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A Powerful Linguistic Tool to Help you be more influential in a Job Interview

A Powerful Linguistic Tool to Help you be more influential in a Job Interview

Last night I watched Derren Brown in his new show “Miracle”

The language Derren Brown uses to influence and persuade is highly powerful and can be used in all different types of situations. But where it is most powerful is in a job interview. Today I will teach you a powerful linguistic tool to help you become more influential in a job interview.

A Fractive Verb is used to presuppose a statement that you want to be taken as a truth. They way you phrase your statement is the difference between the interviewer questioning your statement or accepting it without thinking.

Often, if the interviewer subconsciously questions your statement you will be seen in a a negative light, where as an accepted statement builds on your current positive identity – key for job interview success

As you can tell, this type of linguistic persuasion can be a highly powerful resource to have at your fingertips.

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Linguistic Persuasion – the set up

In a job interview, if you desire, you can state anything! You can lie, make things up and say whatever you want and the interviewer has a choice, to believe you or not to believe you.

In fact, this goes for when you state a truth; sometimes the employer will believe you, other times the employer will disbelieve  you.

To win more job offers, you need the interviewer to take what you on face value, without questioning you on any level.

This is where we use a fractive verb.

The fractive verb creates a presupposition that is taken as red. Imagine in an interview, an interviewee states “I’m very successful”

This statement gives the interviewer a choice – I believe you are successful or I don’t think you are a successful person. What is even worse, is that when the interviewer doesn’t believe your statement, they start to think negative about  you because “you stated that you are a successful person, and I know you are not, you must be a liar” This is very dangerous ground.

The fractive verb bypasses the interviewers resistance. “are you aware of the successes I have had?” The desired outcome is the same, but the set up creates a different response. By using “aware” a fractive predicate, the interviewer doesn’t question if you are a successful person or not, they just presume that you have been successful.

Other fractive verb set up words include;

  • knows
  • aware
  • realised
  • learns
  • regrets

Linguistic Persuasion – hidden meanings

A fractive verb presumes the truth of an embedded sentence or interview answer, that serves as a complement.

If I said to you “John managed to open the door” this presupposes that John had been TRYING to open the door. Compare this to “john opened the door” which has know presuppositions about trying to open a door (but does presume the door in fact had been opened).

In an interview you can use this language pattern to get the interviewer to feel positively about you. Ideally you don’t want the interviewer to think or question your statement, rather you want them to just accept it as truth.

If an interviewer asks that common question “do you have any key strengths?” You could answer with “one of my strengths is…” this presupposes that you have more then one strength.

Compare this to “I think my strengths are..” The statement isn’t as powerful and can leave doubt in the interviewers mind. Notice how with the “one of my strengths is…” the focus is on the word “one” which means that the rest of the sentence is taken as a truth; they hear it but don’t challenge it.

Here are some more examples

  • know “do you know of the many different ways I can increase your profits?” it is taken as red that you will be able to increase the companies profits, because the employer is thinking of the different ways, which was set as a question
  • odd “it’s odd how we have clicked on many different levels today, isn’t it?” The interviewer thinks “yes” as they search for the different ways you have clicked today (due to the presumption that you have clicked today)
  • imagine “imagine how we will collaborate together” presupposes that you will collaborate together.

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Important Tips on Creating a Resume for Banking Jobs

Tips on Creating a Banking Resume

Banking and Finance is one of the fastest growing sectors in terms of growth and employment.

It offers a great job security along with very fine options of employment for jobseekers, right from the high paying investment banking to the secure environment of a government sector bank job.

It’s due to these reasons that we find so many applicants for these jobs giving rise to tough competition. If you would like to cut through this competition and become the next rising star in the banking industry it is very important to have an impressive resume. This post will help you in the same.

A resume is like an advertisement of skills and talents that you are trying to sell to employer. Until or unless your advertisement rings a bell with the employers, or attract their attention it is very hard to get past the cut throat competition.

A CV or a resume would get you the much needed introduction with the prospective employer where you can show your achievements, strengths and cleverly disguise your weaknesses as well.

