Difficult interview questions: why do you want to work for this company?

When you are applying for jobs at a number of companies, you will have written to each stating how keen you are to work for them. Sometimes it can feel like there is an element of dishonesty around this – you have to apply to a number of places to maximize your chances, but you tell each that they are the one. In this short podcast, Jeff Riley, Deena Panthaky and Helen Curry, discuss how to tackle this tricky situation in interview and still sell yourself. How do you convince an experienced interviewer that you really do want to join their company?

(MP3 – 5min 48s, 4.0MB)

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This podcast is the second in our new series on difficult interview questions.

Difficult interview questions: What is your biggest weakness?

In the first of a new series of podcasts on difficult interview questions, careers advisers Deena Panthaky and Jeff Riley discuss how to answer that tricky question “what is your biggest weakness?”. Is honesty the best policy?

(MP3 – 10min 39s)

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