What answers should not be given during an interview

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This post was last edited by wolfhhhhm on 2015-8-19 at 14:26. During interviews, the interviewers ask us various questions. Some people’s answers are easily acceptable to the interviewers, which essentially determines whether the interview will be successful. However, some people’s answers happen to be exactly what the interviewers don’t want to hear, and as a result the interviewers give them low scores; in other words, the interview can be considered a failure. So, what kinds of answers should be avoided during interviews? The first mistake in answering interview questions is not being prepared; such responses are not an indication of humility – instead, they make the interviewer think that you’re not ready at all, so what’s the point of coming to the interview? Isn’t this wasting everyone’s time? So, during an interview, never say that you’re not ready. We can simply share our ideas and our proposals; whether we’re ready or not is something for the interviewer to decide, not for us to state. All we need to do is present our ideas and answer the questions asked by the interviewer properly. The wrong ways to answer interview questions are either talking at length about one’s own strengths, or failing to stop talking once the interviewer asks a question. The suggestion is not that the more advantages one has, the better; it’s the useful advantages that interviewers are more likely to recognize. Useless advantages or those that follow a mechanical template will not be well received by interviewers. For example, some people mention that their strengths include getting along well with classmates and respecting teachers… These are all generic responses that give the impression that one is just reciting answers without any originality. We should instead mention advantages that are relevant to the job we are applying for, such as strong management skills or the ability to lead a team. The wrong way to answer interview questions is by saying that one will learn on the job in order to improve oneself. Headhunters remind us that we are there to apply for a job, not to learn; if we say that we will learn whatever we don’t know and that we will get better at our work through experience, then why would the company hire us? What companies need are people who can work hard and do their jobs well, not those who have to learn everything from scratch. Companies don’t have much time to train a newcomer from knowing nothing to becoming proficient in everything, so we must be careful with such responses.