Without a proper and well written resume it becomes really hard to get your foot inside the door. When it comes to highly competitive jobs like banking its an absolute must to get yourself a superbly written and well-presented CV that can act as an entry gate towards the opportunity that you are applying for.

While many of the banking jobs require the candidate to go through an entrance exam, especially in the government sector, there are plenty of opportunities in private sectors banks and financial institutions that require you to apply to the vacancies and sit for an interview like any other industry.

Therefore, the perception that a strong resume is not required in banking sector is totally unfounded and uncalled for. Here are some tips that you can utilize while crafting a resume for a banking job:

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 Show your passion

The banking industry is one of the most competitive. Due to the intense competition, there are a number of deserving candidates who can be left out of the race just because they did not show enough drive or passion for their job.

Your CV should be able to show your ambition and evidence that you are really interested to take the job hands on. This might involve writing a good summary, or a introductory note in the form of a cover letter.

Make sure to include a brief outline of your career expectations and what you have to offer in terms of skills and attributes.

Give academics due attention

The employers place a high importance on formal education in this industry.

Whether it is a degree in finance and banking or a certification course from authoritative sources, it is important that you are able to show your financial literacy.

Therefore, keep enough space to show you’re academically sound and qualified for the role. You can include numerical figures like passing percentage and university rank, but only in case those figures are above average or extraordinary. In other cases, it is best to leave them out.

Briefly explain your professional experience

Professional experience is different from achievements so instead of clubbing them together, keep the two sections separate. In your experience section include the key data like name of employers, time duration of employment and the key responsibilities you had there.

In the banking industry, your experience with previous bankers matters a lot and therefore it is recommended to prominently highlight it.

Highlight your achievements

The most important part of any CV is the achievement section.

This is where you tell the employer what makes you special and better than others. Hence, you should be most careful while elucidating what your achievements have been in previous roles.

The delicate line should be tread with caution as wrong use of words can smell of boastfulness which is not desirable.

Achievements could be anything from giving a project well before deadline to contributing towards the profit margins or saving expenses and increasing the bottomline margin.

Your achievements should be in line with the skills that you have listed and offer a clear picture to the employer of how you actually put in use those skills to benefit the organization. Achievements should also be able to display your mathematical ability, and attention to detail, the two attributes indispensable for a bank job.

Emphasize on technological literacy

Almost every work is now automated and uses computer software.

Whether it is record keeping, making tables and data visualizations, calculating profit margins, you will be required to work with software and computing devices. Therefore, it is necessary to show ease at using various latest technologies. Any technological handicap can seriously jeopardize your chances of getting a job in this industry.

In addition to the above explained points, you should also be able to prove commitment to work, and show strong work ethics as both of them will be required while performing your job at any financial institution. It is needless to say that keeping a check on correct word usage and grammar is absolute must. For the same effect you can get your resume proofread at least once by an expert.

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Saurabh Tyagi is a writer, social media enthusiast and a keen watcher of latest job trends. He is currently associated with Naukri.com, a leading online recruitment company in India. When he is not writing, you will find him reading about the latest job trends in marketing and new media.

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Manchester Interview Coach Shares Expert Advice

Manchester Interview Coach Shares Expert Advice

Job interviews have a bad reputation.

Everyone believes that the interviewer is out to get you, that each interview question has a hidden meaning.

People wrongly believe that the interviewer will be looking down at you, searching for weaknesses and wanting, when they can, to trip you up, to catch you and to find fault with your answer.

In most interviews, the truth is, the interviewer wants to help and encourage you to give the best answer, they search for  strengths and ask question to uncover your skills and experience. The interviewer isn’t trying to trip you up , instead they have a desire to help you relax, to allow you to open up and to encouraging you to be yourself.

As an interview coach I want to share my expertise to help you pass your next job interview

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 Job Interview Advice 1 Power Play

The interview is seen by some as a power play, with the interviewer being the stronger player, the one with all the power.

