How to get through the behavioral interview questions?
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This really all depends on your interviewer and the firm.\n\nBut, be prepared by chosing in advance 2-3 specific work experiences in the past that you have really enjoyed.  Also chose 1-2 personal, non-job related experience. Analyze them. \n\n1. Why did you like them? Why did you not like them? \n2. Did you fail or succeed, and why?  \n3. What did those experiences teach you about yourself? That you like working with teams? Or that you prefer working indpendently?\n4. Did those experiences emphasize any strengths and weaknesses?\n5. What other lessons did you learn?\n\nOnce in the interview, remain calm.  You've already got 2-6 examples that you can use to showcase your talents, your skills, your experience, etc.
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To ease your nervousness, think about something that relaxes you like a tropical beach.\nTo wow the interviewer, I would have as much confidence in getting the job as possible.  Show the interviewer how good you are certain skills and qualifications.  Try not to brag though and overdo it.  Always have a positive attitude towards things.  Make it seem like they will be pleased with your attitude.\nI am also job seeking and I try to use those techniques.
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Have less faith in FEAR and more faith in yourself.\n\nGod created you and God doesn't make junk.\n\nThink positive. Just because you haven't done it yet, doesn't mean it isn't doable.\n\nMost importantly, tell any negative thoughts in your mind to BE GONE in Jesus name.\nJesus already fought the fight against negative... you do not have to keep dealing with it.  God is with you. God is LOVE.\n\nWhen you ask yourself a question choose the answer that represents LOVE, TRUTH, JOY, KINDNESS.\n\nIf you go out there and do the interview, and you don't get the job, you have still succeeded!!! Because you overcame THAT fear.\n\nStop letting the negative in your mind beat you up emotionally.  You are stronger than you have been thinking.\n\nBlessings to you.
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Get the book, "101 Great Answers to the Toughest Interview Questions" by Ron Fry.\n# Paperback: 224 pages\n# Publisher: Thomson Delmar Learning; 5 edition (May 30, 2006)\n# Language: English\n# ISBN: 1418040002\nhttp://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1418040002/qid=1148445516/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/002-1912396-5884852?s=books&v=glance&n=283155\n\nThis explains it all.  Until I read this book, I never understood what was happening in a job interview.\n\nYou can find it used at: http://www.bookfinder.com
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Tell me about yourself. \n\nTRAPS:  Beware, about 80% of all interviews begin with this “innocent” question. Many candidates, unprepared for the question, skewer themselves by rambling, recapping their life story, delving into ancient work history or personal matters.\n\nBEST ANSWER:  Start with the present and tell why you are well qualified for the position. Remember that the key to all successful interviewing is to match your qualifications to what the interviewer is looking for. In other words you must sell what the buyer is buying. This is the single most important strategy in job hunting. \n\nSo, before you answer this or any question it's imperative that you try to uncover your interviewer's greatest need, want, problem or goal. \n\nTo do so, make you take these two steps:\n\n1.Do all the homework you can before the interview to uncover this person's wants and needs (not the generalized needs of the industry or company)\n\n2.As early as you can in the interview, ask for a more complete description of what the position entails.  You might say: “I have a number of accomplishments I'd like to tell you about, but I want to make the best use of our time together and talk directly to your needs. To help me do, that, could you tell me more about the most important priorities of this position?  All I know is what I (heard from the recruiter, read in the classified ad, etc.)”\n\n Then, ALWAYS follow-up with a second and possibly, third question, to draw out his needs even more. Surprisingly, it's usually this second or third question that unearths what the interviewer is most looking for. \n\nYou might ask simply, "And in addition to that?..." or, "Is there anything else you see as essential to success in this position?: \nThis process will not feel easy or natural at first, because it is easier simply to answer questions, but only if you uncover the employer's wants and needs will your answers make the most sense. Practice asking these key questions before giving your answers, the process will feel more natural and you will be light years ahead of the other job candidates you're competing with.\n \nAfter uncovering what the employer is looking for, describe why the needs of this job bear striking parallels to tasks you've succeeded at before. Be sure to illustrate with specific examples of your responsibilities and especially your achievements, all of which are geared to present yourself as a perfect match for the needs he has just described.
