A Traditional Interview Is Not a Friendly Exchange

Before we get to techniques for answering questions, it's important to understand what is going on. In a traditional interview situation, there is a job opening and you are one of several applicants for the job. In this setting, the employer's task is to eliminate all but one applicant.
Assuming that you've gotten as far as an interview, the interviewer's questions are designed to elicit information that can be used to screen you out. If you are wise, you know that your task is to avoid getting screened out. It's not an open and honest interaction, is it?
Having said that, knowing how to answer questions that might be asked in a traditional interview is good preparation for whatever you might run into during your job search.

How to Answer Tough Interview Questions

Your answers to a few key problem questions often determines whether you get a job offer or not. While there are thousands of problem questions you might be asked, I have listed just ten below. If you can answer these well, you are prepared for most interviews:

Rather than give complete answers to all of these questions, and there are potentially hundreds more, let me suggest several techniques that you can use to answer almost any interview question.

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