The problem with this common perspective is that you the interviewee we naturally feel weak , in this state you will never give the best answer, you will never sell yourself and you truly cant be you (key to any interview success).

To get the feeling of power back, which will help you to relax and act like you normally do, you need to, at the interview start is ask the interviewer questions.

It doesn’t matter what these questions are “have you been interviewing all day?” “what do you think of the weather today?” just ask questions as this will do two things. One it will get you in the flow of talking and when the interviewer answers, you will feel more relaxed. And two, you will come across as a confident person.

Job Interview Advice 2 Describe how you feel

When asked an interview question it is really easy to fall into the logical answer game, where the interviewee gives only facts.

There is a time and place for this type of answer in all job interviews, but you have to balance this out with an emotional answer.

Most employers recruit candidates based on that “gut feeling” and people know enthusiastic and passionate colleagues make the best workers. By expressing how positive you felt when you achieved X, you will make emotional connections with the interview panel, winning you some extra points

 Job Interview Advice 3 Give the employer a gift

I know this sounds weird, and I don’t mean a present or thank you card.

Throughout the interview you need to show how you will add value to the organisation. When answering a key question give the interviewer a gift by sharing your expertise. This could be sharing a new sector tender opportunity, giving real advice on increasing profit/decreasing overheads – maybe you have a successful system that the employer could easily implement.

It doesn’t matter what the gift is, what’s important is that the interviewer can see that you will add value to their organisation.

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3 Steps to Deal With Culture Shock While Working Abroad

3 Steps to Deal With Culture Shock While Working Abroad

Working abroad looks glamorous at first which can be combined with the excitement that comes with travelling to a new place, but there are a lot of surprises that are associated with it.

These surprises or what can be better called as ‘unique experiences’ often make people to think twice about their decision. The disadvantage about it is that they are felt days after moving to a new place when the period of fun and enjoyment starts to wear off. What these people working abroad experience can be termed as “culture shock”.

Culture shock, though it may drastically change a person’s view of going for jobs abroad, should never come as a barrier in terms of career development; which was the first goal often when it comes to working abroad. It is always safe to remain prepared for it in order to tackle it effectively. Otherwise, it can lead to extreme stress, which in turn will affect your work and also your personal life.

Here are three steps that will help you to ease yourself into a new and different environment while working abroad.

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STEP ONE

There is a lot of excitement and energy at the beginning when anyone moves to a new place to work, but often it happens that all of these evaporate after reaching the place. So it is always better to be prepared for the worst and this makes it easier to get up when you feel yourself sink into the abyss of cultural shock; ending your honeymoon period in that place.

Do an extensive research about the place. Before accepting a job offer to work abroad, check out the place and do research about the living conditions and how hospitable it is towards expats. Get to know the traditions the people in that place follow. You can buy a good guide book and learn some of the basic dos and don’ts that you need to follow.

Do not make your expectations go high. If you leave with the feeling that it will be a smooth ride, that’s not true. Whenever someone enters into a culture that is different, that person will feel not at all connected with the new one. It will make everything that you come into contact with in the new place feel strange. So, you should never keep your expectations high regarding this fact that you will never suffer from culture shock.

Ask the organisation if they have any local orientation programme. If your organisation helps you to get oriented to the new place and culture, then it is a great thing. Ask the corresponding HR person if there are any programmes provided by the company that helps its expat employees to get acquainted with the new culture.

STEP TWO

 When you start working at the new workplace abroad, you will gradually get to understand more differences that separate you from the people of that place. Whether it affects you professionally, in your personal life or both, you might begin to get irritated at even the smallest of things. Here’s how you can deal with it.

If you can’t beat them, join them. Living in a place without accepting the differences can take a toll on you. So it’s better to incorporate those local traditions as long as you can and feel at home. Accept the differences and it will make you feel a lot better.

When in Rome do as the Romans do. Do not know how to act in certain situations. Take the cue of the local people there and just copy them. It will save you a lot of trouble. You can also take the help of your colleagues to understand the local cultures and traditions.

