QUESTIONS FOR THE CANDIDATES WHO FREQUENTLY CHANGE JOBS

QUESTIONS FOR THE CANDIDATES WHO FREQUENTLY CHANGE JOBS

The work rotation is not an absolute value and in all cases it should be related with the age of the person, the specialty, the context. On this point you can ask:

  1. You have frequently changed job, could you tell me the reasons/causes?
  2. You have been working for your current employer for a short time, why do you want to change?
  3. Is your high personnel rotation a sign that you will frequently change along your career?
  4. How do you explain the diversity of jobs you have had? How long do you think you will stay in this company?

QUESTIONS FOR CANDIDATES WHO HAVE WORKED IN A COMPANY FOR A VERY LONG TIME

For some employers, the excessive permanence in a job is a negative or, at least, not positive indicator. This situation has to be analyzed in each situation. The best way is that the postulant explains their work history and includes in their speech some question about it, as for example the degree of challenge the position represented for them after some years, etc.

  1. What are the advantages of staying in the same position for a long time?
  2. Some people believe that being in the same position for a long time shows a lack of initiative, what do you think about this?
  3. After staying in the same company for such a long time, do you think it will be difficult for you to get adapted to a new organization?

QUESTIONS THAT FLATTEN THE ANSWERS

Now we suggest a list of questions that begin with the phrase: “Tell me about a time in which …” This form of asking is related with the Part II of the book and we consider it very useful since it invites the candidate to talk about their experiences.

  1. You worked efficiently under pressure.
  2. You managed a difficult situation with a work mate.
  3. You were creative to solve a problem.
  4. You couldn’t finish a project on time.
  5. You convinced the members of your team to do thing the way you proposed them.
  6. You once had to take an unpopular measure in your position.
  7. You wrote a program (report, strategic plan, etc.) that was well received.
  8. You anticipated potential problems and developed a productive solution.
  9. You had to take an unpopular decision.
  10. You were forced to take an unpopular decision.
  11. You were tolerant with a radically different opinion from yours.
  12. You were not satisfied with your own behavior.
  13. You used your diplomatic arts to introduce a program.
  14. You had to deal with an irritable client.
  15. You efficiently delegated a project.
  16. You overcame a difficult obstacle.
  17. You have very pretentious objectives.
  18. You had too humble objectives.
  19. You gave priority to elements of a complicated project.
  20. You lost (or got) an important sales contract.
  21. You hired (or fired) someone by mistake.

 

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