面经笔记

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自信 Confidence is neccessary
If the interviewer feels like the candidate is not confident about themselves, if they feel that the candidate thinks this opportunity is ‘too good to be true’ or if the candidate ever suggests that this job opportunity “will be a wonderful step UP in my career” – then the interviewer will be turned off.

但不要太过于激情 You can’t be too enthusiastic
because the interviewer will think the job is out of your league – that it’d be too high a challenge for you. They will see you as too big a risk. And if the job is too difficult and you end up leaving, they will be fearful that everyone will blame them for hiring the wrong person. So to avoid all this pain and disappointment in their own lives, they would really prefer to offer the job to someone who has done most of the job functions all before. They will want proof that you have been successful in fulfilling the job requirements.

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自我介绍 Personal Power Statement

别人怎么评价自己
It is always worth using a qualifying phrase such as ‘colleagues have said of me…I am a great team builder or problem solver etc.’ It sounds better if there is a third party endorsement. It doesn’t sound like you are bragging but a colleague is speaking on your behalf.

准备例子
In addition you will need to have relevant examples which you can offer to expand on. The personal qualities for the role will always be generic attributes that many jobs will appreciate, such as hard-working, motivating, good communication skills, desire to succeed.

询问反馈
When answering the interview questions, you should end your answer with a statement such as ‘ do you think these qualities are what you are looking for from a successful candidate?’. It plants a seed in the mind of the interviewer that they are.
If they reply that they were expecting other qualities then discuss them and offer examples of how you have these and examples of these in action. You need to leave the interviewer in no doubt you have the skills and can demonstrate this with examples.

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3 Top Tactics to Massively Impress the Interviewer

1. Remember 5 examples that show your key strength 准备5个显示你关键优势的例子
It’s best to go in with a list in your mind about how you have added significant value to the organsisations you have worked with, and be able to recall responses you would give to questions that are ‘loaded’ with negativity.

2. Consider what the interviewer is really wanting to hear 考虑面试官真正想听到的是什么
If you think about the reason for the interviewer asking each question, and think about what skills, knowledge or experience they are wanting to hear about, then you can concentrate on accentuating the positive and letting your skills and attributes come to the fore.

3. Promote the attributes that the ideal candidate would possess 按需推销
Each job has an ideal set of skills, knowledge and experience that is required for the job, as well as a particular type of character trait in the employee. If you can picture what the ideal candidate looks like, and then write down every similarity you have to their ‘ideal’, then you will be setting yourself up for success.

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Stay True to Yourself & Who You Are 展示真实的自己

You have reached an age where you should be comfortable with who you are, and you are no longer interested in changing too dramatically into someone who you are not.

If you can relax in the interview, they will feel relaxed with you too. So smile, and enjoy the experience, stay consciously aware that you are been assessed, but be confident in who you are and what you have to offer.

If they choose someone else, then so be it, it obviously wasn’t the job for you. Trust their decision. They are looking for someone to fit within their existing team – if they don’t choose you , then they might be doing you a favour in the long term, as you might not have really enjoyed the environment anyway.

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前面都是热身，下面开始就进入实质性的面试问题了，没有标准答案，只有一些建议。

What do you know about our company and its product range?对我们公司的和产品你怎么看

This question will be easier to answer after you have done your research on the company. See if you can summarise the purpose of the company’s products and services, look for it’s mission statement and get a feeling for the types of customers they target.


What has attracted you to this job 为什么申请这个工作

This is where you show you have done your research; you may find that you only have a limited amount of information on the role. Your understanding of the role may be limited to what you have read in the job description., and the only things you know about the company have been found on the internet.

However you need to construct your reply using one or a combination of the following five replies:

 Challenge - You need a new career challenge
 Career: I had reached the likely top and there was no room for advancement until someone else above me left.
 Travelling: The commute to work was taking too long or I was constantly being asked to travel with work
 Security: The organisation was unstable and my role may have been at risk experience.
 Money: You feel you were not being paid what you were worth

Do not mention money if you can at all help it. Trust me it will do you no favours even if it is the real reason for wanting the job. Joining a company for more money will imply you will leave as soon as you find another job offering even more.

Definitely do not say anything negative about your previous employer/boss and wanting to leave. ‘’I just cannot wait to leave my existing employer’’ will not go down well.

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Could you please tell me your three greatest strengths?

An obvious open opportunity to sing your own praises. Choosing something unique about the skills, knowledge and experience you possess will set up apart from the competition.

Think strategically about how your experience can offer greater value to this role. Perhaps you are able to share specific industry knowledge, and your depth of understanding in how other companies have handled similar problems to what this company might be going through right now, etc.