Do not offend the local culture, language and traditions. There is one thing that you should do no matter how irritating it turns out to be, never offend the local culture, language and traditions.

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STEP THREE

The third step is all about accepting the differences so that it becomes normal to you. If you do not do that, you will continue to go deeper into the pit of cultural shocks. What steps you can take in that direction:

Try to learn the local language. Nothing brings you closer to the people of a different place than their language. If you are able to even speak a few words of the local language, you will feel a sense of acceptance. You just need to put a little effort and a good local friend or colleague who can help you with your mission to learn the language.

Understand that this is not a permanent thing. You do not have to stay in that place forever. If you were transferred or have moved for a project, you should focus on the work and see this time as work vacation. Also, you can always go back home after getting the required experience that you needed.

Above all, be patient. Patience will always be the best companion when you are suffering from cultural shock. Be patient and do not get stressed.

When you are in a new place, always try to make friends if possible. Get to understand the rules and laws of the place. Culture shock, though it sounds intimidating at first, can always be dealt with. Follow the above tips and have fun working in your favourite job destination.

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 Hasib is a career coach, blogger and a professional writer working for the job portal – Naukrigulf.com. With an interest in providing career counselling for professionals, he has contributed a number of articles related to the topic on various online platforms.

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3 Job Interview Mistakes Every Candidate Makes

Don’t Make These Common Candidate Mistakes.

Everyone finds job interviews difficult.

With many task and activities an even split of people find the task difficult while the rest seem to have a natural ability.

Job interviews on the other hand are feared by everyone. But why? Applicants make common mistakes in the job interview environment, once you know these common mistakes, you can change your approach to the job interview, creating job interview success.

 Job Interview Mistake 1

45 minutes!!!!

One average, the nervous interviewee, spends on average just 45 minutes preparing for the job interview. Whereas successful interviewees, the interviewees who receive more job offers then the average interviewee, will spend, on average, 7-8 hours preparing for the job interview.

The problem is people fear job interviews.  This fear creates procrastination and procrastination creates inactivity, leading to an average of 45 minutes of interview prep. To master any skill, you need repetition.

Practice does make perfect. Prepare by learning about the values of the organisation, the company mission and understand the job criteria.

It is the company values, mission and job criteria that make up the job interview questions. Prepare answers for each of these potential questions and practice your answer(s) over and over again.

Job Interview Mistake 2

Say it with emotion

We all know that communication isn’t just words. Tone, diction, gestures and facial expressions make up 80% of communication.

Knowing this, why is it that most interviewees and prepare and deliver answers focusing on the structure and words of the interview answer.

To win over the interviewer practice and deliver winning job interview answers using tonality, facile expressions, body language, gestures and diction to increase the impact of your interview answer.

Job Interview Mistake 3

Focus on the interviewer not your answers

We all have an internal focus when it comes to the job interview. This internal focus, often the negative self talk you give yourself prior to going into the interview, is a deflection.

Instead, when you focus on the emotional impact you want the interviewer to feel, you will create a different impact. This is because your attention creates a new action, a new impact and a new interview outcome.

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Instructions to Plan Well For Your Medical Career – Top Advice

Your Medical Career – Top Advice

You’ve needed to be a specialist since your youth however have you chosen what sort of specialist would you like to be? Pharmaceutical offers a bunch scope of alternatives and are unquestionably an exceptionally remunerating vocation; however selecting the correct way needs a high measure of arranging and attentiveness. You may likewise be constrained to settle on some troublesome decisions to accomplish your objective. A few specialists’ recommendation and direction can turn out to be useful to guide you along your vocation arranging.

What ought to be my goal? The thought of an “impeccable profession” should be moderately diverse for every single individual however it is all things considered special to you. You ought to put forth rudimentary inquiries to yourself with the goal that you can fall in good shape of seeking after your restorative profession.

  • What as per you is a compensating profession?
  • What kind of accomplishments does make a difference the most to you?
  • Which variables of your work and life do you plan to adjust?
  • Which abilities of yours do you wish to use and improve?
  • Do you have any uncommon inclination for a specific sort of cooperation and workplace?
  • Lastly, which pragmatic elements are the most critical to you?

