How To Handle Tricky Interview Question - After 5 Years, Where Do You Want To See You In Your Career

First of all apologies from my side due to my lengthy absence. I had been busy on some other projects that's why I couldn't write the post, but now I am back with another interview question.

For career development you should plan your career in terms of 5 years and 10 years, but why an interviewer wants to know about your career planning?  What benefits he might gain by knowing your career plan? If you have been following our 16 toughest interview series, then you should know that each and every interview question lets the interviewer judge you on the hiring scale like wise, this question is another opportunity for interviewer to check the element of persistent in yourself. He also wants to know that how much this job is important for you and where it is placed in your career plan. Your answer should reflect your enthusiasm for the job with a proof that you are persistent in your career. Now the question is how can you show it? Well, I have some tips for you. Let's move to them.

How To Handle Tricky Interview Questions - Do You have Any Weak Points In Your Education Or Experience?

A straightforward question about your weakness always makes you nervous and you start answering with aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan, ummmmmmmmmm, actually etc etc but do you want to face this interview question confidently? You have been going through the interview questions series and now you are know that no question on the earth is difficult to answer. All you need to be smart and intelligent to grab the opportunity and turn the interview session in your favor. Likewise you just need to do some homework to grab the bull by horn.

How To Handle Tricky Interview Questions - How Do You Spend Your Leisure Time?

You do not get stressed or look puzzled when interviewer asked about your leisure activities and this interview question seems very simple to you. It is indeed a simple question and sometimes it is only asked to make candidate relaxed and calm but smart candidates always earn benefit from each opportunity. Are you smart? Can you use this question to crack the interview? No? do no worry we are here to teach you cracking the interview by the help of this simple interview question but before learning it, we recommend you to go through the complete series of 16 toughest interview question.

Now come to the point. Recruiters always hire the candidate who proves him/herself worthy and different. Other interview questions give you opportunity to prove yourself as WORTHY but this question gives you the chance of proving your self as different. How? Read the following guidelines to get the answer.

How To Handle Tricky Interview Question - What You Didn't Like About Your Previous Job

An ex-employee always enjoy commenting negatively about his or her former employer but when, in interview you are asked to comment about your ex-employer or former job, you may do not know how to react or how should you deal with it. Whether a cautious behavior is recommended in this situation or you should be hundred percent negatively honest on it.

If you always get confused on this interview question and cannot decide on correct answer then don't worry this post will solve your problem by teaching you the technique of answering it. When you will come to end of this post, you will have already learnt to handle this interview question but before reading this post, We strongly recommend you to read previous posts of the series HOW TO HANDLE 16 TOUGHEST INTERVIEW QUESTIONS so you can crack every interview with all possible questions.

Tricky Interview Question - What Are Your Weaknesses?

No body in the world is without weakness but admitting it in front of others is rather difficult and it becomes more difficult when you have to point out your own weaknesses in interview.

You always search for the safe way of answering this interview question but sometimes you do not know what actually is a SAFE way. A safe way always shield you from the negative impact and disguise your weakness as general  weakness which do not worth to be considered. Let us find this safe way together but hold on for a minute, have you learnt handling all six tricky interview questions which we discussed in previous posts? If no then I recommend you to start reading from HOW TO ANSWER 16 TOUGHEST INTERVIEW QUESTIONS.

How To Answer Tricky Interview Questions - What Are Your Strengths?

You surely know about the positive aspects of your personality and you are proud of them but sometimes it is difficult to explain your strengths in front of someone specially when it gets to interviewer.

When you are asked in interview about your strengths then your mind start analyzing yourself and wondering what is most impressive strengths which you should list down during the interview to win the job but have you ever think what strengths are required for the recruiter? have you ever tried to read the recruiter mind to reply exact the same  answer which recruiter want to hear?

We have been discussing tricky interview questions and we have covered questions like:

1. What Was The Toughest Decision You Ever Have Made?
2. Why Do You Want To Work With Us?
3. Why Should We Hire You?
4. If We Hire You, What Changes Will You Make?
5. Can We Offer You A career Path?

But for me today's question is really interesting because it seems so naive but not in actual. Interviewee generally takes this questions as a chance of making impression and start telling his/her strengths without knowing the fact that a personality trait which you call strength may be a weakness for recruiter and your so-called strength is not compatible for the position for which you are being interviewed. So how you should deal this question?