| 29. What are the motivational factors for you?
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| You can say good career
growth, opportunities to learn new skills, a congenial work
environment etc. as motivational growth factors. |
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| 31. What are your career goals? |
| Mention the goals, which are in common interest
of the company's requirements. |
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| 32. Are you prepared to relocate? |
| If
you are, say so. If you do not want to move, then you
do not have to accept the job - try and come across
as someone who is positive. |
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| 33. Are you willing to travel? |
| Again if you are, say so. You want to sound positive,
so find out how much traveling is involved before you
turn down the job. |
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| 34. How often are you off sick? |
| This
can be a difficult question to answer if you are frequently
off sick or you have just recovered from a prolonged
period of illness. If you have generally enjoyed good
health and this period of illness is not typical then
you should say so. |
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| 35. What did you earn in your last job? |
| You
have to be very careful when answering this question
because once an interviewer knows your current salary
they will try and fix your next remuneration based on
this figure. This may be satisfactory if you only wanted
a modest rise in salary and your current salary is in
line with their salary range, but, what if your current
salary is substantially lower than the rate for the
job, or if you want a substantial salary rise? In these
cases you would be best advised to say that you do not
really want to prejudice yourself by being too high
or too low. Ask if you can discuss this later after
the responsibilities for the job have been discussed;
you may also want to ask them what the range for the
job is (if you do not already know). |
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| 36. What level of salary are you looking for
now? |
| Be very
careful when you answer this question - you would not want
to appear to be greedy. If you are applying for a specific
vacancy, you could ask the interviewer the salary range. Once
this is answered you could say "I think my experience would
place me at the top end of your range, don't you?" If they ask
you this question fairly early on in the interview you could
delay answering by saying "It is hard to discuss salary without
first knowing a little bit more about the job and the
responsibilities."
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| 37. What will your referees say about you? |
| You could offer your
references and what they would say about you. However make sure that the
references are aware that you have applied for the particular job.
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