Subsequent to splitting the AIPMT passage, some specialists may like to pick between some sort of forte or GP preparing, while others may select to increase general involvement in his local nation or abroad. Keep in mind, none of these profession choices is the absolute best method for beginning your restorative vocation; it is about after the track that is ideal for you.

Change is the main consistent: You can once in a while discover specialists who might concur that that they have wound up in the vocation they tried to when their therapeutic course started. Despite which vocation way you select, your needs will change with the progression of time and what you minimum expected of may happen. Subsequently, your objectives and desire may turn upside down, which would in the long run impact your vocation decisions.

Continuously be viable: It’s awesome to have a dashing profession arrangement. In any case, it may not be for all intents and purposes feasible inferable from your benefits, cash, present occupation situation and in addition your own circumstances. Never push forward without a reinforcement arrangement. There is a tremendous decision in medication alongside different pathways that will help you to achieve your objective.

So where would it be advisable for me to begin from? Attempt to structure your therapeutic vocation arranging and basic leadership abilities for incorporating the unmistakable phases of profession advancement.

Evaluate your instructive history: Exploring your inspirations, vocation values, preferences, personal quality and shortcomings will help you comprehend yourself much superior to anything accepting what’s ideal for you and you can undoubtedly get coordinated towards the profession that would suit you.

Investigate your vocation opportunities: Establishing your choices and options will help you to assemble data about what you need to be. In case you’re particularly keen on something, however no idea as to where it can take you then you has can look for assistance from the sorted out analyzers. You can likewise address somebody who is knowledgeable about these matters and can manage you well. Yet, most importantly be proactive with all the counsel and bolster you get.

Choose what’s better for you: Evaluating your choices, abilities and characteristics against the genuine parts will help you in considering and elucidating your choices and inclinations and settle on decisions.

•Implement your arrangements legitimately: This is the last stride towards achieving your restorative vocation objective through AIPMT 2016. Here you will need to embrace a point by point research into the presents that you’ve yearned on seek after alongside get ready for appraisals and meetings.

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Q & A For Job Interview: How to Prepare for Them for a Job in Healthcare Industry?

How to Prepare for Them for a Job in Healthcare Industry?

Finally, you got the interview call for that much-awaited job and you want everything to go in the right course from here.

What you first need to do is prepare yourself for the Q & A part of the interview session. Preparing yourself with right questions is crucial for success of a job interview.

Asking right Q & A in a job interview keeps you focused on the interview and shows that you are interested in the job.

To prepare yourself for this critical stage of interview, you need to keep the following 10 questions & answers in mind:

Why Are You Interested in the Job?

Answering this question can make a huge difference in the outcome of your job interview. Rather than citing reasons, such as lucrative salary or outstanding allowances, you should tell the interviewer about how this job would help you reach your professional goals.

What Are Your Weaknesses?

This one can be a tricky question as no one would want to reveal his weaknesses or negative points. So you need to be more diplomatic with your answer and avoid saying something that would hurt your chances of getting the job.

Let’s say, you applied for the position of nurse. Rather than saying that you are an emotionally-sensitive person, you need to connect your kind-hearted nature to your job and how it would help you serve your patients whole-heartedly.

How Do You Deal With Stressful Situations?

Working in healthcare industry can be emotionally challenging as you will be dealing with critically-ill patients. So you have to come up with a good answer to convince the interviewer that you are a good fit for the job. To make a strong case, you can cite reason from your life experiences that make you strong enough to face the emotionally-demanding situations of hospital life.

What Were The Reasons That Made You Leave Your Last Job?

Your current would be interested to know the reasons that made you quit your last job. Avoid bitching about your previous employer as it will show you in the bad light. Instead you should cite your career goals as primary motives to leave your last job.

You can mention about career preferences, such as better working opportunities and higher work satisfaction, as major reasons for switching the job.

What Motivates You In the Job?

