Crack Your Interview

As an overarching statement, the best answers to all these questions have a few things in common:

• They are honest and candid answers – the best way to succeed in an interview is to be the best possible version of you (and no one else). Represent your experiences honestly and accurately and be forthcoming about what you know and don’t know. At the end of the day, you’re doing yourself (and the company) a big disservice by pretending to be someone you’re not – it all comes out in the end anyway.
• Always give examples – Whether you are asked to or not, always back up your statements with examples. It shows a lot more depth and is SO much more convincing. For example, if I say “I’m good at using data to convince people to adopt new processes” the interviewer just has to take my word for it. But if I then give an example of a concrete time when I did that, they are going to have context, more color, and are much more likely to really believe me.
• Don't pretend you're perfect - An important part of answering these questions is showing self awareness and humility.  I don't think anyone wants to work with someone who thinks they are 100% perfect so make sure you show that you're human.  I think it's more of a red flag to have no flaws (versus giving an honest answer when that question is asked).

Aside from those general tips, I have found some more specific advice for a few common interview questions.  It would take up many pages to paste them all here, so I'll direct you to http://www.prepary.com/category/... to find more specifics on the questions listed below.

• What is your greatest strength?
• What is your biggest weakness?
• Why do you want to work here?
• Why are you suitable for this job?
• Tell me about an example of a time when you worked with a difficult person.
• Where do you see yourself in 5 years?
• Tell me a little bit about yourself

Courtesy: 

    Jaime Petkanics

Founder of The Prepary