Comments on: Think-On-Your-Feet Interview Questions http://blogs.e-bim.com/blog/2009/04/13/think-on-your-feet-interview-questions/ Just another weblog Thu, 02 Sep 2010 09:47:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Partha http://blogs.e-bim.com/blog/2009/04/13/think-on-your-feet-interview-questions/comment-page-1/#comment-198917 Partha Tue, 06 Apr 2010 22:12:15 +0000 http://blogs.e-bim.com/?p=66#comment-198917 well point taken, but it will not be sufficient for an interview specially when we are hiring at a senior level. any seasoned professional HR interviewer need to understand how to read between the lines rather then reading the lines itself. nothing wrong in asking what are your strenghts / weaknesses but the understanding should not stop at that but more thorough understanding be giving situational cases or asking them to explain a instance why they carry that opinion and infer from there. these were my two cents in addition to the article. Rgds, well point taken, but it will not be sufficient for an interview specially when we are hiring at a senior level.

any seasoned professional HR interviewer need to understand how to read between the lines rather then reading the lines itself.

nothing wrong in asking what are your strenghts / weaknesses but the understanding should not stop at that but more thorough understanding be giving situational cases or asking them to explain a instance why they carry that opinion and infer from there.

these were my two cents in addition to the article.

Rgds,

]]> By: Mel Kleiman http://blogs.e-bim.com/blog/2009/04/13/think-on-your-feet-interview-questions/comment-page-1/#comment-7463 Mel Kleiman Fri, 22 May 2009 23:41:39 +0000 http://blogs.e-bim.com/?p=66#comment-7463 I am going to answer two ways. One for the question you should be asking and then spin it around on how you should answer the question. I have build an interviewing model around 5 questions and one of the question deals with strengths and weaknesses but is slightly different. The question is how would you rank yourself as a (fill in the blank on a scale of 0-10)?Second part of the question what makes you that number? Third part of the question if they say they are an 8 what would it take for you to become a 9? Not asking for weaknesses asking what it take to get better. Now for the applicant who is asked about weaknesses I would answer? Do you mind if I change the question a little bit and tell you what I am working on to make myself better? Now you have put a positive spin on a negative question. Hope this helps. I am going to answer two ways. One for the question you should be asking and then spin it around on how you should answer the question.

I have build an interviewing model around 5 questions and one of the question deals with strengths and weaknesses but is slightly different.

The question is how would you rank yourself as a (fill in the blank on a scale of 0-10)?Second part of the question what makes you that number?
Third part of the question if they say they are an 8 what would it take for you to become a 9? Not asking for weaknesses asking what it take to get better.

Now for the applicant who is asked about weaknesses I would answer? Do you mind if I change the question a little bit and tell you what I am working on to make myself better?

Now you have put a positive spin on a negative question.

Hope this helps.

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