What are the top 10 interview questions and what are behavioural test questions?
Landing a job interview in the first place isn't the hardest part of the process - you then have to prepare for those difficult questions
PREPARING for a job interview is always a scary prospect, as you want to swot up on the job and the company beforehand, but don't have any clue what you might be asked.
However, although you can't rehearse the entire interview, there are certain questions that you can prepare answers for, so that you don't trip up on the big day.
What are the most common interview questions?
According to, a website where people anonymously rate their interview, there are some questions that commonly crop up - so here are the one's worth getting ready for:
- What are your strengths?
- What are your weaknesses?
- Why are you interested in working for [insert company name here]?
- Where do you see yourself in five years? Ten years?
- Why do you want to leave your current company?
- Why was there a gap in your employment between [insert date] and [insert date]?
- What can you offer us that someone else can not?
- What are three things your former manager would like you to improve on?
- Are you willing to relocate?
- Are you willing to travel?
By preparing your answers in advance, you can impress the interviewer by not getting in a sticky situation when asked a difficult question.
What are behavioural test questions?
These questions are also known as 'Competency Questions', and are designed to find out how you react to certain situations.
Behavioural test questions may seem tricky when you're put on the spot as it may be difficult to think of a good example, but employers are not trying to catch you out - they're trying to gauge how you respond to a particular circumstance.
According to the , an example may be: “Tell me about a time when you got co-workers who disliked each other to work together. How did you accomplish this? What was the outcome?”
While ordinary questions are far more general, and you can use a few different examples to indicate that you are a team player, behavioural questions are far more specific to certain situations.
So think of some situations that your future role might require (such as handling a difficult client), and look at your previous career history to think of some answers ahead of the interview.
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