Interview Questions And Answers Tier List (Best Interview Questions RANKED) Part 1

Now interviews are nerve-wracking enough on their own, but not knowing the questions you might get

asked can make it even worse. Now I do have a good amount of experience doing interviews myself

as well as interviewing candidates, so I've been on both sides of the table

All right, name? Dwight Schrute. Thank you Mr. Schnute, we will let you know

And in this video I'm going to go over some of the most common interview questions that you are

definitely going to encounter. Now I am going to poke a little bit of fun at these interview

questions, but at the same time I'm also going to tell you what I think is the best way to go

about answering them. So this video will hopefully entertain you and also help you knock that job

interview right out of the park. So right after you gently tap the like button, let's get started

Now first of all I just wanted to say I did research on other videos that go over like

interview questions and answers, and a lot of them will give you kind of a canned response

to interview questions. And I don't think you should ever use these cookie cutter canned

response answers in an actual interview. And the reason for this is because millions of other

people are watching the same video. So if you try to memorize these canned responses, I can almost

guarantee you that your interviewer will have heard it at least several times. Imagine if you

heard the same exact answers to the same exact 10 questions from five different people. You probably

wouldn't have a very good impression of the fifth person that gave you these canned responses

Plus when you're nervous during an interview it's almost never going to be a good idea for you to

memorize answers word for word. Almost guaranteed unless you have like a photographic memory you're

going to forget it. What's better to do, and I'm going to go into this later on in the video, is to

think of a story that has to do with the answer to the question. And the reason for this is because

the human brain actually thinks and many times memorizes things in the form of stories. So when

you hear a story you almost have no choice but to remember it. So not only will it be easier for you

to remember the answer, but at the same time it's also easier for your interviewer to remember you

Alright so first one on this list, describe your dream job. Ah yes this is like when you're

going on a first date with a girl and she asks you to describe your dream girl. And she promises

that she won't get jealous. Classic trap question here. If you're honest with them and you're like

you know I don't even really have a dream job or I do have a dream job but it's definitely not this

position, that's going to be a pretty bad answer and you're probably not going to get hired. So the

correct answer to this one is something along the lines of, I really like this position that you're

interviewing me for but I would also enjoy moving up in the company later on and taking on more

responsibility and more leadership. I don't think it's going to come across as very genuine if you

lie to them and tell them that this position is your dream job. So I wouldn't recommend doing that

but I would recommend saying that you know you are really excited about this position and you're also

excited about your ability to work your way up in the company, take on more responsibility and more

leadership. So this one is going to go in the trap tier. Describe yourself in three words. How about

work for money or work to survive? Yes a very important question that lets you generalize

yourself so that they can put you into a very neat little box inside of their head. Now with this one

as much as you might want to tell them about your Magic the Gathering card collection or your

obsession with video games from the 1990s, you should probably keep this work related. So a really

good way of answering this one is think of three words that you would want to describe your ideal

co-worker as right. So someone that you have to work with and interact with on a day-to-day basis

Think of three words that you would really want to describe them. Things like reliable, teamwork

hard-working. Yeah I just put those two together hard-working one word right. This is a super easy

one to answer. It doesn't take that long to think of these sorts of things. This one is going to go

into easy tier. Next one. How do you deal with a difficult customer? I personally like to get down

on my hands and knees and beg Karens to forgive me for the audacity of trying to make a living

No all joking aside though this is a very common one. There's a lot of different variations of this

one. Slightly different ways of asking it. But I'm going to get to this more later on in the video

The best way by far to answer this question is to just tell a story about a time where you dealt

with an angry customer. Or if you don't have any stories like that, think of a situation where

somebody else dealt with an angry customer. Or just think of what you would do in the situation

And as much as you might want to try not to tell them about that time where you got a Karen permanently banned from your business, tell them about a time where a customer did have a legitimate

concern and you were able to help that customer out, ease their worries, etc. etc. etc. And I'm

going to go over exactly how you should structure these stories at the end of this video. So make

sure you stay tuned for that. Alright so this one is going to go into the story tier. Alright so the

second one is how would you deal with a situation where you have conflict with one of your co-workers

Alright so this is another one where you want to tell a story. Very important. And this is actually

a really good question. Like all joking aside. As good as you think you are at your job, if you're an

a**hole to your co-workers, it's going to create a toxic environment and in the long run that is

going to be a net negative for the company. So this one is also going to go into the story tier

Think of a story or a situation where you did have a conflict with a co-worker or a classmate

or something like that and how you resolved it. Next question, how would your past co-workers

describe you? This is another question where you would want to use empathy, use the golden rule

basically. Think of what you would want to see in a co-worker. Think of the words, the adjectives, etc

that would describe that and then use those words. So this is very similar to the other question we

talked about earlier. So this one is also going to go into easy tier. The next one is job specific

problem solving questions and this is one of the few that unfortunately no matter how slick you are

you're not going to be able to fake this one. Unless you're Frank Abengale from Catch Me If You Can

