Great Answers to Tough Interview Questions

Your Comprehensive Job Search Guide with over 200 Practice Interview Questions

Edition: 11 Date: 03/12/2020 Price: £12.99 ISBN Paperback: 9781789666915 ISBN Ebook: 9781789666939 Pages: 296 Format (mm): 235x155 Product Category: General Subject: Job Seeking

Author Information

Martin John Yate is an internationally bestselling author. He has held major posts as a director of training and personnel for several international companies and is widely respected as the expert on all career matters. He is also the author of Ultimate CV and Ultimate Cover Letters, both published by Kogan Page. « Gives an end-to-end guide to securing a job: searching, applying, preparing, interviewing and negotiating « Has sold over 5 million copies across previous editions « Includes over 200 interview questions with expert tips for tackling them « Provides guidance on the trickiest issues facing jobseekers, such as salary negotiations and searching for jobs during tough economic times « New to this edition: brand new content on making a career change

Description

Great Answers to Tough Interview Questions is the essential companion for all jobseekers. With over 5 million copies sold, this bestseller takes you through the whole process: from composing your CV and preparing for interviews, to interview techniques, answering tough questions and even negotiating your new salary. Crammed full of the difficult questions that interviewers might throw at you, Martin John Yate gives you expert tips and suggested answers to tackle the tricky ones including:

Why should I give you the job? What is your biggest weakness? What are your salary expectations? How long would you stay with the company? What is your greatest strength? Why do you want to work here?

Now in its 11th edition, Great Answers to Tough Interview Questions is your indispensable guide to blowing away the competition and landing your dream job.

Table of Contents

Introduction

1 The Well-Stocked Briefcase

1 The realities of job hunting 2 Transferable skills and professional values 3 The productive CV 4 Networking and the successful job search 5 Network-integrated job search tactics

2 Getting to Square One

3 Making contact 4 The telephone interview 5 Dressing for interview success 6 Body language 7 The curtain goes up on the job interview

3 Great Answers to Tough

Interview Questions

4 The five secrets of securing a job offer 5 Why interviewers do the things they do 6 How to knock ’em dead 7 Questions of manageability and team spirit 8 The stress interview and illegal questions 9 Answering unanswerable questions 10 Welcome to the real world 11 The graceful exit

4 Finishing Touches

5 Out of sight, out of mind? 6 Snatching victory from the jaws of defeat 7 Negotiating the offer 8 Multiple interviews, multiple offers 9 Index of questions 10 Index