Glassdoor Interview Questions and Answers

While most candidates answer this question well when it comes to strength, they lack themselves in answering their weaknesses as it seems arrogant when someone says, “I don’t have any flaws”.

The candidate should opt below examples

Strength

Leadership is one of my strongest strengths which I gained in my experience. During my time as the lead, I successfully merged two teams to complete one project and successfully organized training sessions for other team members to ensure that everyone gained the confidence to work on this and earn 5% more revenue as a project was completed before the timeline.”

Weakness

Diligent is something that I struggle with in large groups as I always choose to take more workload to ensure that the task is completed perfectly. This creates more pressure on me and that is why I am using software for assigning tasks and tracking. This helps me to gain the trust of my team members.

“It was my amazing and unique experience working with this organization for the past 5 years. This company helped me a lot in my initial learning process when I joined as a fresher.

However, now I feel I have reached the peak point of learning here and would be happy to learn more complex aspects of my field.”

• Make your proud moment relevant and realistic.
• Make your moment impactful and lasting.

I am very proud of dealing with the adversity during my childhood. Because of poverty, we had a shortage of money and my parents had daily arguments and fights. That period was not easy to overcome and find the courage to pursue my dreams. But I worked hard for that and had a job to pay for my higher studies.

• Select an experience from your past and be honest about it.
• Choose an action that the enquirer can easily relate with a new job.
• Show your proactiveness and avoid unclear answers.

During my last job, we completed a project before the given timeline, but the sponsor added some changes just a few days before the release date. We had to implement those changes and validate them in the same given timeline. I stayed longer than the complete week as no one is in favor to stay late at the office and successfully implemented those changes in the current software and received a lot of appreciation from my manager and sponsor.

If you are experienced, there must be a time when you and your manager wouldn't be on the same page. Let them know that situation and how you handled it. “In my last project, my boss wanted some reports on the same day so that he can show them on the next day to the client. I explained to him that it was next to impossible even if I engaged my full day, but he insisted to do the same. I asked if I could put my other work on hold, but he was not willing to do that either. I then explained to him each part of the report and how long each section will take me to put together, and he understood. In the end, he agreed to postpone all my work and provided support of one employee.”

• Listen to them, give them your full attention, and let them know they are being heard.
• Apologize to them as it shows the customer that you care and understand their concern.
• Show empathy to them that doesn’t mean you have to agree with them instead you can understand how they feel.
• Stay calm as matching your tone of voice with them will only worsen the situation.
• Don’t take angry customers too personally as they are not angry with you but instead with the product or service.
• Resolve their issues and share the knowledge with them.

It could happen that you are doing a demanding job and stress is part of daily life. Ideas to remember by-

• Maintain a calm decorum no matter what.
• Make yoga or meditation a daily part of your routine.
• Choose healthy habits and accept things you can’t control.
• Always take out time for your personal life and learn how to manage time in a better way.

If you are in the initial days of your career and open to living in multiple cities or countries. Then your answer would be-

“I am excited about the opportunity you are providing to me. This is my initial period of job, I feel I can add more value in this role by relocating and also gain experience of living in multiple cities.”

Asking questions in the end to your hiring manager shows your interest in that role.

• Can you give me a brief about company culture?
• What are the company’s goals for this year?
• If the company provides flexible work hours?
• How is the management process of the organization looks like?