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Have you ever made a mistake at work? How did you rectify it?
Everybody makes mistakes, there's nothing wrong in
admitting it. In the interview you can say that yes , there have been times
when you have made mistakes and learnt from them. Whatever you could correct
yourself, you did that and for the rest you went back to your senior and took
his help to sort it out.
What major problems did you face in your last role?
The agenda of this question is to understand if
• You caused the problem
• Could it have been avoided?
• Your attitude to solve it.
It
is safer to mention a problem which was caused by an external party rather than
the problems within internal parties. May be you can take an example of the
problem caused by a customer, vendor. Discuss what you did to solve the
problem. If you took some leadership role also in the whole process, talk about
it.
Where do you see yourself 5 years from now?
By
asking this question, the interviewer wants to see, how ambitious the candidate
is. You can say that, 5 years down the line I would like to see myself in a
responsible position where I can make important decisions in the favor of
company and the company treats me as its asset. I am sure that this company can
offer me growth opportunities like this.
How do you feel about doing repetitive work?
You
can say that I understand that every job has an element of repetitive work but
I enjoy fulfilling all the aspects of my job with equal enthusiasm and give
them my 100%.
How did you manage to
attend this interview during your working hours?
Everybody
knows that you would not ask permission from your boss to appear for an
interview. You can answer this question by simply saying that you have taken a
off from the office to appear for this interview.
Would you like to work in a team or on your own?
The agenda behind this question is to understand if
you are a team player or a solo performer. It might be risky to choose any one
of them as the role for which they are considering you might need you to be a
team player but the career progression which they might consider for you down a
year’s time may need you to handle a more autonomous position. It is better to
answer this question by saying that “I don’t have any such preference. I can
comfortably handle both the situations, as the need arises.” Now back it up
with examples where you successfully worked in a team and where you performed
an autonomous role.
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