Great Interview Answers

It's everyone's nightmare that they'll be embarrassed at an important job interview by some question that they just don't know how to answer. For example, what would you say if you were asked this innocent-sounding question?

“Have you done the best work you are capable of?”

Unless you are ready for it, this one can be quite a trap. If you say ‘yes’, the interviewer is going to ask you why they would want to take someone on who is now starting to go down the hill. If you say ‘no’, they're going to ask you what you've been waiting for. You could lose either way.

But you could say this :

“I've done work which has given me a lot of satisfaction, and maybe a little pride, yes. But I wouldn't like to think there is not more to come. For example, I think enthusiasm and commitment to the job can take you a long way, but experience can make you even more effective at achieving things, without necessarily all the huffing and puffing you might have had to use before.

And sometimes a particular challenge can stretch your mind and your imagination beyond the normal. That can often bring out the best in you. I'm sure there will be a few challenges in this job too, and I look forward to that. I wouldn't want to make any rash promises, of course, but it may well be that the best is yet to come.”

No-one would argue with that, but in a tense interview situation it's difficult to come up with such a useful answer off the top of your head. Being prepared in advance makes you so much more confident.

More Great Interview Answers

That great answer was offered to us by David Drennan, Professor of Management, and expert on company hiring processes. We were so impressed, we asked him if he could provide us with equally great answers to all of the Top Hundred Questions job interviewers ask.

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Formerly Director with a world-renowned multi-national company, David controlled the hiring processes the company used to sift the thousands of applications that were made every year for their high-paying jobs. He's heard the answers given at interview by many candidates, whether applying for front-line jobs or for the most senior levels of management, and he knows why some people got the job and others didn't.

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