
31 How would your boss describe your work?
32 Describe your ideal work environment?
33 Tell me about a time when you successfully managed a difficult situation at work?
34 Describe a difficult situation that you had to face at work and how did you handle that situation?
35 Who are you working best with at work and why?
36 Who do you find it difficult to work with? Why?
37 How would you approach a project?
38 Given a choice in your work what do you like to do first?
39 What can you bring to this position?
40 What can you offer this company?
41 How do you see this position developing?
42 Why did you leave (XYZ)? ( a previous position?)
43 Why are you dissatisfied with your present job?
44 Why are you considering leaving your present job?
45 Why have you stayed so long / short while?
46 Why were you out of work so long? What have you done during that time?
47 Why were you made redundant?
48 If we asked for a reference what would that person say about you?
49 What sort of salary are you expecting?
50 What do you think is your market value?
51 On a scale of 1 to 10 being the highest, how important is your work to you? Why not 10?
52 How did you get your last job?
53 Why were you transferred/promoted?
54 Do you like to work in a team or on your own?
55 What do you like best about your present job?
56 What do you like best about your present organization?
57 What did you learn in that job?
58 What will you do if you don’t get this job?
59 What other job have you applied for recently?
60 How could your boss improve his or her management?
61 What decisions do you find easy to make?
62 What decisions do you find hard to make?
63 How does this job fit in your career plan?
64 What training courses have you been on?
65 On taking this job what would be your major contribution?
66 How do you get the best out of people?
67 Which of your jobs have given you the greatest satisfaction?
68 How do you respond under stress?
69 This job has a large component of travel/sales/negotiation/stress. How will you cope with that?
70 What support/training will you need to do this job?
71 What will you look forward to most in this job?
72 What sort of person are you socially?
73 In your view, what are the major problems/opportunities facing this company/industry/sector?
74 What will be your key target in this job if we appoint you?
75 What aspects of this job would you delegate?
76 What makes you think you can be successful with us?
77 What are the major influences that encourage you to take this job?
78 How does the job sound to you?
79 What questions have you for us?
80 Have you been coached in interviewing skills?
Though interview Questions
1. Why haven’t you found a position before now?
Finding a job is easy but finding the right job is difficult. Stress that you are being selective and are looking for the perfect “fit”.
2. Had you thought of leaving your present position before? If so what do you think held you there?
Explain that your job is no longer challenging and that you feel your talents are best used elsewhere.
3. What do you think of your boss?
Be as positive as you can, even if you don’t believe it.
4. Could you describe a situation in which your work has been criticized?
Be as positive as you can and emphasize what you learned from the situation.
5. What other types of jobs or companies are you considering?
Keep your answer related to this companies field and don’t give out specific company names.
6. Tell me about yourself.
Keep your answer to one or two minutes and don’t ramble. Use your resume summary as a good place to start.
7. What do you know about our company?
Do your homework before the interview. Spend some time on the internet or at the library researching the company. Find out as much as you can, including products, size, income, reputation, image, management talent, people, skills, history and philosophy. Project an informed interest in the company and allow the interviewer to tell you about their company.
8. Why do you want to work for us?
Don’t talk about what you want, instead, talk about their need. You would like to be part of a specific company project, or you would like to solve a company problem. You can make a definite contribution to specific company goals.
9. What would you do for us and what can you do that someone else can’t?
Relate past experiences that show you’ve had success in solving previous employer problems that may be similar to those of your prospective employer.
10. What about the job on offer do you find most attractive and least attractive?
Ensure that you List three or more attractive factors and only one unattractive factor.
11. Why should we hire you?
Due to your knowledge, abilities and skills
12. What do you look for in a job?
An opportunity to use your skills, to perform well and to be recognized
13. Give me a definition of a… (Position for which you have applied)
Keep it brief and give an action and results orientated definition.
14. How long would it take you to make a meaningful contribution to our firm?
Not long at all – you expect only a brief period of adjustment to the learning curve.
15. How long would you stay with us?
As long as we both feel that I am making a meaningful contribution and am growing within my role and the company.
EDIT: Sorry didnt see it was only for XP.