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Always follow "the four P's of interviewing": \n\n1. Preparation. \n2. Practice.\n3. Personal presentation.\n4. Pertinent questions. \n\nPREPARATION:\n\nIt's really frustrating for an interviewer to have someone that they're talking to who really doesn't know the company or the position they're applying for. \n\nBefore you interview, you should have looked at the Web site, read the company's brochure, and talked to people who've worked there. If you haven't done that, it can really make it uncomfortable in the interview, because either you're not going to understand what the interviewer's talking about, or you're going to ask some dumb questions.\n\nAnother thing is not really preparing for the interview itself. You should sit down and think, ‘What are they going to ask me when I'm in that interview?' With a little bit of asking around, you can find out things like, do they use behavior-based questions, do they use case-based questions, do they use a really unstructured conversational interview? \n\n\nPRACTICE:\n\nThrough preparation, you can often anticipate the kinds of questions -– if not the exact ones -- you'll be asked during interviews. Once you've determined the probable questions, practice in front of someone. \n\n\nPERSONAL PRESENTATION:\n\nDress appropriately. Don't show up wearing a coat when a suit would be more fitting. If you do wear the right tie or suit, make sure you are well-presented. Don't be wrinkled or dirty. Doing your homework should reveal the appropriate attire. \n\nBe sure to cover all the standard interviewing etiquette points as well. Be familiar with the basics -- like a good handshake. Make sure to have basic eye contact; a lot of people put a lot of weight into eye contact. Maintaining that is really important.\n\n\nPERTINENT QUESTIONS:\n\nIt's really bad in interviews to get to the end and they say, ‘Do you have any questions I can answer for you?' and you say, ‘Nope, I think you answered them all,' and that's the end of it. It's reflects negatively on you. \n\nAsk a really difficult question -- something that takes some guts to ask, asking really well-thought-out questions that shows you know the business that that interviewer is in. It all goes back to preparation, and it tells the interviewer you thought about this interview before you walked in the door.
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Always follow "the four P's of interviewing": \n\n1. Preparation. \n2. Practice.\n3. Personal presentation.\n4. Pertinent questions. \n\nPreparation\n\nIt's really frustrating for an interviewer to have someone that they're talking to who really doesn't know the company or the position they're applying for. \n\nbefore you interview, you should have looked at the Web site, read the company's brochure, and talked to people who've worked there. If you haven't done that, it can really make it uncomfortable in the interview, because either you're not going to understand what the interviewer's talking about, or you're going to ask some dumb questions.\n\nAnother thing is not really preparing for the interview itself. You should sit down and think, ‘What are they going to ask me when I'm in that interview?' With a little bit of asking around, you can find out things like, do they use behavior-based questions, do they use case-based questions, do they use a really unstructured conversational interview? \n\n\nPractice\n\nThrough preparation, you can often anticipate the kinds of questions -– if not the exact ones -- you'll be asked during interviews. Once you've determined the probable questions, practice in front of someone. \n\n\nPersonal Presentation\n\nDress appropriately. Don't show up wearing a coat when a suit would be more fitting. If you do wear the right tie or suit, make sure you are well-presented. Don't be wrinkled or dirty. Doing your homework should reveal the appropriate attire. \n\nBe sure to cover all the standard interviewing etiquette points as well. Be familiar with the basics -- like a good handshake. Make sure to have basic eye contact; a lot of people put a lot of weight into eye contact. Maintaining that is really important.\n\nPertinent Questions\n\nIt's really bad in interviews to get to the end and they say, ‘Do you have any questions I can answer for you?' and you say, ‘Nope, I think you answered them all,' and that's the end of it. It's reflects negatively on you. \n\nAsk a really difficult question -- something that takes some guts to ask, asking really well-thought-out questions that shows you know the business that that interviewer is in. It all goes back to preparation, and it tells the interviewer you thought about this interview before you walked in the door.