Your interviewer would be interested in knowing the things that make you feel motivated in the job. As you will be working in the healthcare organization, you should connect your answers to ordeals of patients and how consoling them makes you happy. This will show that you care for ailing people which is a fundamental objective of professionals working in healthcare organizations.

What Makes You Stand Out From Other Candidates?

Remember that you are one of the many candidates appearing in a job interview. So your employer would be interested in the unique skills you will bring along to the job. Selling your skills is crucial at this stage to increase your chances of getting the job.

For example, you can give organizational skills as your unique selling point and how it helps you effectively manage your job.

What Salary Would You Want?

Salary negotiation is a big and tactical part of any job interview. Settling on a good reimbursement would be critical for success of your interview. Keeping the margin of bargain in mind, you should take a door-in-the-face approach by asking for a bigger salary figure than you want. Keep it professional and make bargains in exchange for any extra responsibilities.

For example, if you are applying for the position that requires working in shifts, you should discuss about allowances and other perks that are applicable in shift work.

What Are Your Goals?

Employers are interested to know about your goals and how you intend to manage your career. The typical question “how do you see yourself five years down the line?” is a common question for a job interview.

For example, if you are applying for a position of general physician, you can discuss your plan of becoming a specialist and the academic and professional courses you intend to seek to achieve your ambition.

Why Do You Want to Work With Us?

The interviewer is interested to know the reasons that made you choose his organization. Giving generic answers would not help. Rather than giving common answers, such as “I like your organization” or “I have been dreaming about working in your organization”, you need to come up with more specific reasons as what inspires you to become part of the organization.

For example, you can say, “I want to work in your organization as it goes with my values.” Or “I am interested to work in your organization because it is serving a noble cause and I want to become a part of it.”

What Are Your Strengths?

An employer is interested to know about your strong points and what makes you a perfect candidate for the job. At this stage, you need to highlight your strengths and connect them with your job. For example, if you applied for the position of medical assistant, you can give reasons such as multitasking skills, attention to details and communication skills as primary reasons why you deserve the job.

Working in healthcare sector is a privilege for anyone as it gives you an opportunity to serve the humankind. Make sure that you keep in mind the above-mentioned 10 Qs & As to ensure success of your job interview for a position in this industry.

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How to Create Job Interview Success In a Few Easy Steps

How to Create Job Interview Success In a Few Easy Steps

Everyone I meet believes that the job interview is this scary, hard, difficult situation.

In fact, the job interview, is easy – easy to manipulate, easy to sell yourself and easy to secure a job offer.

To be successful in the job interview follow these 3 easy steps:

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 Job Interview Success 1

People purchase items only with the desired criteria.

If you wanted to go on holiday, you wouldn’t choose any old destination. Instead you will have a list of criteria; a beech, warm weather and a good night life.

Interviewers act in the same way. They want to purchase an interview with certain criteria. This isn’t simple experience or a qualification. Often interviewers recruit a certain persona, temperament or attitude.

Research the type of person the employers wants, and explain and show how you meet this particular criteria.

Job Interview Success 2

Charm

Why is that some people get all the girls (or boys)?

Even the individuals who aren’t that good looking, time and time again, get the dates. What is this strange phenomenon? What is the secret?

People like, no love, others who are confident and charming, those that ooze charisma

Believe in yourself, sell yourself and be totally confident and charming…and the interviewer will fall in love with you.

Job Interview Success 3

Create emotional responses

Interviewers (and people in general) make choices based on their emotions.

Turn the interview into an emotional roller-coaster; use examples filled with intrigue, create suspense and design your interview answer with a  Disney style happy ending, where you eventually, after the odds were against you, have a happy ending

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Job Interview Questions for Budgens

Job Interview Questions for Budgens

We have spoke to many interviewees to what the big employers are asking candidates in job interviews.

This article give you the inside gossip for Budgens job interview questions. To prepare for your Budgen’s interview, read the question, prepare and practice your job interview answer.

Why is practice important? To pass interviews you need your answer to ooze confidence. Practice makes perfect, and perfect gets you the job interview offer.

