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If you are going for an interview as a Baggage handler soon then you will need to make sure you are familiar with the airport in which you will be working. How far away do you live? How long will it take you to get there?

You will need to consider that this role is a physical role and you will be lifting and moving heavy baggage usually from holiday makers. You will need to work to tight timelines in terms of loading and unloading an aircraft and getting the bags onto the conveyor belt and getting the passengers in and out of the airport in a timely fashion.
Your interviewer will want to know that you are hard working and whether you have had any previous training of lifting and how to handle heavy baggage.

Baggage Handler Interview Questions

You could be asked questions such as:
How many bags do you think you may move in one shift?Have you ever done any previous airport work?How do you feel about having security checks done on you because of where you will be working?Do you know how to lift properly? Have you ever received any training?How good would you say your communication skills are?Why do you want to work in this area?Can you provide your 5 years of history with references?Why do you want to do that job?Tell me about yourselfWhy should we hire you?Have you got your own transport? How will you come to work?It will be a physically demanding role and your interviewer will want to know that you are able to do this and keep up to the work load. Look into the approx amount of flights in and out of the airport a day and see if you can find out how big the team is and from there you will be able to establish how busy a role as a baggage handler is.
You will need to be able to demonstrate that you can communicate well and take clear direction from any Managers and be able to learn your way round quickly following very strict rules and procedures.

Good luck.

  
If you have got an interview for the position of Barista then you will no doubt have a passion for coffee and like to have a busy role where you get to meet a lot of different people. A Barista is the first rung on the ladder of working in a busy coffee shop. This is a role where you get to know all about coffee, the differences and how to make the best coffees.

You will need to have good stamina as you will be on your feet for an entire shift and will have some particularly busy periods so you will need to be able to concentrate for long periods of time to ensure that you do not forget or mix up customer orders.
Your interviewer will want to look at your previous work history or closer at your personality/nature type if you have not had much of a work history. You could be looking for part time work whilst you are studying at university.

You will need to be able to demonstrate to your interviewer that you can communicate well with the customers and colleagues and that you can work in a pressurised environment and manage that pressure well.

Before your interview, make sure that you have been in the coffee shop before for a visit, have a coffee, see what the staff are like, what type of products do they sell and how busy does it get. It might be an idea if there is time that you go a couple of times at different time periods.

Barista Interview Questions

Your interviewer will be interested to find out why you are looking to get into a role of a Barista so you could be asked questions such as:
Why do you think you have the skills to suit this role?What do you know about (coffee shop name) and the role we are looking for? Can you name 3 other products we sell?How do you think you cope under pressure?Are you good at taking praise from others? How would you provide top quality customer service? What lengths would you go to?How can you increase the sales of starbucks? Why do you want to work for us? If you were an object what object would you be and why Are you a team player?Do you prefer to work alone or with others?Can you work a flexible schedule?Tell me about a time you went out of your way to help a customer?Can you share an example of how you handled a difficult customer?What if the customer is wrong?What makes you a good fit for the position?Why should we hire you?Why Starbucks, Nero etc? (whichever the company you are applying for)Why are you best candidate for this job?Be prepared, research well, is it a standalone shop or do they have a chain? What is the path for progression, are you interested in progression or is it a job to get through university? Do your research well and be prepared to answer any question they may ask.

Good luck.

  
If you have got an interview as a Bank Clerk then you want to be as prepared as possible before going to any interview.

Consider things such as:
Your previous experience – does it match the job description?Have you done this kind of role or any financial role before?Why do you want to work in this industry/role?As a Bank Clerk you will be dealing with customers coming into a bank to pay money into their accounts, take money out, order cheque books, ask questions and advice about their accounts etc so you will need to be able to absorb a great deal of information so that you can help your customers well.

Your interviewer will want to know how good your communication skills are so it would be useful to think about some example prior to your interview where you can demonstrate this excellent communication.

You will be dealing with customers all day long and sometimes these customers will not always be friendly, you will need to make sure that you can deal with these issues and know how you would manage this situation.

