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The 250 Job Interview Questions You'll Most Likely Be Asked
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Sales rank 136,162
Customers rating (based on 15 reviews)
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Why do you want this job? Why should I hire you? Why do you want to leave your current job? Do you have convincing answers ready for these important questions? Landing a good job is a competitive process and often the final decision is based on your performance at the interview. By following the advice of prominent career planning and human resource expert Peter Veruki, you'll know you have the right answers at your job interview.
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| Publisher | Adams Media | | Release date | 02/1999 | | Availability | Usually ships in 24 hours | | Edition | Paperback |
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 Must have!
If you need tips on job interview questions than this is the book you must have.
 Provides Some Basic Support For a Successful Interview
This audio book provides 250 job interview questions, basic ones, and very short responses that are designed to steer clear of controversy or create a poor impression.
I'm basically always up for reading/listening to another book that discusses interviewing. For me the value is on the side of the interviewer since that is one of my job functions. In case I am the interviewee, I feel prepared.
Books of this nature provide value to anybody that will be in job interviews on either side of the table. I learned the hard way that I need such books, because my first interviews didn't go well due to the fact that I didn't know what to ask. I'm sure I appeared unprepared and even stupid and felt ten times worse. After that, I made it my business to understand the interviewing process well and always be prepared.
The value of this book is limited because it doesn't go into any detail. I think one should be authentic in an interview and not provide "canned answers" where books such as this could lead. Still, if you're being interviewed and you really don't have a good answer or one you're comfortable with, you might as well give a very short memorized answer right out of this book. Nothing wrong with that as long as other parts of the interview are more engaging and authentic! You will appear well-prepared and informed about what makes for an acceptable short answer.
The person being interviewed has to at some point show some leadership in the interview, unless it is for a very low-paid position. Thus, having answers ready is only the beginning of preparation. You should ask questions and get into discussions related to the company and the work itself.
In my opinion, an interview where the interviewer asks questions and the interviewee merely responds is not a "good" interview. That's an interview that both sides can check off as completed but unlikely to go to the next level. This book can provide some basic support, the beginning of one's preparation for a successful interview.
Great service
THis was a key purchase for me due to upcoming interviews, I saw this on the book lists and ordered it promptly. I received quickly within days and was very satisfied with the quick delivery. The book is setup simply so you can jump between chapters to find out what areas you need more strength in. You don't have to read it from page one. I have learned a few things, surprising things since I received it making it a solid purchase on my part.
Great seller, just what I expected as described.
It was a great experience doing business with this seller...great product... just was descibed...fast delivery!
 Not a help for non-professionals or those with no "real" job experience
Okay, this book consists of three parts and part II is the biggest part.
Part I is "Before the Job Interview"-three chapters. I found this part of the book to be most helpful for those that have no professional experience or for those that have no work experience.
Part II is the actual questions that you may be asked. So many questions are for those that have worked in sales, management, accounting, system analysis or IT jobs, marketing, fund raising, R & D, those that have customers or clients, HR professionals and and other positions that require decision making for others or require one to be innovative (such as IT).
The types of jobs that I have had did not require me to make decisions for others or to be creative. So for me, the answers given do not help me. To give an example-When I tryed to show some leadership in my past jobs (like manufacturing) I was told to keep quiet and do what I was told to do. (I used to work in manufacturing in the early to mid '90's). I also have Asperger Syndrome, so the book does not address the need for specific examples on how to answer a question if you have "this and that experience" but not "A, B, and C". The author assumes that the readers of this book are all professionals that are between jobs.
Part III of the book is "After the Interview" and is of moderate help to me. As a person that has had only one job as a manager-and that job as a manager was a joke (they did not even provide a name tag for me), do not waste your money on this book.
It was written in 1999 and talks about CD-ROM's as well. If you do get it, make sure it is a used old copy. It is only worth $1 or less. As I said before, Part I is of the most use for those that are non-professionals.
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