1. Describe your dream job.
Avoid starting sentence with "Please introduce yourself". That is the same as inviting them to drop a pile of the "instant noodles" answers, listing the entire profiles of candidates on LinkedIn. Instead, employers prefer these answers outside the rules, allowing candidates to explain themselves, and having the opportunity to express your personality and motivation.
The best answer could demonstrate the candidate's ambition, passion for work, as well as a clear vision. There will be a bonus for those who have a sense of humor, who are willing to take risks or could make employers surprise by something totally unexpected.
Candidate’s ambition is a very important condition, especially for the director position, because employers are looking for individuals who can bring to the company an excitement and a strategic view.
Is the answer clear and focus on the question? If candidates have never thought about what they want to do in the future, employers could wonder how much he has intention of sticking with the company. The best answers come from people raving about business projects they want to boost, which demonstrate the ability to master. Like a candidate has told employers that she had a desire to build a non-profit organization with the aim of creating employment opportunities for disadvantaged women.
The most boring answer is just like you rote learning as a parrot your resume (a natural reflex when interviewed) while ignoring the request was told about your dreams and ambitions.
The answer is not necessarily as a spectacular presentation of the future vision, but there is a simple way to create a context that allows the candidate to show their potential and seniority.
2. Describe a product you like
Sounds like a question only for product manager position, but it's suitable for any vacancies in a production unit. Each employee should have a vision of the product being manufactured. Of course, they do not need to become inventors, but to understand what makes customers happy and what will not? Does the candidate have focused on benefits of employees and customers or not?
The answer will prove how candidates like to explore and experiment with different products, how much they understand the problems of consumers, how to improve it and how to meet the expectations of both the design and future usage process.
Two questions? Just like that? Wait, it's not even a question!
Even if you do not work in a manufacturing facility but you are looking for candidates in construction jobs, engineer jobs, offshore jobs and even if they do not answer the two questions (required) above, it is likely you have made your own assessment in the first few minutes meeting the candidates.
The preparation is a long way in the interview process for anyone. Understand your business and products, understand the job requirements as well as who you will interview, it will reflect who are carefully studied, who just pass by.
Things will be revealed immediately in the first 5 minutes. And all the rest is up to you to maintain them throughout the process.
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