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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.