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Here is the 10th part of Interview Questions series. Hope these questions have given you enough knowledge about what to present when you are in front of the interviewer.

Please go through all the parts , so that you give the best out of you.

Question 1: What is your biggest weakness as a manager?
Answer: Accept your biggest weakness honestly. but  be  positive. There could be  many answers of   this  question. e.g., “I don’t enjoy  admonishing  people, so I try to begin with something positive first.”
Question 2: What makes you mad?

Answer: Though I  am a  cool  person and nothing really makes me mad, yet  certain things makes me upset like cheating,  rudeness, arrogance, liar, spitefulness and blah blah. Choose any obvious nasty traits or behaviors that  interviewer itself  dislikes it  personally too.
Question 3: Have you ever had to fire people? What were the reasons, and how did you handle the situation?

Answer: Accept it if  you had done this. Explain that  the situation was out of control, it was not  easy to handle, so I’ve  to fired that person. Explain that  what was the matter and how you handle it also mentioned that  this action  worked out well and it became beneficial in the favor of  both, the  company and the employee. You must illustrate that  though you don’t enjoy unpleasant tasks but that you can resolve them efficiently and wont be hesitate to fire anyone but humanely not brutally.
Question 4: How Would You Deal with a High-Strung Personality?

Answer: This question is asked to get an idea of about  your confidence and  communication skills. You must answer this question with confidence and  ask the interviewer panel, “Am I not dealing you?” This makes  the environment  light up to some extent. You may  answer like this, “  If  any difficult or high-strung personality asks something as a  client, I tries my best to satisfied them. If  they have any sort of problem, I primarily tries to resolve the problems as become a team leader. I try my best to give the solution. If  unable to fulfill their requirement, which  happed rarely, I sent those to our seniors.
Question 5: What important trends do you see in our industry?

Answer: If  you are an experienced person,  you must have the knowledge of  your job background, so be ready to answer this question with two or three trends that illustrate how well you understand your industry. If  you are a fresher, you might have done some research about the job background for which you are going for the interview. You answer should focus on  the technological challenges or opportunities, economic conditions, or even regulatory demands of  the industry.
Question 6: Do you generally speak to people before they speak to you?

Answer: It depends on the circumstances.
Question 7: How would you describe your own personality?

Answer: This question can be asked to you in  another way like “Describe your personality in one words?” The main purpose for asking this sort of  question is  to get an idea  of your  personality in your own words. “What do you think  about yourself?”  The answers may  differ from person  to person depending upon it’s strength and weakness. But before answering must realize about the types of job, designation and company. What are the requirements of   these? “Balanced” is the nice word to be used.

Question 8: What would your references say about you?

Answer: This is the biggest opportunity to illustrate your positive personality, your strengths, skills and behavior  before them. It may be also a  good answer, “It  would be better that you should  ask this question to my references that I’ve mentioned in my application or in resume.  They will speak the exact  fact about  me”

Question 9: Can we check your references?

Answer: Yes sir, why not.

Question 10: How do you like to be managed /not like to be managed?

Answer: To be honest and truthful, deliver your answer in such a way that express your attitude as a dominating nature, but in the mild and soft style. e.g.  “I’m very flexible and easily assimilate in to the  most management styles. In the previous jobs,  many times,  I’ve helped my bosses to get the best out of me by talking to them and developed  a mutual  understanding between us. They provided me freedom and give some responsibilities to load off their shoulders.” also  mentioned that how do you not like to be managed by  giving some logical examples without being negative.

written by Jay Patil \\ tags: Cracking Interviews, Interview Questions

Here are few other questions for Preparing you to face any interview in the world.

Question 1: What do you look for when you hire people?
Answer: While hiring people I look for their skills, education, initiative, adaptability and experience.
Question 2: What type of people do you get on with most/least?
Answer: Though I hire people after lots of checking according to their  merit, but some times I was ditched and those hiring people are not so qualified as they claim. But, this is the part of the game. After all  I am also a human being. I do also mistake. But I try to put my best for the fortune of the company.
Question 3: Did you ever fire anyone? If so, what were the reasons and how did you handle it?
Answer: To be honest, give a brief example of  that  time when you faced this, and stress that it worked out well.
Question 4: What position do you prefer on a team working on a project?
Answer: If  you are quite comfortable as a team leader, be bold and told the panel, if not  told to be ready for the  part of  team. If you are comfortable in different roles, point that out.
Question 5: How do you measure talent?
or
How do you measure talent in an organization (or company or team)?
or
How do you grow/develop talent in an organization (or company or team)?
Answer: Different types of  person has different types of view.  The criteria  of measurement differs from  person to person. You can say that in my opinion talented people works from the first day on the top that can observe by others. His  performance  is usually excellent.

Question 6: What do you see as the most difficult task in being a manager?
Answer: Managing  is a tough task. To make a perfect plan and to get  completed within the budget and time limit is a tougher task for me, but  motivating  employees and to  manage them to  get  the best  in the favor of  both  is the toughest  task for  me.
Question 7: How do you resolve conflict on a project team?
Answer: Conflict can be resolved by  communicating to one another in the panel of experts or in the meeting. As a team leader I prefer to discuss the private issues more than complications.
Question 8: Prepare a plan for your first 1/2/3 months in the role and present it at the interview?
Answer: This question is generally asked to the marketing managers or commercial managers, but can also be asked to the other managers too. This question is asked to valuate the knowledge and planning skill of the manager. Don’t  to be exaggerate. You can take the help of  Gantt chart to represent it, this is also a better way for representation.

Question 9: What do your subordinates think of you?
Answer: To be honest and say positively. You can say  that  it would be better to ask this question to my sub-ordinate.
Question 10: What is your biggest strength as a manager?
Answer: As for as myself  is concern, The strongest strength of  myself  is  that  I am able to motivate my  subordinates to complete the task  within time limit and under budget with minimum efforts and maximum joys. I am able to organize the team according to their most efficient skills, so that they can put their best.

written by Jay Patil \\ tags: Cracking Interviews, Interview Questions