How to answer behavioral questions?

 Why should we hire you?

  1. To answer this questions, specify why are you a good fit to the role and the company. 
  2. If you doing some volunteer activities and if it matches the responsibilities of the company then you can specify that. For example, I regularly volunteer at 'X' organization. It requires me to work on some many things at the same time like marketing, sales, event planning, people management, resource management. I enjoy doing all of these activities at once. This role requires me to handle people & marketing hence based on my volunteer experience, I believe I am a good fit!


Why are you leaving your current job?
  1. To answer this question, don't specify that you are bored at your current organization. Instead specify something like this: After being there for 3 years, learning has slowed down. Company isn't growing that much and it is impacting my growth. 
  2. If you are looking for stability then mention that. If you are looking for a role with specific skills then mention that. 
  3. Always mention something along the line of what you want to do and how the current organization is not offering it!


What do you like to do in your spare time?
  1. To answer such questions try to come across as someone who shows initiative & who is willing to try out multiple things. 
  2. These days the roles are not one-dimensional. Instead they are multi-dimensional and expect people to have experience in wide variety of areas. So mention something like: 
    1. Working on a side project
    2. Volunteering
    3. Online learning 
    4. Hobbies
    5. Working out, cooking, etc


Where do you want to see yourself in next five years?
Interviewers ask this to:
  • Understand if you really want this job.
  • See if you have any plan for the future! 
  • Test your ambition. 
  • Ensure the company can give you what you want. 
Answers can include that you want to be a Lead person of a growing department or organization within the company. You might want to be in a specific domain. So to answer this question always have a 2,3,5 year plan ready. If you are interviewing for a higher roles then have 10 year plan ready! 






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