Best Answers to the 201 Most Frequently Asked Interview Questions

by Nanette F. DeLuca, Matthew J. DeLuca

Overview

In today's job market, there are thousands of qualified candidates battling it out for a few jobs. Beat out the competition and learn how to give the best interview with Best Answers to the 201 Most Frequently Asked Interview Questions—the essential job-seeking weapon you need to answer the thought-provoking or unexpected questions that potential employers use to weed out candidates.

Career experts, Matthew and Nanette DeLuca, coach you through every possible question you'll encounter, along with the secret motivation behind them—including those you may not want to be asked but must answer.

In this updated edition, you'll learn how to:

• Gracefully address a lost job
• Tactfully discuss salary requirements
• Take control of the interview

With Best Answers to the 201 Most Frequently Asked Interview Questions, you'll never be at a loss for words on any interview.

Matt DeLuca, SPHR (New York, NY) is a Senior Consultant with the Management Resource Group, Inc. Matt is also the author/coauthor of 24 Hours to the Perfect Interview, Get a Job in 30 Days or Less, and Perfect Phrases for Negotiating Salary and Job Offers.

Nanette DeLuca (New York, NY) is a Principal with the Management Resource Group, Inc., and coauthor of 24 Hours to the Perfect Interview, Get a Job in 30 Days or Less, and Perfect Phrases for Negotiating Salary and Job Offers.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780071741453
Publisher:	McGraw Hill LLC
Publication date:	06/18/2010
Edition description:	Net
Pages:	240
Sales rank:	523,518
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Nanette F. DeLuca has most recently served as a principal in the Management Resource Group.

Matthew J. DeLuca, SPHR, is a senior consultant with the Management Resource Group, Inc. He is also the coauthor of 24 Hours to the Perfect Interview, Get a Job in 30 Days or Less, and Perfect Phrases for Negotiating Salary and Job Offers. He resides in New York City.

Nanette DeLuca is a principal with the Management Resource Group, Inc., and coauthor of 24 Hours to the Perfect Interview, Get a Job in 30 Days or Less, and Perfect Phrases for Negotiating Salaryand Job Offers. She resides in New York City.

Table of Contents

Preface vii

Acknowledgments ix

List of Questions xi

Itroduction: What This Book Can Do for You 1

1 Talking Is Not Communicating 12

2 Who Are You? What Should You Disclose? 29

3 Examining Your Choices: What Are You Getting Yourself Into? 40

4 "So Glad to Meet You": The Interview Begins 53

5 Who Are You? 64

6 Work Smarts 84

7 What Have You Done? (And What Can You Do for Us?) 99

8 How Will You Fit In? (Or Will You?) 126

9 How Many Ways Can You Spell Stress? 143

10 Taking Control of the Interview 166

11 Don't Go There! Questions You May Not Want to be Asked-But May Have to Answer 176

12 Now It Is Your Turn: Questions to Raise 197

13 Whew! Now What? 206

Index 213