Many of us may make the mistake of telling the interviewer that we are goal oriented, hard working, sincere, humble etc – all very good adjectives, which unfortunately carry zero meaning in an interview. These are general information and if you speak on these lines, the interviewer is sure to ask you to give an example of each of these. So if you are using these words better have examples ready. For example, if you say you are hard working, do you have a case where your hard work resulted in a project being completed in time? If you say you are a team worker, you must have a ready example. Same way, if you say that you are a goal oriented person, the interviewer can ask you what goals you have set in the past one year and how have you tracked it? Have such an example ready. Lesson to remember – Do not speak in general terms, but only on specifics.
Check the youtube video for an example of what we discussed above.
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ReplyDeleteWhen we tell about ourselves and mention our qualities and strengths. Should we backup them at once or we should let the interviewer ask to give an example.
And if we backup in advance, doesn't it make the answer exaggerated and unusually increased?
Or is it OK?
Tell as part of your answer without waiting for the interviewer to ask. When you tell your strength with an example, it becomes easy for the interviewer to understand. But at a time restrict your answer to about 1 minute only. And when interviewer is asking questions, wait for the full question and give a pause of 5 seconds before giving your answers.
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