#EXCLUSIVE: EIGHT (8) TOP INTERVIEW QUESTIONS FOR GRADUATES | ©SintimBlog|

#EXCLUSIVE: EIGHT (8) TOP INTERVIEW QUESTIONS FOR GRADUATES | ©SintimBlog| 

By Bismark Botchwey
Friday, 1st June, 2018

A panel Interview

A panel interview is a formal and organized interview arrangement where a job candidate is asked questions by more than one member of the company or an institution that's looking to make a hire. There you sit alone in front of the room, waiting for the assembled strangers to attack you with interview questions. It's really not quite that bad. In fact, there is an upside to panel interviews. You'd probably have to talk to each of these people individually at some point in the process this way, you get it over all at once.
Panel or  board interviews are often characterized by a standard set of questions for all applicants. Typically formal and organized, this interview format is often used in academia and government or for high-level executives. 
Occasionally, you’ll encounter a panel interview for other positions or promotions  in a company or within an institution. 

The panel interview is similar to a typical one -on - one interviews but there are two or more interviewers in the room.

They can feel very intimidating as it can be more difficult to build up a rapport with a group of people and they can be more formal in style. However, it's important that you relax and don't stress out at the situation.

To any able graduate seeking employment or a worker seeking promotion, ©SintimBlog  brings you eight top common interview questions that you need to answer correctly inorder to increase your chances of getting employed or promoted. 

1. Tell us about yourself?

The interviewer is not interested in hearing stories; they simply expect to know your academic and professional achievements, your name and the
institution you currently work for.
Take a minutes to introduce yourself, and state your recent academic qualification and your relevant experience (if any)

2. Why do you think you are the best candidate?

The recruiter expects you to tell them about your professional achievements and the unique skills you possess that will add value to the organization.
If you are a Customer Care graduate then you should tell them that you are a good listener and patient; these are the qualities the employer is looking for.

3. What are your weaknesses?

The question is not simple as it looks; most candidates go blank when they face this kind of question.
Take your time in explaining why you can’t leave the office before you complete a task.
You can also inform them how you are quick to trust a person, which in most cases makes you a victim.

4. Where do you see yourself in five years?

The employer wants to know whether you are ambitious or you’re the kind of a person who secures a job and then you forget about yourself.
Answer the question by stating how you intend to further your studies and grow professionally as you strive to meet your employer’s goals. (It is important to tie your goals to your employer's goals because no employer would be willing to hire and invest in a rookie who will leave their organization in a year or less after they have invested in training the individual)

5. How do friends describe you?

The question is testing your personal attributes, when answering it ensure that you don’t over exaggerate.
Take the shortest time possible to state the best attribute you possess that you believe will add value to the institution.

6. What do you know about this company / Institution?

Before you enter the interview room, ensure that you go through the company website to read latest news, company profile, goals, management team, objectives, vision and mission;they will help you answer this question.(where the company is unknown, do your research and be familiar with the business/industry you desire to build your career)
The question expects you to briefly describe what you read on their website and not what you imagine of the company.

7. Do you have any question to ask the panel?

This is usually the last question that the interview panel asks interviewees; if you fail to ask them
questions, you will lose some marks, always have a question to ask no matter what.
Ask them whether they have plans to expand their business, whether they support employees to further their studies and how they motivate employees. You can pull a surprise by asking when you would start, it shows confidence.

8. What is your salary expectation?

The question is tricky because as a fresh graduate you don’t have a clue what to be paid; simply ask them what they pay others of your level, if they fail to give a satisfactory answer then give them a
reasonable range.