You need to have a pre-prepared answer but make it sound natural and unrehearsed.

Split the answer between your work related skills and your behavioural skills. Eg. Have the skills and attributes to do the job, willing and enthusiastic, bring professional

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Why do you want to change jobs and join our organisation?

The interviewer is fishing for anything negative you’re likely to say about your past employer and curious about what attracted you to this job opportunity. You simply respond by explaining you want to move forward in your career and that this position is something you would feel very comfortable to do, but would also offer new challenges.

Be prepared to expand on the challenges you would see in front of you, this could be getting to know the clients, learning how to promote their new product, learning their unique systems etc etc.

I see from your resume that you have never actually been in this role in any of your previous companies. How are you going to manage?

They are expressing doubt that you could do the role, even if it is to test your enthusiasm and/or personal drive. They might want to see how you react to a minor difficult situation, and how you stand up for your self....

You can state that you have considered the main functions of the job, and researched the company to develop an understanding of their culture, mission and organisational goals.

You would then confidently say that you feel like you can do the job, and offer a different set of skills and experience to someone who has only ever done this type of work before.

Importantly, then go on to list examples of similar experiences where you have demonstrated such skills. This should close the issue in the interviewers mind and paint a positive picture.

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Where do you see yourself in the next 5 or 10 years?

Answer needs to show ambition but also a commitment to the role on offer.

This is a difficult juggling act where a very neutral answer is most appropriate. This is one of several questions where the interviewer is just gauging how you react. They probably aren't really interested in the specifics of the answer but more the way you answer.

‘My first goal is to secure this role and I have the personal drive to succeed in it. I am not really looking beyond this. I suppose if pressed I would be looking for career progression like anyone else but 5-10 years is a long time away and I am sure I have many challenges ahead in the current role. ’

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You seem to be over qualified for this position. Are you going to find the role a bit demeaning?

A good trick is to smile, announce that you believe your additional degree or masters is a strength in your application, as your specialist knowledge will be of high value to the company. If the interviewer seems unsure, ask the interviewer to clarify if they have any concerns. This gives you some time to compose yourself and also to set the interviewers concerns in context.

If the interviewer will probably say you could get bored, you might not be challenged enough and look to move roles quickly if you get a better offer. This is now a concern for you to address.

The way to convince the interviewer is to express your desire to work for the company, and explain that although you have significant theory behind you, you don’t yet have the equal balance in practical experience, so this is the perfect level of role for you.

The more you have taken the trouble to understand the company its product ranges and shown enthusiasm for joining them the more convincing you will be.

You will want to focus on the challenges the company will offer you and how they will provide a rewarding career for you.

This can mark a changing point in the interview. The interviewer is saying that effectively you are an excellent candidate more than capable of doing the job.

Your focus now is on convincing them that you see the company as your next major career step. Not just a stepping stone to better things.

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What do you consider to be your weaknesses?

You need to be objective and humble but without dwelling on the negative aspects of this question.

Any negative question requires an answer that ends up with a positive upside and closure so that further negative probing by the interviewer is discouraged. This answer requires preparation.

Firstly do not say you have no weaknesses. Technology comes to your rescue in this question. With the fast changing IT world you can safely say it is difficult to keep up with the latest technological breakthroughs. You will need to adapt this to your particular industry.

Secondly a weakness could be viewed as a weakness of the company you work for. The company is poor on training and to cover this weakness you are studying at home to bridge the gap. See how this avoids admitting the weakness is your fault and demonstrates a pro-active attitude to fill the gap?

If the role is in an area that you are clearly unfamiliar with then state this. It will be obvious anyway but allows you the chance to tell the interviewer what you are going to do to fill this gap. You are addressing the ‘big white elephant in the room’, and this will make you more credible.

'Clearly I have limited experience in this role using 'x'. But I have applied because I am sure I can do the role and am keen and able to retrain and learn the role through sheer hard work and dedication. I have faced similar difficulties in previous roles and quickly got up to speed.

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What motivates you in your current role?

Always beating your personal best is a good answer, as it means that you are self motivated. You can state what your long term career goal is, and then explain that you accept as many new tasks and projects as is feasible so you are continually growing your skills base to acquire your long term goals.

You need to tailor your answer so it applies to your particular situation but also applies to the job for which you are applying so the interviewer can visualise you doing the new role.

Doing the job well and efficiently to the best of my ability, Praise from colleagues or suppliers. Teaching and motivating staff and watch them progress. I enjoy the busy full day which keeps me challenged. I enjoy meeting and exceeding the stretched sales targets that have been set.

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Hiring Managers Want to Know: "What Problem Can You Solve?"

