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7 Interview questions you should know!
Question 1: Were you affected by the heat wave/cold snap?
Question 2: Talk about a time when you had to overcome major obstacles.
Question 3: What interests you about this position?
Question 4: Is there intelligent life in outer space?
Question 5: Imagine we've just hired you. What's the most important thing on your to-do list on the first day of work?
Question 6: Why did you get into this line of work?
Question 7: But enough about you. What about us?

Given the increasing population of the world and the slowing economy, the race for getting a job is cutthroat. Having more than a hundred people vying for the same position, with similar qualifications shows how competitive the workforce has become. So employers are seeking efficient and effective methods to extract the cream of the crop from the mass population. The questions above are an example of standardized recruitment that is designed to elicit not-so-standardized responses from the common mass.

The ticket to securing the position is to be able to blow the recruiter away with your responses to these questions. Once you have been short-listed it’s a matter of evaluating whether you are a good fit in their organization. Standing out from the rest with customized responses is a good idea. Everybody who goes to an interview, however, prepares for the same list of questions. All candidates have ready-made answers to every possible question that could be asked. So the question is, how do you make sure that you stand out? Given the same criteria, the same stage, the same props… how do you shine above the rest?

Question 1 &4 are surprise questions that you can answer however your personality permits you. A sure way to catch the recruiter's attention. Your motivation, your work ethic, your language is what your school teaches you...and a a million of your classmates. So convincing them why you are the cream of the crop they are looking for is about giving these standardized norms a well designed twist of your own. A personalized response system for every question that could be thrown your way. Sarcasm is NOT a good idea, and neither is pure honesty. A humorous, bright fresh approach?
Think about it....