| 31. How could you improve yourself? |
| Do not mention anything negative about yourself - the interviewer is looking
for a chink in your armor. |
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| 32. Did you feel you progressed satisfactorily
in your last job? |
| If you progressed faster than normal you should say so. If growth was
not as good as expected then be careful how you phrase this. |
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| 33. Are you a leader? |
| State how you have successfully acted as a leader, giving examples of
your successes. |
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| 34. How do you handle criticism? |
| Your answer should be along the following lines: "I always think
that it is important to get feedback on how I am performing so that I can
improve any areas which my manager/supervisor highlights. Do you have regular
staff appraisals and a staff development plan?" |
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| 35. What sort of manager are you? / What
makes a good manager? |
| You should say that it is someone who listens to other people and can
delegate whilst maintaining overall control of the task at hand, bringing
in the project on time and to budget. Good planning skills are essential. |
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| 36. Do you work well with others? Or are
you a loner? |
| Some jobs mean that you have to work very closely with other people whilst
other jobs mean that you are largely working on your own, so you need to
say that you are happy in both situations. |
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| 37. Do you need other people around to stimulate
you or are you self-motivated? |
| You need to say that you are self-motivated. |
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| 38. Are you accepted into a team quickly? |
| Hopefully you can answer a resounding "Yes" to this question. |
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| 39. Can you act on your own initiative? |
| You should say that you can. You could ask how much responsibility you
would have. |
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| 40. How do you run a meeting? |
| You could say that you must start with an agenda and stick to it. You
could add that you would try to get the views and ideas from everyone present,
working in an air of co-operation. If people moved off at a tangent you
would bring them back to the item being discussed. |
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| 41. What motivates you? |
| Our suggestions are career growth, opportunity to learn new skills, good
co-workers, etc. |
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| 42. What management style gets the best
results out of you? |
| Try and think about how you have reacted to different managers and which
factors have motivated you. Do not say too much in reply to this question,
because if your answer is contrary to the management style of the company
they will not be keen to employ you! |
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| 43. Do you know how to motivate other people? |
| Hopefully you can say "Yes", and say that you have to find out
what motivates a person and give them recognition for a job well done. You
should always give them encouragement and help them when required. |
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| 44. Are you competitive? |
| If you mean by this someone who gets things done, then the answer is "Yes".
You need to defuse the implications of this question. |
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| 45. What do you dislike doing? |
| Say that you are prepared to do whatever it takes to get the job done
well and on time and try to do disagreeable things first to get them out
of the way rather than putting them off. |