2 Tell me about yourself?
3 What have you done that saved money for your company?
4 Why should any company hire you out of 5 applicants?
5 How do you handle difficult clients?
6 List 5 major achievements.
7 What would you consider yourself good at?
8 What sort of person are you? Socially?
9 What are your strengths?
10 What are your weaknesses?
11 What do you know about our organization?
12 How would you approach this job?
13 How do you get things done?
14 How do you manage your staff?
15 What do you look for in a manager?
16 What do you look for in a subordinate?
17 How do you decide on your objectives?
18 How do you manage your day?
19 What interests you most in your work?
20 What do you do in your spare time?
21 In what environment do you work best?
22 What motivates you?
23 If you could change your current job in any way, what would you change?
24 If you could change your organization in any way, what would you change?
25 In what way have you changed over the last five years?
26 Where do you see yourself in the next five years?
27 Describe a time when you felt that things were not going too well?
28 How do you work in a team?
29 What contribution do you make to a team?
30 What would your colleagues say about you?
31 How would your boss describe your work?
32 Describe your ideal work environment?
33 Tell me about a time when you successfully managed a difficult situation at work?
34 Describe a difficult situation that you had to face at work and how did you handle that situation?
35 Who are you working best with at work and why?
36 Who do you find it difficult to work with? Why?
37 How would you approach a project?
38 Given a choice in your work what do you like to do first?
39 What can you bring to this position?
40 What can you offer this company?
41 How do you see this position developing?
42 Why did you leave (XYZ)? ( a previous position?)
43 Why are you dissatisfied with your present job?
44 Why are you considering leaving your present job?
45 Why have you stayed so long / short while?
46 Why were you out of work so long? What have you done during that time?
47 Why were you made redundant?
48 If we asked for a reference what would that person say about you?
49 What sort of salary are you expecting?
50 What do you think is your market value?
51 On a scale of 1 to 10 being the highest, how important is your work to you? Why not 10?
52 How did you get your last job?
53 Why were you transferred/promoted?
54 Do you like to work in a team or on your own?
55 What do you like best about your present job?
56 What do you like best about your present organization?
57 What did you learn in that job?
58 What will you do if you don’t get this job?
59 What other job have you applied for recently?
60 How could your boss improve his or her management?
61 What decisions do you find easy to make?
62 What decisions do you find hard to make?
63 How does this job fit in your career plan?
64 What training courses have you been on?
65 On taking this job what would be your major contribution?
66 How do you get the best out of people?
67 Which of your jobs have given you the greatest satisfaction?
68 How do you respond under stress?
69 This job has a large component of travel/sales/negotiation/stress. How will you cope with that?
70 What support/training will you need to do this job?
71 What will you look forward to most in this job?
72 What sort of person are you socially?
73 In your view, what are the major problems/opportunities facing this company/industry/sector?
74 What will be your key target in this job if we appoint you?
75 What aspects of this job would you delegate?
76 What makes you think you can be successful with us?
77 What are the major influences that encourage you to take this job?
78 How does the job sound to you?
79 What questions have you for us?
80 Have you been coached in interviewing skills?
Though interview Questions
1. Why haven’t you found a position before now?
Finding a job is easy but finding the right job is difficult. Stress that you are being selective and are looking for the perfect “fit”.
2. Had you thought of leaving your present position before? If so what do you think held you there?
Explain that your job is no longer challenging and that you feel your talents are best used elsewhere.
3. What do you think of your boss?
Be as positive as you can, even if you don’t believe it.
4. Could you describe a situation in which your work has been criticized?
Be as positive as you can and emphasize what you learned from the situation.
5. What other types of jobs or companies are you considering?
Keep your answer related to this companies field and don’t give out specific company names.
6. Tell me about yourself.
Keep your answer to one or two minutes and don’t ramble. Use your resume summary as a good place to start.
7. What do you know about our company?
Do your homework before the interview. Spend some time on the internet or at the library researching the company. Find out as much as you can, including products, size, income, reputation, image, management talent, people, skills, history and philosophy. Project an informed interest in the company and allow the interviewer to tell you about their company.
8. Why do you want to work for us?
Don’t talk about what you want, instead, talk about their need. You would like to be part of a specific company project, or you would like to solve a company problem. You can make a definite contribution to specific company goals.
