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2.How To Answer “Why Should We Hire You/Why Should I Hire You?”

Most people will answer this question by talking about their experience or education, and add descriptions like 'hard-working, loyal, team-leader, etc.'  THIS IS WRONG. You should always answer with what you will do to improve the company. What ideas do you have that will make life better for your interviewer? Lead with that.  Why? Because you are selling yourself (don't take that the wrong way) and you want to use proven and effective sales/copywriting strategies to do that. I have been studying copywriting lately, and one of the number one rules of copywriting is that you ALWAYS talk about  benefits  before features .  In this situation, what you will do to make this company better, and to make life better for the person interviewing you, is a  benefit  to them.  Your background/experience/edu cation are just  features  that support your benefit to the company. Features may have gotten you in the door for the interview, but be...

1.Tell me about yourself?

Tell me about yourself or What would you like me to know about you. or walk me through your background  The beauty of this question is that it helps you to pitch yourself to an interviewer, break the ice and help direct the interview right from the start. It is most likely that you may be asked this question, so structuring it well will help you guide the interview to your comfort zone. I would suggest you work well on this one. I follow a simple, straightforward structure to this question that allows me to cover things that I have done, and also direct the interview to things I know I will be good at answering. In any scenario, try to cover broad highlights of your life, and specifically stress on the past 1-2 years. Try to make it a story, that follows a path and flow. Human beings (i.e. interviewers) find it easier to remember stories. The skeleton, and reasoning related to what I mention is as follows: "I was born and brought up in _____, during my schooling I d...