101 Great Answers to the Toughest Interview Questions,   ISBN:9781598638530

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101 Great Answers to the Toughest Interview Questions: Third Edition is good for interviewers as well as job seekers. Any book for one side is good for the other side if you think about it. I got this book after I had one particular job interview with a candidate that looked to me entirely for direction. I flubbed it and I was the interviewer! I just couldn't think of what to ask most of the time and the uncomfortable silence moments were almost unbearable for me.

After that I read articles and got several books. Author Ron Fry is credited with giving me the direction of drilling down. This is a form of "smart testing." You ask fewer questions and it takes less time. When something of interest comes up, you drill down to the next level, going no more than 3 levels deep since otherwise you could be unreasonable.

Fry covers the major areas you'd want to ask about, other than the technical skills specific to the job itself. And frankly, those are the easy ones to ask for an employer since those technical questions are about what is done on the job itself. But getting to know the candidate, the candidate's motivations and experience is terrifically complex. You have to be more prepared than the candidate when you're the interviewer, and this book helped me greatly.

I don't see any reason why this book would be considered out of date.

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If you freeze when you go on a job interview, join the crowd . . . lots of
other folks do, too.

I've even had this happen to me, at times, so I was intrigued by
the premise of 101 GREAT ANSWERS TO THE TOUGHEST
INTERVIEW QUESTIONS, third edition--a CD version of the book
written and read by Ron Fry.

What surprised me was the fact that I learned a lot more than
just the rote answers to questions . . . Fry also covers what
to do both before and after the interview, and he offers many
useful suggestions that just aren't used by all job-seekers.

For example:

* When asked, do you have any questions . . . never say "no." The
interviewer will assume you're not interested. Some possibilities
to consider: Can you give me a formal job description? Does this
job lead to other jobs in the company? What happened to
the other person who had the job?

* Send thank you notes to every interviewer you meet. (He even
shows you how to write them!)

* Never accept an offer the time it is offered.

Yet as I was listening, I found myself wondering how he
would recommend answering the one question that always
throws me: What salary do you expect?

He suggests to first make sure you know what is typical for
the industry . . . when you do, then you can respond, "I'd expect
something in the broad range of (cite two figires with the bottom
one being the lowest you'd consider accepting).

101 GREAT ANSWERS got me thinking, which is always
a good sign . . . in addition, I'll always remember how
to respond to this other typical question: Why are you leaving
your present job? the author suggests:

* Be positive. The key word to remember is "more." You want
more responsibility, more challenges, more opportunity and finally
as a consequence of those other mores, more money.

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This is a great book. It is very helpful for preparing for any type of interview. I highly recommend it.

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This book highlights key questions that may be asked as well as "RED" and "GREEN" light answers. I found the book thought provoking as I prepared for my interview.

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anyone interviewing will get a lot of very useful information from this book ... it is NOT a "if they ask this ... you answer this" type of book ... it just gives you food for thought!