Top 5 Phone Interview Questions

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Interview is the word that makes people nervous and tensed. This nervous behavior in a candidate is normal and such behavior can be overcome with regular practice, continuous learning and through Internship. Current trend of interview for employment is through Phone and Skype. Phone interviews are same as that of in-person interviews. Phone interviews are used as a tool by recruiters or organization for screening candidates. Unlike face to face interview, phone interview saves lots of time, money and energy of an organization. If you do well in phone interview, hiring manager will surely decide you are worth that extra effort for a face to face meeting. Your goal is to turn this screening phone interview into face to face interview. Preparation is always the key to get success in any kind of interview whether its phone interview or face to face interview. It’s mandatory to give time and energy to review the common phone interview questions you will be asked.

Before explaining top 5 phone interview questions have a look on few important tips on answering these interview questions.

• Try finding a quiet place to give your phone interview, There should not be any noise around.
• Think thoroughly about your answers before giving it.
• Answer should be Honest, Concise, Intelligent and related to context of the question.
• Your answers should be around 2 to 3 minutes long and should not exceed this limit of time.     

Top 5 phone interview questions most likely to be asked by the interviewer are,

  1. “Tell me something about you“?  

This is normally the first question asked by interviewer. By asking this question interviewer is not interested in your life story, they want to know about your work history, your skills and your professional profile. Showcase yourself in such a way that the interviewer will imagine you doing the same work for him. Try relating your answers with your past accomplishments in job or studies.

  2. “What’s your strength”?

By this question interviewer is interested in knowing your technical skills, problem solving skills and your other skills like your aptitude and communication required to do the job well.  

• You have that particular technical skills required to-do the job.
• You have that problem solving aptitude or not.
• Interviewer is interested in finding out that you are capable to do the job or not.

  3. “What’s your weakness”?

This question is pretty tricky and you should answer this question very smartly.  Your answer should be in such a way that it should not show you weaker as compare to other candidates, rather you can say something like you are not able to find the time to upgrade yourself with the coming new technologies. And you should end up your answer with an example of how you’re combating with this weakness.

  4.  “What experience do you have”?

I have explained this earlier that before appearing for an interview we should research about company and the job profile. If you are aware of the job description and responsibilities you can relate your answers with the job requirements. You can relate your past experience, achievements, technical skills you possess which makes you enable to the job well. Try to show your problem solving attitude with suitable example.

5. “What’s your salary expectation”?

If it’s a first round of interview, it’s better to mold this question in a way that you are not much aware of the company standards and your job role and responsibilities. If you are getting pushed to tell a salary range you can say something like I have no real idea of company benefits that could come from joining the company, however I am probably looking for the salary range between £ x - £ y.

     

These are the basic phone interview questions you may be asked by the interviewer. For more questions please have a look on my post List of Tricky Job Interview Questions. If you have any question related to interview questions please comment below.