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nah...it is all about ur mentality...if u r optimistic then u will go through. first thing make ur analytical and quantative skills up to the mark. written exam will be nothing. second learn how to spin questions. toss ur answers. go in a overconfident mode. interviewer is nothing, he is working so he knows nothing, mostly forgets what they used to know in colleges :))...just make sure to answer all the questions wheather right or wrong. enhance ur communication skills. to do so make more friends, talk to strangers in public, try it, it will be hard in begining
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this website is regarding your concerns about interview procedure, how to go about it .\nhttp://www.managementhelp.org/evaluatn/intrview.htm
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The other answerers here are just giving you tips on how to relax, but they're missing the point.\n\nThe real problem is that you're too hung up on the idea that you're being tested and that you need to measure up.\n\nWhat you should do is instead, think of an interview as a two-way street (because it is).  It is YOUR chance to find a company that is good enough for YOU.  Sit down and write down some of the things you'd like to see in a job and a company.  What things are important to you about a job?  Then at your next interview, start things off by asking a question to find out one of those things.  This will make things work more like a conversation and you'll naturally answer their questions more comfortably, while alternately replying with your own, like you're meeting a potential new friend and you're getting to know each other.\n\nRemember, you are there to find out if YOU want to work there.  Keep that in mind and when you find the right company, you won't have a problem at the interview, believe me.
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Practise basics (what you have learn ed) to clear an job interview. Keep Practising and keep learning new languages and skill set...... don't sit ideal :)
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Be Concise\n\nInterviewees rambling on is one of the most common blunders Fogarty sees. "You really have to listen to the question, and answer the question, and answer it concisely," he says. "So many people can't get this basic thing down. You ask them a question, and they go off on a tangent. They might think you want to hear what they're saying, but they didn't answer your question."\n\nProvide Examples\n\nIt's one thing to say you can do something; it's another to give examples of things you have done. "Come with a toolbox of examples of the work you've done," advises Fogarty. "You should come and anticipate the questions a recruiter's going to ask based on the requirement of the role. Think of recent strong strategic examples of work you've done, then when the question is asked, answer with specifics, not in generalities. You should say, ‘Yes, I've done that before. Here's an example of a time I did that…,' and then come back and ask the recruiter, ‘Did that answer your question?'"\n\nBe Honest\n\nSomehow, candidates get the impression that it's best to try to dance around difficult questions. "If you don't have a skill, just state it. Don't try to cover it up by talking and giving examples that aren't relevant. You're much better off saying you don't have that skill but perhaps you do have some related skills, and you're happy to tell them about that if they like."\n\nKeep Your Guard Up\n\nAccording to Fogarty, you can split recruiters into two schools. There are those who are very straight-laced and serious, and candidates better take the process seriously as well when dealing with them.\n\n"Then you have recruiters like me," he says, chuckling. "I'm going to be that candidate's best friend when they call me. My technique is to put them at ease, because I want them to tell me everything, and a lot of candidates mess up in this area. They start to think, ‘Oh, this guy is cool. I can tell him anything.' And then they cross the line." And that can take a candidate out of contention. Remember: Always maintain your professionalism.\n\nAsk Great Questions\n\nFogarty says nothing impresses him more than a really good question that not only shows you've researched the company in general, but the specific job you're hoping to land as well. "That makes me go, ‘Wow, this person has really done their homework. They not only know the company, but they know the role.'"
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Don't feel bad, interviews are scary. The key is to practice, practice, practice.  Go to your local workforce office and sign up for a job readiness class. Ask for assistance in filling out applications, doing a resume and interviewing. Here are a couple of links that might help. Keep in mind that the process can also be very unsettling for the person interviewing you. Be confident, prepared and friendly. Good luck.
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treat it like a face to face interview that you can do in your pajamas. It is a common practice for the employer to weed through a bunch of prospective canidates. Hopefully you will get a call back to come in for an in person interview.\n\n Good luck
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Rehearse, rehearse, rehearse.  Talk to someone else and ask them to roll play with you.  Think of the questions that they may ask and find the right answer.  You gonna be nervous, its natural cause you want to do good.  Just don't let it all show.   You have to remain calm and think of the answer that "the boss" wants to hear.  Facts and no rambling.  He is a busy person.  Respect him and his time but show that you are the right person for the job.  Confidence (fake it if you have to).\nGood luck.
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The best way you can prepare for the interview is to talk to those who took the interview already and succeeded (or failed). This will give you insights into preparing for the interview. Hold mock interview sessions with your friends.  Good luck!\n\ncc
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it may be easier said than done but the 1st thing is do not panic, take some deep breaths and use visualisation, imagine being in  a clalm quiet place that you know, then let out all the anxieties out whilst you take deep breaths.  then as you inhale think calming thoughts etc. focus on the test when you get in as the questions wil not look as dificult. read each question 3 times before jumping in, write clearly and precisley.  \n\ntreat each question dffernenly try not to get too distracted by idle thoughts or the next test. good luck