Interview Skills Quiz

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Master Your Interview Skills

Are you ready to ace your next job interview? Test your knowledge with our Interview Skills Quiz! Designed for job seekers, this quiz will help you understand the best practices to impress your potential employers.

Take the quiz to discover:

Preparation techniques for interviews
Appropriate dress codes
Effective communication tips
How to handle difficult questions

10 Questions2 MinutesCreated by PreparingJob999

How should you prepare for the interview?

Find out all that you can about the organization, the market in which it operates, and the job function that you are applying for.

Think of questions to ask the interviewer.

Think about your strengths and weaknesses and anticipate likely questions.

Plan how you are going to get there: check routes, timetables, etc.

All of the above.

How should you dress for the interview?

Formal business dress, such as a suit.

T-shirt and sweatpants.

As you always do- they want to interview you, not your clothes, and must take you as they find you.

Whatever is comfortable.

What time should you arrive for your interview?

Exactly the time specified.

Ten minutes early.

Half an hour early.

Twenty minutes late.

During the interview, where should you focus your eyes?

Make regular eye contact.

On your phone.

On the interviewer's hands.

Anywhere in the room.

What should you do with your hands?

Be eating cheeze-its.

Fold them together in your lap.

Sit on them.

Wave them frantically.

The interviewer asks you a question that you really don't understand. Do you:

Smile sweetly and say "I'm sorry, I have no clue."

Say "I'm sorry, I don't quite understand the question- could you repeat it please?"

Take a deep breath, and say something that you hope sounds OK?

Just shake your head no.

At the end of the interview come the words "Are there any questions you would like to ask me?" - but all of your carefully-prepared questions have already been answered during the interview. Do you:

Say "No thank you"

Ask a simple question that you already know the answer to.

Say, "Well, I had made a note to ask about.... But we've covered that during the interview, so I don't have any more questions.

Ask if there is a company pension scheme.

. Your interviewer asks you what you think about your previous boss. You didn’t get along with your previous boss. You answer:

“He was a good leader and really kept the team focused and on-task.”

“We didn’t exactly get along because he made a lot of impossible demands and was constantly on the phone.

“He was alright, but we weren’t that close.”

"My last boss? He was a total jerk."

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