Bank Clerk Interview Questions

You could be asked questions such as:
What is your understanding of the role of Bank Clerk?What do you know about our Bank?Where do you see your career in five years time?Are you looking to pursue further financial qualifications?Tell me about a time when you dealt with a difficult customer and how did you deal with it?What issues Lloyds has at the moment, how do they affect the society? Tell me about a time you worked as part of an unsuccessful group. When have you failed? What is a customer servicesWhy this role?What makes you think you will build a career here ?! Why do you want to work at a Bank, why finance?Please give me a situation when you experienced a failure? What is your biggest weakness? What is the most difficult decision you’ve ever had to make? Describe a situation where you brought about change  Tell me about a time when you have had to make a difficult decision.What attracted you to the company?  Make sure that before your interview you have researched the bank that you are hoping to work for. Look at what products and services they provide and imagine that you will be talking to customers about these roles and how you would feel about this? How good are your communication skills and how good are you from a mathematical understanding, all important factors when looking to work within a financial establishment.

Good luck.

  
Care Worker Interview

For every job their are specific characteristics which employers will look for when choosing a candidate for a job opening. During an interview you would be wise to take any opportunity to drive home how you possess as many of these as possible. Key characteristics for a care worker will include:

A desire to care for people.
Empathy
Patience
trustworthiness
dedicated
hard working
good listener
among many, many more.

You must bear in mind that this cannot be seen as just another job. In whatever discipline of providing care you must understand that you will be dealing with people’s loved ones. It is important to reflect this in your interview answers. It sounds obvious but too many people get caught up in the formality of the interview process and on occasion, can come across as cold and without any sympathy for those who need the care. This lack of caring will most likely not be the case, but it proves the importance of practicing how you will answer your questions with a friend or family member. Ask them to give you honest feedback as to how you come across to them.

Possible questions you will be given:

Question: What attracted you to this post?

This is guaranteed to come up towards the beginning of your interview. The answer will depend on what type of care you would be providing, but it does give you an excellent early opportunity to get some key characteristics into your answers early on. For example, "I have spent X number of years training to gain qualifications in this area. I have always had the desire to help people in general but this field is particularly close to my heart. I know it will involve a lot of hard work but I know that my dedication and patience make me an ideal candidate to be considered for this job." You cold add in some job specific sentences to show that you understand the responsibilities you will be undertaking. Especially if a mental or physical disability will be involved.

Question: Tell us about a recent situation you were involved with that required you to use your initiative.

Here your experience gets a chance to shine through and you should ensure you keep the example job related.

Overall, during the interview remember to smile. Give human responses to the questions you are asked, try not to fall into the trap of answering robotically because of nerves and the interview environment. Make sure to do plenty of preparation work and you will walk into the interview full of confidence.

  
Bus Driver Interview Questions

To be in with a fair chance of success in an interview to be a bus driver, it is important to make sure you have researched the job (if you haven’t done it before). Expect as a formality to be asked about your driving qualifications, any experience working with the public and relevant experience.

You should also be aware that the interview will not be the final hurdle in getting the job. There will also be some kind of psychometric test alongside key skills exams.

When getting ready for an interview to be a bus driver you should prepare yourself for a bit of a psychological ordeal. It is certainly not as straight forward as many might think. Although the company will have to provide training, especially practical (driving a bus) it will want to keep such costs down as much as possible. You will be asked about procedures in the event of an incident such as a collision, fire onboard or a passenger unwilling to pay or leave the bus.

Obviously this job involves heavy involvement with the public, so try to bear in mind health and safety. If you tailor your the beginning of your answer around keeping your passengers safe, you won’t go far wrong.

With regards to the ins and outs of company protocol and rules and regulations, the strength of your answers will be dependent on the amount of research you have done before this stage. “The more the better” rule applies here as being more up to date with the companies policies and procedures will ensure you have the edge over other potential employees. It will also indicate that the company will be able to spend less time training you which more importantly, to them, means less money training you.

If you have a strong knowledge base and present yourself as enthusiastic throughout the interview, you will be in a strong position to be selected for further training.

You can start getting ready for your Bus Driver interview by checking out the answers for most asked interview questions.

The questions will be about dealing with the customers mostly.

It’s great idea to make a research about the company you are applying as they may ask questions about it.

Most asked interview questions:

Tell me about yourself
Why should we hire you?
Why do you want this job?
What is your greatest strength?
What is your greatest weakness?
What are your salary expectations?
What motivates you?
Give some examples of teamwork
Describe a difficult work situation project and how you overcame it

Expect numeracy, literacy tests or personality tests as well.

