In an interview, all questions have an intent behind them and your answer will make or break the opportunity. Read on to understand the intent behind asking questions like 'Tell me about yourself', 'why should we hire you' and prepare yourself for an awesome interview performance. Some general tips also included in the last slide.

1. Personal Interview
Common Behavioural Questions and how to answer them
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2. Session
Objectives
By the end of this presentation, you will know:
 The most commonly asked behavioral questions in an interview
 What is the intent behind each of these question
 The structure of response for each question
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3. Tell me about
yourself
Intent of the question:
 To understand your overall profile
 Your experience, education, achievements
 Assess your Communication skills
 Your Present-Past-Future
 Logical flow of thought (storyline)
How to respond:
 This will be the 1st question of the interview, so write and prepare it, do
mirror practice
 Maintain eye contact and a positive body language
 Include more relevant experience/projects as per job you are applying to
 Don’t include strengths or weaknesses unless asked to
 Family details not required unless asked for
 Say “I am..<full name>”. Avoid “Myself”
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4. Why do you
want to leave
your current
job?
Intent of the question:
 To know your career aspirations
 How you make decisions
 Your stability and ambition
 Research based approach rather than an escapist attitude
How to respond:
 No complaining about your current or previous companies
 It should also not sound like an escape
 Your thorough research about the company and reading through the
JD should feed into this answer
 Give a forward looking answer in a positive way
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5. Why should
we hire you?
Intent of the question:
 To know your personal and professional aspirations
 Have you thoroughly researched the profile and company you are
applying for
 How you connect your skills/strengths to the output you produce
How to respond:
 Mention your core skills and strengths
 Connect them to the Job you are applying for
 Focus on how you can create value in their existing system
 Mention 1-2 things you could do immediately after joining, let’s say in
the next 3 months
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6. Describe a key
project.
Highlight the
challenges
you faced and
how you
handled
them.
Intent of the question:
 Your role in the project
 Your technical expertise
 Are you a problem solver
 Creativity and process orientation
 How you work with other people, team player
How to respond:
 If it was a team project, don’t say I did it, say we did this project
 Include a successful project that was neither too long nor too short
 Don’t mention conflicts that you had with other people, mention
technical challenges you faced
 Mention how others supported or mentored you, it shows your humility
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7. What does a
typical day
look for you?
Intent of the question:
 Planning and prioritization
 Your productivity and passion
 How productive are you in your current role
 Are you ready to manage more responsibility
How to respond:
 Don’t share either a very busy day or a very easy day. Share an
average day where you are occupied for most of the time and have
produced a few outputs
 Share some key deliverables in your profile rather than occasional
projects that you worked on
 Be very specific and keep this answer short and crisp
 No need to include what you do after you reach home
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8. What are your
strengths and
weaknesses?
Intent of the question:
 Strengths that are relevant to the job
 No cliché list: hard work, team work etc.
 Awareness and acceptance of weaknesses
 Examples where you displayed strengths
How to respond:
 Have 3 strengths ready with 1 example of each, share only 2 at first,
share 3rd if asked for
 Have 2 weaknesses and action plan on them (what are you doing for
improving on those), if asked for 3rd say I will need to think
 Strengths must be related to the future job profile
 Weakness shall be easily manageable in the job
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9. What are your
interests/hob
bies?
Intent of the question:
 Are you a holistically developed person
 Whether you waste your weekends idling or learn something
 What are your priorities and how you de-stress
How to respond:
 Have a hobby first, and not like listening to music. Pick a musical
instrument, or play a sport, or get involved in social work.These will
actually make a better person out of you
 Share the hobby and how it helps you personally
 Share any achievements if you have while pursuing that hobby
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10. What would
you do on day
2 or 3 of your
job here?
Intent of the question:
 Are you looking for comfort or to create value
 Have you thoroughly researched the profile and company you are
applying for
 How you connect your skills/strengths to the output you produce
 Your vision for the role
 Are you pragmatic or only dreamy
How to respond:
 Mention 1-2 things that would hit the core challenges of the company
 Don’t overboard with extravagant promises or big achievements
 Focus on how you would create value for the end customer
 Include your core skills and how you will start using them
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11. Any question
for me?
Intent of the question:
 Your in-depth understanding of the role
 Whether you seek clarity than making assumptions
 Logical approach
How to respond:
 Don’t ask for the sake of asking, politely say “No questions as of now”
 If you have a question, keep it related to the role and the company,
focus on the future
 Value the experience and skills of the interviewer and ask them for
their experience and opinion on the question
 You can also seek feedback about your profile if you are confident
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12. Summary and
final tips
 Do proper research of the role and the company
 Read about the industry as a whole
 Always state real-life examples to validate your skills and strengths
 Focus on creating value and contributing, not what you will get
 Be Honest
 Practice everyday and don’t just wait for the night before the interview
 Deep breathe when stuck, it really gives your brain some thinking fuel
 Be polite and respectful, interviewer may try to test your patience and
emotional control
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