So this is a question that is used to test your knowledge and this is something that's not easy to

prepare for. In certain industries there's more of these questions than others. For instance in the

technology industry you're going to get a ton of these questions. In my industry in pharmacy I didn't

get that many but you really do have to be prepared for it. So for instance Elon Musk will ask people

incredibly difficult problems that basically only geniuses can solve because he wants to work with

people who are like genius level smart. Now that's a pretty crazy example but just make sure you know

your stuff when it comes to whatever your trade your career or your craft is. This one is going to

go into hard tier. Next question tell me about a time when you failed. Now for this one they might

just ask you the general question tell me about a time when you failed or they might make it work

specific. If they ask you the general question my personal recommendation is to talk about something

outside of work. So for instance tell them about a time that you failed in college or in high school

tell me about a time that you failed when you did some sort of competition and debate or sports. I

know this doesn't logically make sense but I just don't think that it's a good look to tell somebody

about a time that you failed at work when you're interviewing for a job. But if they do ask you

about a time that you failed at work specifically then of course you have to think of that. So this

is almost like a borderline trap question if they ask you about a time that you failed at work. So

you have to be very careful about how you answer this one. Now with this one don't tell them about

the time where you accidentally burned your previous employer's business to the ground

Instead tell them about a time where maybe you were a little bit late on a deadline. Maybe you

hired someone who didn't do the best job or maybe there was some sort of miscommunication with one

of your fellow employees and a project didn't get done the right way. The most important thing here

is that you take full responsibility for it and then you tell them how you learned from it and

how you improved in the future. But again if you can keep this one more personal and outside of

work I would recommend that. So for that reason this one goes in the personal tier. Tell me about

the toughest decision you've ever had to make. That's a heavy one. Now realistically speaking

the toughest decision you've ever had to make was probably a personal decision. But with this one I

actually recommend doing the opposite. I recommend telling them about the toughest decision that you

ever had to make when it comes to your career. If you were a manager in the past for instance tell

them about a time where you had to lay off an employee. So yeah in my opinion keep this one

work related. I've seen in interviews how people get really kind of like emotional and they get a

little bit too personal and it just creates a little bit of a weird vibe. Now if you have finesse

of course you could pull that off but you know there's been some interviewing situations where

it kind of just seems like the person is trying to get you to feel bad for them the whole time

And as much as I empathize with people's struggles a job interview is not the time to do that. So this

one is going to go into the work tier. Next one on the list is a very common one. Might even be the

first question you get and that is tell me about yourself. Now many content creators will tell you

to only talk about yourself in terms of what you do at work and don't talk about your personal life

at all and I disagree with that. I think it should be about 80% of who you are when you're at work

and then 20% just a little bit about your personal life. And the reason for that is because I think

as somebody who asks this question a lot if you're the interviewer you probably get basically

cookie cutter canned answers all the time where people just basically talk about themselves like

they are a robot who just works. This is your opportunity to spice things up and show them a

little bit about your personality. So I recommend starting this off by talking about yourself a

little bit the first 20% and then the last 80% of the answer you should be talking about yourself

in terms of work. So give them a little bit of a brief history about yourself and try to mention

things that you think would stand out in their head. So for instance when I was a kid I worked

at an animal refuge that had lions tigers and mountain lions and I was actually inside the cage

with them. So I probably tell them how I had a very interesting childhood where I moved around

a lot as a kid and that was one of the first jobs that I had. Now if you don't think you've done

anything interesting yes you can leave this part out and just talk about work but in my opinion

this is such a great opportunity for you to showcase a little bit of your personality and

it's going to be more of a human to human connection that's going to make your interviewer like you a little bit more. And then the next 80% you want to tell them about your job history

So basically tell them about your work history a little bit and things that you've done at other

jobs that will help them as a company. Try to tell it as a story if you can and then finish the answer

with that's why I'm here because I'm ready to take the next step. All right so just because of the

fact that you do tell them a little bit about your personal life I'm going to put this one in the

personal tier. All right next question what are your biggest weaknesses? So this is another really

tough trap question to answer. It's a trap! You're basically walking a tightrope with this one

because realistically everybody has weaknesses and nobody is perfect but if you're too honest

about this question I think you're putting yourself at a huge disadvantage because the truth

is most people are not going to be completely honest when they answer this one. The only thing

I hate more than laziness is stupidity. At the same time if you pretend like you have no weaknesses

you're going to come across as a massive jackass. My only weakness is my humility. What

Bro what are you talking about man? So this is one of the few where I kind of think it's probably

best for you to do a somewhat canned answer. Things like being a perfectionist, focusing too

much on the details, not having experience in leadership but the willingness to take on

leadership positions in the future, having trouble asking for help, having a little bit of trouble

with confidence, working too much, caring too much about your job. As cheesy as these are you kind of

do want to stick with a little bit of a canned response here just because of the fact that you're

kind of walking a tightrope. So this one goes into trap tier. The next one is what are your strengths

Now this one is a little bit of a trap but it's not nearly as bad. Now a lot of people are afraid

of coming across as they're bragging or something along those lines but the truth is this is a job

interview right? So you need to tell them about yourself and what you're good at and then on top

of that they are literally asking you. It's not like you just brought it up out of the blue. So do

not be afraid to sell yourself a little bit here. Now obviously you want to pick things that are work

related and would make you look like a good candidate for that position. So don't tell them

that your biggest strength is doing speed runs on video games. That's awesome but keep it to yourself

Now if you do want a good canned response to this question a really good one is saying something

along the lines of you know I might not be the smartest, I might not be the fastest but what I

can tell you is that I'm somebody who never gives up. I always get back up and try again whenever I

fail. That's kind of like an underdog response. It's like a Rocky type story. Everybody loves the

underdog and everybody loves people who just get back up again and again whenever life knocks them

down. So this one isn't nearly as much of a trap but I'm still going to go ahead and put it into

trap tier. Hey guys I'm on vacation right now and I'm in the process of editing a video and I

realized that it's way too long so I'm actually gonna switch it into part one and part two

I'll have part two come out a day after part one and it will be posted

right here so thanks for your understanding and I will see you next time