9. What would you do for us and what can you do that someone else can’t?
Relate past experiences that show you’ve had success in solving previous employer problems that may be similar to those of your prospective employer.
10. What about the job on offer do you find most attractive and least attractive?
Ensure that you List three or more attractive factors and only one unattractive factor.
11. Why should we hire you?
Due to your knowledge, abilities and skills
12. What do you look for in a job?
An opportunity to use your skills, to perform well and to be recognized
13. Give me a definition of a… (Position for which you have applied)
Keep it brief and give an action and results orientated definition.
14. How long would it take you to make a meaningful contribution to our firm?
Not long at all – you expect only a brief period of adjustment to the learning curve.
15. How long would you stay with us?
As long as we both feel that I am making a meaningful contribution and am growing within my role and the company.
EDIT: Sorry didnt see it was only for XP.
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mercurial
MyBB Legend
If you read the question he posed, you would know that he was asking for XP-related questions, not "Why do you want to work for us?"...
Snormossel
Expert Member
I did now and then EDITED it.
But good on you for that, nice observation. 10 points for you....
At least it's a comment, unlike nothing from you, couldn't you find anything from overseas to post here or what?
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mercurial
MyBB Legend
I did now and then EDITED it.
But good on you for that, nice observation. 10 points for you....
At least it's a comment, unlike nothing from you, couldn't you find anything from overseas to post here or what?
Why you resort to that kind of attitude is beyond me. I was merely pointing out an error on your side. No need to pick up a shirty attitude. As for your last comment, the previous poster already posted a link that should cover all questions needed for this guy, hence I do not need to post XP questions, as there are many.
Gambit
Expert Member
I always ask why manhole covers are round.
[OUPA]MrNutz
Expert Member
possible q's - and a few answers
-how would you get transfer mode from pio to udma5 (devicemanager(ide))
-how would you go about to disable all startup items (msconfig)
-how would you go about testing network connectivity (ip,mask)(dns/AD)
-how would you go about testing internet connectivity (ip,dns(nslookup,ping,tracert))
-how would you confirm a shared ADSL/3G (ics,ip,mask,gw,dns)
I'd use stuff like, "You see an error saying {whatever}, how would you go about investigating an solving it?"; see their troubleshooting processes (e.g. go to event log/device manager, or whatever).
Or ask them questions where they can justify their answer, like "Which is better, NTFS or FAT32, and why?". That can tell you whether they *really* know XP or not.
Or ask them questions where they can justify their answer, like "Which is better, NTFS or FAT32, and why?". That can tell you whether they *really* know XP or not.
HavocXphere
Honorary Master
Ask him what svchost.exe does. (Runs groups of services that are contained in DLLs)
Have a look at what Dial A Nerd ask their candidates. Not everything is XP related but there are some nice ones.
regards,
regards,
Cadavre777
Expert Member
Terminating the (l)user behind the pc is and always will be the best anti virus protection system
No offence Claymore but asking which file system is better wont tell you if they *really* know XP or not. But that discussion is for another thread if someone cares to create it. StbA, I would run the applicant through a series of mock calls (without a system infront of them), diagnosing and helping the ficticious end user resolve problems.
