how to deal with interview questions about your personality
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Employers and recruiters want to know if you will be a good fit and a good worker, that is not really do with your skills but your personality. How will they find out these important things? This presentation shows you how recruiters and employers reveal your personality and gives you some tips on how to handle their questions.TRANSCRIPT
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To know how motivated you are To know what you would be like
as a worker To know what you would be like
as a colleague To know what you would be like
as a report
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They may ask competence based questions and listen carefully you the way you describe yourself and others
They will listen to the behaviours that you describe to see how you treat others and your attitudes towards them
They will ask you outright…
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Strengths….. Weaknesses….. Development goals….. What others say about you… How you like to be managed… Tell us about yourself.. Give us an overview of your career
Prepare – neutral or positive answers
Show self awareness - not cleverness, don’t be smug
Humility with strength – be real
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If an employer really wants to know what you are like they will ask you to do a personality profile… an on line quiz to see what you would do and how you behave
If they have a lot of time and money they may use a group assessment centre where you do tasks with others, observed by a trained person who analyses your behaviour
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Recruiters will formally take up references – these may not tell them much BUT
Employers may know previous employers and talk off the record
Employers may google you and look at the information on line: Facebook, Twitter, Linked In, News Items……..
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