Phone Interview Questions

1. Job role and responsibility

2. Perks and allowances (suitability on Grade/status)

3. Size of the team you are reporting or getting reported.

4. Website of the company or exchange a few emails.

5. Check with some friends about companies standing in the market.

6. Family status.

7. Housing (at your own or company provided)

8. Medical cover or insurance.

9. Stability of the comapany.

10. Career progression opportunity.......

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Phone interviews are becoming a common way for employers to screen potential employees during the hiring process. Unlike traditional, in-person job interviews, phone interviews are usually fairly short, require less preparation, and can even be outsourced by the employer if necessary. These features make phone interviewing an effective way to narrow down the list of candidates before scheduling in-person interviews. Unfortunately, many people are not comfortable conducting a conversation of that importance over the phone. If the prospect of a phone interview makes you nervous, these tips can help turn an awkward interview into a confidence-inspiring success.

Preparing for a Fabulous Phone Interview. When preparing for a phone interview, don't forget that not all recruiters and employers schedule them ahead of time. At any moment, a recruiter could stumble across your resume or an employer could decide to call you in regards to a recent application. Your chances for success in your job search will be greatly improved if you try to always expect the unexpected.

1. Keep your resume near the phone. Knowing that you could get a call from a recruiter or an employer at any moment, you should always keep a recent copy of your resume near the phone. That way, whether or not your phone interview is anticipated, you will have all the information you need right at your fingertips. Your resume is not the only resource you should keep handy. Create a log for keeping track of the resumes you send out, recording each company, position title, contact name, date the position was applied for, and qualifications for the job. If you have a chance to research the company, make a file with that information, and keep it near the phone as well. Finally, you should always have access to a notepad and pen during a phone interview, so that you can write down the interviewer's name, key questions he or she asked, and your responses.

2. Practice (and a cheat sheet) makes perfect. Just as with a traditional job interview, you should try to anticipate interview questions. If you have come up with examples and practiced your answers ahead of time, you will sound much more intelligent and confident in the interview. Moreover, since the interviewer cannot see you, there is nothing to stop you from referring to a "cheat sheet" - notes to help you remember your practiced answers, so that you never sound like you have been taken off guard.

When you practice your answers and put together your cheat sheet, you should think about questions that are traditionally asked in job interviews, such as:

* Tell me about yourself.

* What are your strengths and weaknesses?

* Where do you see yourself in 1/5/10 years?

* What is your leadership style? Please give an example of a real situation.

* Describe a situation where you had to work with others to solve a problem.

* Give me an example of a stressful situation you have encountered on the job. How did you handle it?

* Tell me about your three greatest accomplishments in your career.

* Do you have any questions?

Many of these questions are difficult to answer on the spot. By preparing your answers ahead of time, you give yourself the opportunity to think through your answers carefully. Your notes will refresh your memory if you draw a blank, and help prevent you from freezing up during the interview.

Giving a Fabulous Phone Interview. If you've done your homework, the phone interview itself should be a breeze. The important thing at this point is to remember to make sure the interviewer can hear and understand you - and vice versa - as well as possible. During the phone interview, you should:

1. Find a quiet place. Children, pets, televisions and radios are all noisy distractions that should be avoided. If the phone interview is scheduled in advance, you can arrange to have a quiet room all to yourself. If you receive the phone call unexpectedly, retreat into a quiet room or suggest another time for the interview.

2. Sip water periodically. Nervousness often causes your mouth to dry out, which can in turn change the way your voice and pronunciation sounds to the interviewer. If you know about the phone interview ahead of time, you can have a glass of water on hand, along with the other materials you have prepared.

3. Avoid eating, smoking or chewing gum. Excess movement of your mouth and throat will make you harder to understand, and possibly distract or even irritate the interviewer.

4. Give short answers. Many people talk too much when they are nervous. This is especially easy to do in a phone interview, because you don't have the other person's visual cues to indicate when it's her turn to talk. To make sure you don't make this mistake, only talk long enough to answer the question. A moment of silence, while it might seem awkward to you, lets the interviewer know that you are done.

5. Speak slowly and clearly. Speaking too fast, whether out of nervousness or habit, will hurt your chances by making you harder to understand. Instead, make a conscious effort to slow down and enunciate clearly.

6. Stand, stretch or pace occasionally. Standing improves the quality of your voice by increasing airflow to your lungs. Additionally, many people find it easier to adopt a salesperson-like attitude when they are standing or moving around. As a result, changing your posture occasionally can make you sound more confident to the interviewer.

7. Smile. Believe it or not, a smile changes the quality of your voice. If you are smiling, the interviewer will hear it in your tone!