Hiring managers have pain, but they don't want to show it. If they didn't have a big, painful problem, they'd never hire anyone.

You're going to focus on hiring managers, instead -- the people who have the pain and the funding to relieve their pain.

Instead of thinking about yourself through the lens "What do I do?" where the answer might be Marketing, Coding, HR, Finance or Purchasing, you're going to ask the more interesting question "What problems do I solve for my employers?" Now you have something worth talking about. When you can talk about the Business Pain you solve, you have power in the hiring equation.

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How would you describe yourself as a person?

Interviewers ask broad questions like this with curiosity on how you will choose to answer them.

There are two parts to this answer, the work related person and the person outside of work.
For the work related person this is part of your personal pitch and should closely reflect the ‘elevator pitch’ statement you have created to summarise your key strengths.

Here are some examples which you can use to impress the interviewer. Soft skills such as communication skills, team-work, enthusiasm, professionalism and perseverance will cover all the bases. Additionally add what you are like as a person outside of work.

Start the statement with a third party endorsement, as it sounds better even if the question is how you would describe yourself.

I think work colleagues would say I am a hard working, enthusiastic team-player. Someone willing to overcome obstacles and persevere until a job is done well and professionally. They would say I have a solid knowledge base and I am results focused and an ambitious achiever.

Outside of work I tend to be more laid back and interested anything that provides relaxation. I love spending quality time with my 3 children on the tennis court. I rejuvenate my batteries by getting out in the great outdoors and going for long bike rides through the botanical gardens.’

Often it is not what you say but how you say it that counts. When you state the above make sure you smile and say it with enthusiasm and cheeriness. It will reinforce the impression the interviewer sees!

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I see you have a masters degree do you feel over qualified and do you think you will fit in?

The implication is that you will become bored and leave quickly when you see something better.

‘I applied for this position because I believe it will be a great long-term opportunity for me to gain good experience and I see myself making a strong contribution to the organisation.

The fact that I appear to be over qualified will mean I can bring a high level of knowledge and aptitude to apply to the job. I won’t get bored and be looking for a better position. I see this role as a good fit for my skills and ambitions.’

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Why are you deciding to change careers?

There are many reasons why you would want to change career direction. You may have been exposed to an industry that you are immensely interested in, and want to join. The industry that you belong to may be a dying industry and you have identified that you need to get out before it’s too late. It is also possible that another industry recognised more of your skills and natural talents than the industry you now belong to.

Whatever reason, it boils down to one reason, career advancement.

Changing industries is not necessarily a bad thing but does put you at a disadvantage to other candidates. You need to demonstrate how your skills are going to be transferable. You will need to concentrate on your generic skills such as enthusiasm, managerial, team-building, motivator. Specific job related skills will of course be in short supply.

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What type of employees do you find it difficult to work alongside?

Do not start to mention individuals. Start by describing the type of person you are and so by definition the type of people you like to work with.

''I like to work methodically to get the job done in the most effective manner, I am a positive minded person and so I guess I am attracted to like-minded individuals. So people who try to dodge responsibility or avoid addressing issues are the type of people I find difficult to work with, especially if we are working as a close-knit team. . Fortunately I have been lucky with the great team members I have worked with, and my manager would quickly sort out any lazy behaviour.''

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If you had another opportunity, what would you have done differently?  

Are you going to criticise the handling of the situation? No of course not. However the interviewer is verifying if you believe you handled the situation well.   Be humble but do not admit to making any mistakes.  

‘‘With hindsight I firmly believe that all situations could be improved upon. In this particular situation there was a satisfactory outcome but there are always lessons to be learned and this is one of the motivations for doing the job.’’  

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What has been your greatest achievement to date?

Think about your 3 proudest moments in your career.  What comes to mind?  Now list how the company or the client benefited from your actions. Any activity where you:

• Saved money or operating costs,
• Increased sales or customer service satisfaction survey results.
• Reduced headcount (without affecting turnover),
• Introduced a more effective process.
  

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Tell me about a time when you worked well under pressure?

This is a commonly asked question. The interviewer is not looking for a straight ‘yes’. They are looking for an example to demonstrate it.  

‘There have been a couple of occasions recently where we had a strict client deadline to meet which we had no way of planning for.  What made it worse was that we had 3 staff off sick, the only way to overcome this was to briefly response to all new enquiries, so we could focus more on resolving the issues the current clients were needing assistance with.  There was a little overtime that we all needed to do, and at the end of the week, all current and prospective clients had been responded to, we received no complaints!  

‘’We have a new chief executive and he raised the sales targets by 50%. This is a very aggressive increase but we met the target despite being under pressure.’’ You can see how telling the story and putting into a context will allow you to demonstrate this competence. ‘

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