  
You will probably recieve one of the following 47 exit interview questions during your job interview so better to be prepared for them.

General Questions
 
1. What’s the primary reason for leaving?
2. What other reasons made you start looking for other opportunities?
3. What in particular triggered the action to leave the organisation?
4. How would you describe your relationships with your colleagues?
5. Were you treated fairly and objectively while working at this organisation?
6. Which company are you moving to?
7. What salary have they offered you?
8. What are the benefits associated with your new job offer?

Manager

9. How would you describe your relationship with your manager?
10. How would you describe his/her management style?
11. Did you receive the guidance and career development you expected?
12. Did you feel there was mutual respect between you and your manager?
13. Did you feel valued in your role in the team / department or organisation?

Job Content

14. What did you really enjoy about your job?
15. What did you find really frustrating about your job or particular tasks?
16. What in particular attracted you to the new job you’ve been offered?
17. What was your view on the appraisal process?
18. What was your view on the promotion or progression opportunities?
19. Did you work particularly long hours?  What is your opinion on the work life balance here?
20. Did you feel your skills and knowledge were fully utilised in your role?

Training and Developments

21. Did you receive adequate training in relation to carrying out your duties?
22. In general what did you think of the training on offer at the company?
23. What do you think about the development opportunities available to you within your job role? 
24. Were there opportunities to improve your existing skills and knowledge?
25. Did you have opportunities to learn new skills?

Pay and Benefits

26. Did you feel you were paid adequately for the job role you performed?
27. What are your views on the benefits package [Pension, Healthcare, Dental Insurance, Life Assurance, Gym Membership, etc.]
28. What remuneration package have the other company offered?
29. Did your pay remain aligned to the cost of living?

Company and Organisation

30. When you joined the company did you receive the induction and orientation you expected?
31. Did you receive the welcome you expected?
32. Did you have access to all the systems you needed to perform your job role on the first day?
33. What have you enjoyed about working at this company?
34. What have you find particularly frustrating about working here?
35. Did the organisation honour and live up to it’s values and core principles?
36. How did you find the internal communication channels?
37. Would you suggest any changes or improvements in the ways the company operators?
38. What’s the general morale [in your opinion] within the organisation?

Reason for Leaving

39. Relocating
40. Following spouse overseas
41. Lack of career progression
42. Poor performance
43. Lack of career path
44. De-motivated in the job
45. Personality clash with team members
46. Difficult relationship with manager
47. Relationship breakdown with manager or supervisor

  
If you have a management interview on the way for you then check out following questions to be prepared.

Here are 9 common management interview questions:

Leadership 

1- Describe a time you have had to drive a team of experts that have not had any previous direction?

2- Talk us through a time when you had to take over a de-motivated team of individuals?  What actions did you take in the first six months and talk us through the results?
   
Strategic Direction

3- Describe an occasion when you created and designed a detailed action plan to meet medium to long term goals of the business?

4- Talk us through a time when you had to translate the organisations vision or strategic objectives into the departments strategy and then individual objectives?

Commercial Awareness

5- Talk us through a time when you identified a commercial opportunity and it resulted in an increase in profitability?

6- Describe an occasion when you had to significantly reduce the operating costs of the department or division or organisation?  Talk us through step by step what you did and how the plan was implemented?

People Management

7- Describe an occasion when you have had to manage a poor performer and how you turned this situation into a positive result?

8- Talk us through a time when you were involved in managing someone out of the business because of poor conduct?

9- Give us an example of a time when you successfully managed a difficult situation involving members of your team or department?

  
If you could relive the last 10 years of your life, what would you do differently?

When asking what you would do if you could relive your life, the interviewer is looking for a flaw in your interview. Always remember, the goal for the first few interviews is to get the next interview. For the interviewer, it is to weed out as many applicants as possible. Here’s where a personal answer could work.

Personal Answer

I lost my mother to Alzheimer’s. I wish I’d known more about the disease to help me through that difficult time.

More answers:

We all have regrets, and there could countless points in your life over the last 10 years which you would change. However, an interview is not the place to disclose them. This question has the potential to damage the chances of a job offer so it should be given some careful consideration and preparation.

For example, consider the following answer, "The main thing I would change in the last 10 years is a missed opportunity to take a promotion in my last job. I didn’t feel ready for the extra responsibility at the time and felt that the right thing to do was to reject it. However, I almost instantly regretted the decision as I now believe I would have excelled in the position and if I had the chance, I would go back and accept that proposal."