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 Budgens Job Interview Questions

Budgens’s Job Interview Questions 1. Tell me a little about you and your retail/customer service experience?

Budgen’s Job Interview Questions 2. Why do you want to work for Budgen’s?

Buddens Job Interview Questions 3. What do you know about our competitors? 

Budgen’s Job Interview Questions 4. Explain how Budgens differs from other supermarkets 

Budgen’s Job Interview Questions 5. What is more important profit or customer service?

Budgen’s Job Interview Questions 6. How would you remember where all Budgen’s stock is stored in the supermarket?

Budgen’s Job Interview Questions 7. Give an example of going above and beyond for a customer? 

Budgen’s Job Interview Questions 8. What would you bring to the Budgen’s team?

Budgen’s Job Interview Questions 9. What would you do if you suspected a colleague of stealing? 

Budgens Job Interview Questions 10. How do you develop yourself? 

Budgen’s Job Interview Questions 11. What is your approach to working hours?

Budgen’s Job Interview Questions 12. Do you have questions you would like to ask us?

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5 Interview Questions and 5 Brilliant Answers

5 Interview Questions and 5 Brilliant Answers

Below are some of the most common asked questions in interviews situation, along with a rough guideline to help you tackle them effectively and a sample answer:

The guidelines will explain what type of answer the interviewer is looking for, the reason why they asked the question, after you have read the question, start by reading the explanation and then think about the industry you are looking to achieve employment in. How can you use this example to help you answer the question during your forthcoming interview?

Also, we have recorded an example answer to show you how the question and guidelines can create an answer with an impact, remember our example answers may or may not be suitable to your career choice; due to the variety of industries job hunters will be applying for, we have used example answers from a mixture of job roles.

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 Why should we hire you?

A great question to be asked, as your answer will be highly positive and will sell you in the most generous way-don’t be shy here! Start with “by hiring me…” now give them a great selling line, what is the one thing they want from you? and then tell them how you will do it, use examples from previous job roles to highlight your ability and knowledge

“By hiring me, you will gain an experienced sales manager who has a proven track record. I lead by the front and my motivational leadership style has ensure an increase in profits in the last 2 companies I have worked for”

Why did you leave you last job?

A dreaded question for many! When answering this question never give a negative answer. “I did not get on with my manager” or “The management did not run the business well” will show you in a negative light and reduce your chance of a job offer. Answer the question positively, emphasizing that

you have been looking for a career progression. Start by telling the interviewer what you gained from your last job

“I enjoyed my last job, I quickly learned how to multi-task and prioritise work and over the last 3 years I have seen myself grow. I am now ready to take the next step up the ladder with my career and feel I would suit working for company such as this”

If you were made redundant, let the interviewer know, this is not a negative!

If you were me, what type of person would you be looking for?

Mention the skills they are looking for, you will know them by now as this question is often asked in the middle of the interview. And then follow this up “…someone like me who would work hard”

This question tells the employer two things, one you know what skills and qualities are needed and two, that you have the required skills and qualities.

“Someone with the experience and more importantly the knowledge to ensure we meet our targets, they would have to excellent communications skills as they will be working with a wide range of individuals from different backgrounds. You would want someone like me who is hard working and reliable”

Do you know anyone who works here?

If you know someone who works for the company who is a good worker, by mentioning there name can sometimes give you extra points, you can also lose points by mentioning someone’s name that is disliked. This should not really happen due to employment equal opportunities, but often does.

“Yes, one of my friends, Rick works for you. He has told me all about the company, the team and the training and support the company offers their employees. The company sounds like a great place to work and I feel I would fit in well”

Interview questions and answers

Have you ever been asked to leave a position?

Be truthful, employers will find out when they ask for a reference. If you have give a brief answer and stay away from giving any negatives about the company you worked for. If the answer is no, Say “No, never”

“Once, several years ago, once I had left university I had a part time job, the role didn’t suit me as I enjoy being kept busy. I think the manager knew I was going to be moving on”