Great Answers to Tough Interview Questions [Paperback]

Martin John Yate (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 3, 2005

'An essential guide for the modern jobseeker' - "Evening Standard". 'A good investment...A comprehensive guide to the various ways of hunting jobs down, as well as how to make the right impression with employers' - "Daily Mirror". 'Some excellent tips on how to answer potential clangers' - "Cosmopolitan". This title now includes sample psychometric test questions. Over 4 million copies have been sold! "Great Answers to Tough Interview Questions" is the best-selling job-hunting book of all time and the essential companion for all job seekers. It takes you through the whole process, from composing your CV and preparing for interviews, to interview techniques, answering tough questions and even negotiating your salary. This fully revised new edition now contains sample psychometric test questions and includes tips for job-hunting on the internet.An indispensable guide that blows the competition away, no serious job-hunter can afford to ignore it. You'll find plenty of examples of the tough questions that interviewers love to throw at you, such as: Why should I give you the job? What are your outstanding qualities? Why do you want to work here? What is your greatest strength? What is your biggest weakness? How much money do you want? How long would you stay with the company? With the best answers to these and many more, "Great Answers to Tough Interview Questions" is suitable for anyone at any stage in his or her career. It provides all the guidance you need to land your dream job.

Editorial Reviews

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"OK, two words: 'must have'...treat this book as your bible and those squirming, sweaty-palmed, heart-pumping, tongue-tied interview moments will soon be a thing of the past." Accounting Technician "Knock 'em dead career strategies." Pathfinder "A thorough and practical guide to the difficult task of finding that next job. It takes the reader step by step through the process, starting with CVs and applications, through the interview process and on to the final negotiations over salary. It is realistic and portrays the reality of job hunting in the twenty-first century...a solid job-hunting guide, the price is excellent and its step-by-step approach certainly means it could be recommended to individual clients for purchase and use." Newscheck "You may feel waves of regret as you read this book and imagine how your life might have been different if you had studied it earlier in your career...an excellent guide for job hunters, complete with corporate fashion tips...a no-nonsense tour through the job-hunting process." www.getabstract.com "The book is useful for anyone at any stage in his or her career, providing guidance for landing the job you want." Business Executive "Takes readers through the whole process...useful for anyone at any stage in his or her career, providing guidance for landing the job you want." Business Executive "If you are a recent graduate, you're expected to have high aspirations, so go for it," says Martin John Yate, author of Great Answers to Tough Interview Questions." The Guardian "Includes the thinking behind over two hundred tough interview questions, and effective ways to answer them." Pathfinder "Tips for job search management...the ultimate job hunter's guide." Pathfinder International "I just wanted to say thank you so much for your book. I can really, honestly say that it has influenced my life course!... I decided last year to change jobs and really found your book gave me the confidence to really go for it... I really think your book has influenced so many lives in an "it's a wonderful life" type way - you should be so enormously proud, as am I to have it on my bookshelf for generations to come." Peter Bowles, Customer Review "Gives a through and detailed run-down on pretty much every awkward situation and double edged question your likely to hear within the four walls of an interview room". Tamworth Herald "The book examines the whole interview process." Tamworth Herald "An essential guide for the modern jobseeker." Evening Standard "A good investment... A comprehensive guide to the various ways of hunting jobs down, as well as how to make the right impression with employers." Daily Mirror "Some excellent tips on how to answer potential clangers." Cosmopolitan

About the Author

Martin John Yate is an internationally best-selling author. He has held major posts as a director of training and personnel for several international companies, and is widely respected as the expert on all career matters. He is also the author of The Ultimate CV Book, The Ultimate Job Search Letters Book and The Ultimate Business Presentations Book (all published by Kogan Page).

Product Details

• Paperback: 240 pages
• Publisher: Kogan Page Ltd; 6th edition (January 3, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0749443561
• ISBN-13: 978-0749443566
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.5 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #264,824 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Martin Yate is an internationally best-selling author. He has held major posts as a director of training and personnel for several international companies. His best-selling title Great Answers to Tough Interview Questions (published by Kogan Page) is now in its 5th edition and has sold over 4 million copies.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5 stars Great resource - highly recommended for job seekers, January 29, 2012

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Tequila Mockingbird (Melbourne, Australia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Great Answers to Tough Interview Questions (Paperback)

I have read about 7 interview books over the past month, in preparation for some tough ones. This was by far the best. It is a slightly misleading title, as it contains much more information about the job search process than just the interview. It is a pragmatic and comprehensive resource, and although I hope to not have to do more interviews for a long time, this is the only book I would need to use again.

5.0 out of 5 stars Best job seeking book ever, December 9, 2011

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Eksteen Amsterdam - See all my reviews

This review is from: Great Answers to Tough Interview Questions (Paperback)

The book is comprehensive, works with real life examples and is a FANTASTIC book especially if you have not been job hopping and thus have not interviewed or hunted for a job in a long time.

It takes you from writing your CV and the cover letter, through the most appropriate colour schemes to wear for the interviews all the way to the end on follow-up after the interviews and turning a possible defeat into a victory.

My husband, quite a few of our friends and I have used this book with great success to snare the jobs we wanted.

If you have been out of the running for a while or if you have even wanted a comprehensive guide to interviewing this is your book.

As with every guide you have to not just read it but practice and make the ideas your own. This is not a recipe book it is a guide. So ensure you read it with that in mind and know that authenticity in interviews/communication come from practicing the concepts and making the content your own so you can deliver something that has a unique twist to you.

This is not for the lazy or the feint hearted, but for the go getter and the self motivator.

To give examples the following jobs were secured using these principles:

1. Brand Lead at a leading pharmaceutical company

2. Medical Science Manager at a leading pharmaceutical company

3. Senior project manager at one of Europe's biggest IT companies

4. EMEA Medical information coordinator and events organiser at a leading Medical information company

5. Project management office coordinator

6. Production Assistant for a concert hall

7. Head of nursing at a large hospital

8. Call center team manager at one of the largest telecoms companies in Europe

9. Call center team manager in one of the largest Energy distributors in Europe

10. and many more

This is in our circle of friends only...

If you are too thick to understand the book and use it for toilet reading rather flush it and save yourself the trouble of being frustrated and getting a thinking job.

2 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars less than avarage book...., March 1, 2007

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C. Kline "book lover" (CO,USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Great Answers to Tough Interview Questions (Paperback)

i did not like it this much.. i bought it for my husband..he did not like too ..but he read most of it in the bathroom....