Although it may seem that this answer shows a determination to progress in your career, it could be seen negatively by the interviewer. It could be seen to indicate that you are not happy at this level and could perhaps even begrudge the fact that you were not offered the promotion again. As this shows the potential to manifest itself as a problem to your potential employer, it is likely that this answer would score some heavy points against your overall interview.

You could take the method of trying to be neutral. Saying nothing is as bad as saying the wrong thing, therefore you should try to structure your answer in a way that keeps you on the fence. Make your response unrelated to your job and include no scenario that involved key personality traits or characteristics.

Another method could be to try and use an example in which you learned an important lesson. This should be relevant to the job and is in my opinion, by far the best option.

For example:

"About 6 years ago I was in a junior position and trying to impress my superiors. I was given a project to complete and I cut some corners in order to beat the deadline by a comfortable margin. This resulted in sub-standard work due to my eagerness. Fortunately it taught me a valuable lesson, however, if I could I would change that decision to save myself the embarrassment every time I am reminded of it."

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What challenges are you looking for in a position? interview question

Challenges is a key word that lots of interviewers and employers will use. Looking for challenges is seen as a sign you a motivated and enthusiastic. Therefore, this question is trying to ensure that you have an interest in the position and if given the job you will be a motivated and enthusiastic employee.

Here are some example answers:

1-

"I would be looking to prove myself as a prominent team member. I want to be able to progress in my career and consolidate my existing skills by continuing to work in a determined and focused manner."

2-

"As my first management position, I will be looking forward to the challenge of getting an increase in production that I know this team has the potential to achieve. Moving forward I will be looking for year on year increases in output."

3-

"I am looking to challenge myself to continue improving in this position. Using my experience I believe I have the ability to make a positive difference and would relish the chance to rise to this challenge."

See also: If you could relive the last 10 years of your life, what would you do differently?

The most important part of answering this question is to deliver it in a positive and upbeat manner in order to project the enthusiasm that the interviewer will be looking for.

Of course some project orientated jobs may require you to take on specific challenges. Therefore, you could be more specific in your answer and tell the interviewer which challenge in particular you are most looking forward to being involved with. If this is the case, be sure to include reasons why you are so interested in that particular challenge.

As with all interview questions, be sure to make eye contact with the interviewer, practice answering in order to project a confident image, and don’t forget to smile. The company is unlikely to be looking for miserable employees. They will always have the view that a happy worker is a productive worker.

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This question is the one that most people worry about if they were fired from their last job. If you weren’t, then just explain that you were not fired, and the interviewer will ask you more about the circumstances in which you left, which I will address under the relevant heading. If you WERE fired, it’s not the end of the world. You can turn most things positive when the need arises! I would advise if you were fired for doing something really very bad such as stealing that you seek professional advice on answering this question. However, I will give some more typical answers.

Example Answers

1-

“I was fired because I didn’t hit the targets that my employer set. However I feel that the reason for that is because the product itself didn’t have a great reputation, it was a very hard sell, and the morale in the office was low generally. Staff turnover was very high as many people failed to hit the targets. Many left due to the conditions. I am confident I will hit targets for you as in all my other posts as salesman I have exceeded my targets, and your products are internationally recognised as fantastic quality and value for money.”

2-

“I was fired from my last position because the firm decided to have a change of management, and the new manager already had a lot of people lined up for my job. I was asked to move to a department that I didn’t feel I was qualified to work in, and so I was fired. I did feel a little that I was pushed out of my job, but I am excited for a new opportunity now.”

3-

“I will be honest, I ran into some personal problems at home and they extended into my work life because I was unable to get into work as my ex-partner took my vehicle and the position was too far to get to by public transport. My employer wasn’t too sympathetic and fired me before I had the chance to resolve the issue. I have a new car now and I’m ready for a new challenge.”

4-

“Due to the current economic climate I was let go due to the company having to downsize and relocate office. I could not relocate at the time as I was caring for an elderly relative, so unfortunately I was fired.”

5-

“I was fired because my employers began to do something that I did not agree with and I refused to do. This was not a case of insubordination, what they were asking me to do was not legal, and would possibly have endangered lives. I will not disclose what that was, but because I maintained my integrity and refused, they fired me.”

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