{"id":210127,"date":"2017-11-11T09:00:01","date_gmt":"2017-11-11T07:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=210127"},"modified":"2017-11-10T15:08:18","modified_gmt":"2017-11-10T13:08:18","slug":"here-are-the-10-most-common-job-interview-questions-and-how-to-answer-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/finance\/210127\/here-are-the-10-most-common-job-interview-questions-and-how-to-answer-them\/","title":{"rendered":"Here are the 10 most common job interview questions and how to answer them"},"content":{"rendered":"

The mere idea of an interview sends shivers down most people\u2019s spines. Not only are you faced with the daunting task of convincing others that you\u2019re the best person for the job \u2014 you also have to keep your cool in the face of so many unknowns.<\/p>\n

Recruitment firm Glassdoor looks at the top 10 most commonly asked interview questions, and also tips on how to give the best answers possible so that you can wow recruiters and land the job.<\/p>\n

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What are your strengths?<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>What are your weaknesses?<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Why are you interested in working for [company name]?<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Where do you see yourself in five years? Ten years?<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Why do you want to leave your current company?<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Why was there a gap in your employment between [date] and [date]?<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>What can you offer us that someone else cannot?<\/strong><\/p>\n

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What are three things your former manager would like you to improve on?<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Are you willing to relocate?<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Are you willing to travel?<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Read the full article at Glassdoor, here<\/a><\/p>\n

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Read: 11 things to never say in a job interview<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The mere idea of an interview sends shivers down most people\u2019s spines. Not only are you faced with the daunting task of convincing others that you\u2019re the best person for the job \u2014 you also have to keep your cool in the face of so many unknowns.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":116476,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11121],"tags":[7186],"class_list":["post-210127","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-finance","tag-glassdoor"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210127","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=210127"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210127\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":210237,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210127\/revisions\/210237"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/116476"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=210127"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=210127"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=210127"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}