1 Why do you want this job?
2 Tell me about yourself?
3 What have you done that saved money for your company?
4 Why should any company hire you out of 5 applicants?
5 How do you handle difficult clients?
6 List 5 major achievements.
7 What would you consider yourself good at?
8 What sort of person are you? Socially?
9 What are your strengths?
10 What are your weaknesses?
11 What do you know about our organization?
12 How would you approach this job?
13 How do you get things done?
14 How do you manage your staff?
15 What do you look for in a manager?
16 What do you look for in a subordinate?
17 How do you decide on your objectives?
18 How do you manage your day?
19 What interests you most in your work?
20 What do you do in your spare time?
21 In what environment do you work best?
22 What motivates you?
23 If you could change your current job in any way, what would you change?
24 If you could change your organization in any way, what would you change?
25 In what way have you changed over the last five years?
26 Where do you see yourself in the next five years?
27 Describe a time when you felt that things were not going too well?
28 How do you work in a team?
29 What contribution do you make to a team?
30 What would your colleagues say about you?
31 How would your boss describe your work?
32 Describe your ideal work environment?
33 Tell me about a time when you successfully managed a difficult situation at work?
34 Describe a difficult situation that you had to face at work and how did you handle that situation?
35 Who are you working best with at work and why?
36 Who do you find it difficult to work with? Why?
37 How would you approach a project?
38 Given a choice in your work what do you like to do first?
39 What can you bring to this position?
40 What can you offer this company?
41 How do you see this position developing?
42 Why did you leave (XYZ)? ( a previous position?)
43 Why are you dissatisfied with your present job?
44 Why are you considering leaving your present job?
45 Why have you stayed so long / short while?
46 Why were you out of work so long? What have you done during that time?
47 Why were you made redundant?
48 If we asked for a reference what would that person say about you?
49 What sort of salary are you expecting?
50 What do you think is your market value?
51 On a scale of 1 to 10 being the highest, how important is your work to you? Why not 10?
52 How did you get your last job?
53 Why were you transferred/promoted?
54 Do you like to work in a team or on your own?
55 What do you like best about your present job?
56 What do you like best about your present organization?
57 What did you learn in that job?
58 What will you do if you don’t get this job?
59 What other job have you applied for recently?
60 How could your boss improve his or her management?
61 What decisions do you find easy to make?
62 What decisions do you find hard to make?
63 How does this job fit in your career plan?
64 What training courses have you been on?
65 On taking this job what would be your major contribution?
66 How do you get the best out of people?
67 Which of your jobs have given you the greatest satisfaction?
68 How do you respond under stress?
69 This job has a large component of travel/sales/negotiation/stress. How will you cope with that?
70 What support/training will you need to do this job?
71 What will you look forward to most in this job?
72 What sort of person are you socially?
73 In your view, what are the major problems/opportunities facing this company/industry/sector?
74 What will be your key target in this job if we appoint you?
75 What aspects of this job would you delegate?
76 What makes you think you can be successful with us?
77 What are the major influences that encourage you to take this job?
78 How does the job sound to you?
79 What questions have you for us?
80 Have you been coached in interviewing skills?
Though interview Questions
1. Why haven’t you found a position before now?
Finding a job is easy but finding the right job is difficult. Stress that you are being selective and are looking for the perfect “fit”.
2. Had you thought of leaving your present position before? If so what do you think held you there?
Explain that your job is no longer challenging and that you feel your talents are best used elsewhere.
3. What do you think of your boss?
Be as positive as you can, even if you don’t believe it.
4. Could you describe a situation in which your work has been criticized?
Be as positive as you can and emphasize what you learned from the situation.
5. What other types of jobs or companies are you considering?
Keep your answer related to this companies field and don’t give out specific company names.
6. Tell me about yourself.
Keep your answer to one or two minutes and don’t ramble. Use your resume summary as a good place to start.
7. What do you know about our company?
Do your homework before the interview. Spend some time on the internet or at the library researching the company. Find out as much as you can, including products, size, income, reputation, image, management talent, people, skills, history and philosophy. Project an informed interest in the company and allow the interviewer to tell you about their company.
8. Why do you want to work for us?
Don’t talk about what you want, instead, talk about their need. You would like to be part of a specific company project, or you would like to solve a company problem. You can make a definite contribution to specific company goals.
9. What would you do for us and what can you do that someone else can’t?
Relate past experiences that show you’ve had success in solving previous employer problems that may be similar to those of your prospective employer.
10. What about the job on offer do you find most attractive and least attractive?
Ensure that you List three or more attractive factors and only one unattractive factor.
11. Why should we hire you?
Due to your knowledge, abilities and skills
12. What do you look for in a job?
An opportunity to use your skills, to perform well and to be recognized
13. Give me a definition of a… (Position for which you have applied)
Keep it brief and give an action and results orientated definition.
14. How long would it take you to make a meaningful contribution to our firm?
Not long at all – you expect only a brief period of adjustment to the learning curve.
15. How long would you stay with us?
As long as we both feel that I am making a meaningful contribution and am growing within my role and the company.
EDIT: Sorry didnt see it was only for XP.
I would have walked out by number 8 already
It's not what the answer is - it's how they justify their answer.