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What are the main questions that asked in an HR interview?

What kinds of questions have you been asked on professional job interviews?

  • I'm going on a job interview tomorrow for an HR/Payroll Assitant position. I would really love this job more than anything, because HR is something I'm really interested in. I've only been on a few interviews for "real" [office-type] jobs. My current job is medical billing and my boss didn't really interview me.. sort of just hired me. I am absolutely terrible at interviewing. I don't have as much confidence as I should and I freeze up when asked certain types of questions. I once had a phone interview for Enterprise rent a car and I blew the inetrview. They asked me kinds of things like "Give me an example of a time when you had a conflict at work, how did you handle it, etc" No matter how hard I try not to freeze up when asked things like this, I just do. What kinds of things have you been asked on interviews?

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    Ahhh, these types of questions are known as "CBI" questions. "Competency-Based Interview". This is the new norm in interview questions, so you need to develop skills to at least appear to be proficient at them. If you freeze up easily, then a simple question like, "Give us a reason to hire you," will completely have you flummoxed. It's a simple question, but when you are forming your answer, your head is probably thinking, "Well, jeez, I don't know. The next guy behind me is probably just as good as I am..." And then you talk yourself out of the job. In general with CBI questions, what you say is just as important as how you answer. Pausing, stammering, and stumbling looks really bad. So, as soon as the question is done being asked, just start with an answer, go with it, and tailor it as you are speaking. My personal way that I handle CBI questions is that I have about a half-dozen memories of situations logged into my head. For each CBI question, I take the one that is most similar to the question, and tailor the answer to fit perfectly. I hope this helps.

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Ahhh, these types of questions are known as "CBI" questions. "Competency-Based Interview". This is the new norm in interview questions, so you need to develop skills to at least appear to be proficient at them. If you freeze up easily, then a simple question like, "Give us a reason to hire you," will completely have you flummoxed. It's a simple question, but when you are forming your answer, your head is probably thinking, "Well, jeez, I don't know. The next guy behind me is probably just as good as I am..." And then you talk yourself out of the job. In general with CBI questions, what you say is just as important as how you answer. Pausing, stammering, and stumbling looks really bad. So, as soon as the question is done being asked, just start with an answer, go with it, and tailor it as you are speaking. My personal way that I handle CBI questions is that I have about a half-dozen memories of situations logged into my head. For each CBI question, I take the one that is most similar to the question, and tailor the answer to fit perfectly. I hope this helps.

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