Cracking Job Interviews: Why people fail and how to succeed
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Cracking Job Interviews: Why people fail and how to succeed
Practical tips and a proven framework
I developed this practical guideline from my interviews with IBM, Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Airbus, Mercedes, and many more.
Table of Contents from the 1st version
Introduction
1.1. My Story 1.2. Components of doing well in a Job Interview
What do interviewers look for while hiring?
2.1. Everyone should have these qualities 2.2. Freshers and Junior candidates should show these qualities 2.3. What do interviewers look for in Mid/Senior candidates? 2.4. Situation based expectations Summary
Hiring Process
- Junaed’s Framework to Ace Almost Any Job Interview
Preparation
5.1. Experience matrix 5.2. Sort out important skills in 3 dimensions 5.3. Prioritize the skills and prepare examples 5.4. No experience? 5.5. Summary
Tell Me About Yourself
6.1. A Big Mistake 6.2. Topics you should cover 6.3. My example: This is how I tell about myself 6.4. Template for freshers 6.5. Template for experienced 6.6. Tips to well prepare 6.7. One tip for the experts
Discuss
7.1. A big misconception 7.2. Purpose of the discussion 7.3. Powerful questions to drive the discussion 7.4. How to drive the discussion towards your strength 7.5. Use this loop during the discussion 7.6. How to Stop the Interviewer and How Not to 7.7. Summary
The Questions To Ask At the End of the Interview
8.1. Prove yourself and Know more about them 8.2. Powerful questions and how to use those 8.3. Summary
Show Correct Motivation
9.1. Importance of correct motivation 9.2. How to show your motivation
Interview Steps: What Happens in a Job Interview
HR screening interview
11.1. Purpose of the HR screening interview 11.2. Steps of the HR Screening interview
Final interview
12.1. Steps of the final interview
Salary Negotiation
13.1. Mistakes I made 13.2. When will they ask about your expected salary? 13.3. When they offer what you wanted or more than your expectation 13.4. Negotiating 13.5. When you are nervous 13.6. Remove your fear 13.7. Negotiation steps 13.8. Not only money, but you can also negotiate many other things 13.9. Summary
Mistakes you should avoid
14.1. Mistake #1: Non-convincing “Tell me about yourself” 14.2. Mistake #2: Not knowing about the product of the company 14.3. Mistake #3: Not asking clarifying questions before solving a problem 14.4. Mistake #4: Not using “I” while describing what you did in a project. 14.5. Mistake #5: Not discussing when the interviewer challenges you
Answer questions in the right way
15.1. Understand the ‘hidden’ question 15.2. Open ended questions 15.3. Show your soft skills. 15.4. How did you solve this problem? 15.5. Summary
Behavioral Questions and Answers
16.1. Purpose of the behavioral questions 16.2. A framework for answering behavioral questions 16.3. How to identify behavioral questions 16.4. Example of Behavioral Question and Answer
Follow Up after the job interview