So, tell us about your weaknesses top answers to tough questions

What do you enjoy doing outside of work?
Tell me about yourselfÖ
How do you define success?
Would you consider taking unpaid work?
What is your relationship with your former employer?
Would you like to have my job?

Job interviews are undoubtedly one of lifeís most stressful situations. To top off an already anticipated tense situation, you find yourself on-show to strangers set to confront you with a barrage of questions guaranteed to knock you off your fragile perch! The examples above are testament to that! But there is the potential to turn the situation on its head and wow the panel with your answers to those seat squirming questions! John Lees, a leading career strategist and author of How to Get a Job Youíll Love, and How to Get The Perfect Promotion joins forces with New York based careers guru Matthew J Deluca, President of the Management Resource Group Inc to create an indispensable guide to thriving in ANY interview situation, with Job Interviews: Top Answers to Tough Questions (McGraw-Hill).

Become your own PR consultant with careful and considered preparation. Whether you are a first time job hunter, making a career change, have a questionable career track record or are part of the ëgreying populationí, the interview dynamics are consistent, and you have the power to work it to your advantage.

Top Answers to Tough Questions guides you through the entire interview process from:
Preparation ñ identifying your goals and job opportunities, landing the interview, researching the company and job role and preparing both mentally and physically for the big day.
The Interview Itself ñ Ask yourself what do they really want to know? Uncovering the agenda behind even the trickiest of question and identifying the appropriate response.

The authors reveal that interview questions typically fall into 6 categories:

Small Talk ñ breaking the ice, Personal Questions ñ who are you, Educational Questions ñ what do you know, Experience Questions ñ what have you done, Behaviour Questions ñ how are your people skills, and the final category, Stress Questions ñ be prepared for those nightmare questions guaranteed to set the alarm bells ringing.

Post Interview ñ how to best follow up from an interview and prepare for a second interview and conversely how to handle rejection. This section also includes hints and tips on negotiating the job offer and your starting salary.

With answers to over 200 interview questions, including responses to the latest competency based interviewing techniques this guide is a critical resource and must read for even the most practised interviewee!



Job Interviews: Top Answers to Tough Questions is due to be published by
McGraw-Hill in November 2003, price 7.99 ISBN 0077107047

www.johnleescareers.com