During an interview, the recruiter may ask questions to assess your attitude towards employment, including:

• What targets and goals have you set aside for your career?
• What qualities do you have that you feel contribute most to your career development?
• How would you describe yourself in terms of your ability to work as part of a team?
• How would you evaluate your ability to deal with conflict / hostile situations?
• What long-term targets and goals have you set for your career and how will you measure your success?
• What do you believe are the characteristics of a successful employee?
• Would you say that you could easily deal with high-pressure situations?

Turn that negative into a positive!!

In most interviews, you’ll be asked something along the lines of, “describe your weaknesses”. What you might not be aware of is your opportunity to turn these questions into a positive! Other questions which provide this opportunity include:

• Why are you looking to leave your current employer?
• What would your peers say are your weaknesses?
• How would you deal with a colleague who you felt was underperforming?
• If you disagreed with a senior member of staff, what approach would you take?

Other tips:

In general, you should aim to answer all questions using a positive answer. For example, if you’re asked why you left your last job, don’t say, “I didn’t get on with my Manager”.

Prepare, prepare, prepare! Preparing for an interview is the best way to help ensure success. However, there will be occasions where the interviewer will try and throw you with an unexpected question – providing an invaluable opportunity to shine.

For more interview advice, see http://www.thecvstore.net/JobSeekerTools.htm