Answering Tough Interview Questions For Dummies, UK Edition

In today's competitive job market, a stellar interview lends you an edge over the competition, which can make or break your chances at a new career. Answering Tough Interview Questions For Dummies, 2nd Edition teaches you how to perform professionally and productively under stressful interview conditions.

With this handy guide, you'll learn to breeze through tricky questions and accentuate your most impressive qualities. This updated second edition features a ten-step guide to having a great interview, ten tips for projecting confidence, ten techniques for trouble-shooting your job search, 200 tough sample interview questions with detailed advice and model answers, proven strategies to combat nerves, and guidelines for perfecting your social media presence and handling questions that may arise from an online search. There is no need to enter an interview feeling unprepared with this guide by your side.

• Rob Yeung's holistic approach helps you make a positive first impression
• Shows you how to prepare to answer questions regarding your online presences (and how to avoid embarrassing search results)
• Provides essential preparation so that you can familiarize yourself with tricky questions before embarking on the stressful interviewing process

Whether you're an entry-level worker or a mid-level professional, Answering Tough Interview Questions For Dummies prepares you to blow the competition away with your poised and professional responses.

Introduction 1

Part I: Getting Started with Answering Tough Interview Questions 5

Chapter 1: Understanding the Interviewing Game 7

Chapter 2: Doing Your Job Interview Homework 15

Chapter 3: Polishing Your Interview Performance 25

Part II: Making Sure You Shine in an Interview 33

Chapter 4: Talking About Yourself 35

Chapter 5: Talking about Problems, Perceptions and People 53

Chapter 6: Getting to Grips with Questions about Your Work 73

Chapter 7: Talking About Why You Want a New Job 89

Chapter 8: Thriving Under the Pressure Interview 113

Chapter 9: Succeeding at Competency-Based Interviewing 135

Part III: Dealing with Tricky Questions and Other Situations 157

Chapter 10: Responding to Questions for Graduates and School Leavers 159

Chapter 11: Handling Questions Aimed at Experienced Candidates 175

Chapter 12: Handling Hypothetical and Analytical Questions 195

Chapter 13: Coping with Illegal and Personal Questions 209

Chapter 14: Taking Control in Unusual Situations 229

Part IV: Securing the Job of Your Dreams 239

Chapter 15: Asking Great Questions 241

Chapter 16: Dotting ‘I’s and Crossing ‘T’s 249

Part V: The Part of Tens 259

Chapter 17: Ten Cardinal Sins of Interviewing 261

Chapter 18: Ten Steps to Delivering a Great Interview 267

Chapter 19: Ten Top Tips for Projecting a Confident You 275

Chapter 20: Ten Ways to Troubleshoot Your Job Search 281

Index 287

Rob Yeung, PhD is a business psychologist specialising in research and consulting in the fields of high achievement and peak performance. He is the author of more than twenty books.

Your complete interview survival guide

In a competitive job market, you need an edge. And this updated guide gives you one. It supplies insight into the interview process and what interviewers are really looking for. It clues you in on the kinds of questions interviewers ask and why. And it provides you with strategies for supplying the best answers to the most common and challenging questions – answers that help you prove you're the best candidate for the job.

• Give them what they want – establish an immediate rapport with interviewers and learn about the most common interview questions, including how to supply the best answer to each
• Don't get caught off-guard – prepare for questions that address your situation, including leaving school, returning from maternity, and changing career paths
• Take it to the next level – recognise and deal with the more subtle questions interviewers use to challenge the most promising candidates
• Leave a lasting impression – discover how to ask questions that impress interviewers, along with advice on how to follow up an interview to increase your chances

Open the book and find:

• More than 200 examples of tough interview questions – and answers
• Proven strategies for combating nerves and projecting confidence
• Advice on managing a strong online presence and using social media tools
• Ways to avoid clichéd answers
• Ten steps to giving a great interview

Learn to:

• Prepare effectively and polish your performance
• Make your honest answers sound great
• Deal with the toughest questions and tricky situations
• Avoid common pitfalls and traps