What Color Is Your Parachute 2018 by Richard N. Bolles copy

summarized, well-rehearsed. (This is the famous “elevator speech”
job coaches are always recommending to job-hunters. In the length of
time it takes to ride an elevator up a tall building, you should be able
to give your entire answer to this question, rehearsed and rehearsed
beforehand, until you could say it in your sleep.)
Okay, what other questions may you expect the employer to ask you,
during your interview there? Books on interviewing, of which there are
many, often publish long lists of questions employers may ask you, along
with some timeworn, semiclever answers. Their lists include such
questions as:
Tell me about yourself. (As we have seen.)
What do you know about this company, business, or organization?
Why are you applying for this job?
How would you describe yourself?
What are your major strengths?
What is your greatest weakness?
What type of work do you like to do best?
What are your interests outside of work?
What accomplishment thus far in your life, gave you the greatest
satisfaction?
Why did you leave your last place of work? Or, Why were you fired
(if you were)?
Where do you see yourself five years from now?
What are your goals in life?
How much did you make at your last job?
And their lists go on. But really there are only five basic questions that
you need pay attention to. The people-who-have-the-power-to-hire-you are
most curious about your answers to these five, which they may ask directly
or try to find out without even mentioning the questions per se:
1. “Why are you here?” This means, “Why are you knocking on my
door, rather than someone else’s door?”