Finishing Your Phone Interview on the Right Foot. The phone interview is drawing to a close; what do you do now? These final moments are just as important as the preparation and the interview itself, as they can determine what comes next.

1. Thank the interviewer. Verbally thank the interviewer for taking the time to speak with you. If you don't remember his or her name, ask for it again and write it down, so that you can send a thank-you note as well.

2. Suggest an in-person interview. The whole point of the phone interview was to score a traditional job interview, so if the interviewer doesn't mention what will happen next, you should bring it up. For example, you can say, "Thank you very much for taking the time to call me. I'd like to have the opportunity to meet in person. When will you be scheduling the next round of interviews?"

3. Reiterate your interest in the position. You want to leave the interviewer with the impression that you are enthusiastic about the job. Let him or her know how excited you are about the prospect of working with the company.

4. Send a thank-you note. Just as with a traditional job interview, you should follow up with a polite thank-you note. You can also use the thank-you note to reiterate your interest in scheduling an in-person interview. Just be sure to send the thank-you note out promptly, as the interviewer may soon be making final decisions about who to call back.

Many people find a phone interview more nerve-wracking than a traditional job interview. This doesn't have to be the case, however. While some phone interviews happen with little or no warning, in most cases you have just as much time to prepare as you would ordinarily, with the added benefit of being able to use your notes during the interview.

10 things not to do during interview..

You’ve sent in your resume, filled out the application and now you have the interview.

But before you sit down and begin talking, there are 10 things Human Resource expert Liz Ryan with Yahoo! HotJobs says you shouldn’t do if you want to get the job.

1. Complain about parking

You might have the best resume in the world, but if you bad mouth the parking spaces in the lot, you are setting yourself up for a rejection.

2. Bad-mouthing your previous job, manager, or company.

If you go in throwing your previous bosses under the bus, your possible future boss might wonder if they’re next.

3. Digging into details off the bat.

Your first job interview is to learn the basics of the company and that position. It’s not the time to get the low down on the company’s dental plan, the size of the cubicle or how long you have for lunch.

4. Groveling.

You want to come off as a candidate who’ll fight for the job. But you don’t want to come as the begger pleading on bended knee for you to hire them.

5. Answering a question before you understand it.

Before opening your mouth to answer a question, process the thought first and then speak.

6. Spacing out.

Nothing tells an employer that you are focused and the right person for the job if you doze off into LalaLand.

7. Slouching.

Your posture during a job interview should not reflect your posture when at home crashing on the couch.

8. Cursing.

You want to be friendly and open with a potential employer. But if you drop an F-bomb, you’ve let things get too comfortable.

9. "Opening the kimono."

Even if the search for a new job has been painful for you, your potential boss doesn’t need to know that. Your first interview is not the time or place to go into details how hard the search has been, and you ask why no one has called you for an interview.

10. Doing anything disgusting.

This should be self explanatory, but HR officials say they’ve seen candidates pick their nose, pick their teeth and even spit during the interview.

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1.This is a permanent appointment or contract appointment.And if contract,how many years of contract and whether it is renewable.

2.If I get offer from you, can u give me an assurance for how long can I stay back with your company eventhough my best performance since recession is going on?

3.Leave details with free annual airfare for self and family.

4.Free medical for self &family.

5.Free furnished housing for self&family.

6.Joining expenditures incl.medical,rp,initial air-fare etc.for self&family.

7.Career growth will be there?

8.Working hours and if ot hours are considred.

9.transport from your house to company by company provided car.

10.What will be my resposibilities and how many people will be reporting to me?

1. What are the condition at which you give me no objection letter to work at another company here in Qatar

2. What are the condition at which you give me no objection letter to work at another company here in Qatar

3. What are the condition at which you give me no objection letter to work at another company here in Qatar

4. What are the condition at which you give me no objection letter to work at another company here in Qatar

5. What are the condition at which you give me no objection letter to work at another company here in Qatar

6. What are the condition at which you give me no objection letter to work at another company here in Qatar

7. What are the condition at which you give me no objection letter to work at another company here in Qatar

8. What are the condition at which you give me no objection letter to work at another company here in Qatar

9. What are the condition at which you give me no objection letter to work at another company here in Qatar

10. What are the condition at which you give me no objection letter to work at another company here in Qatar

1) Basic Salary

2) Working Hours

3) Accomodation (company provided or allowance) Keep in mind for a single bedroom fully furnished flat you would pay around 5500-6000.

4) Overtime if any

5) Transportation (company provided or allowance)You would need a car here. Public transport is out of question.

6) Contract period.

7) Medical covered by company

8) Total leaves (company provided round travel ticket)

9) Prospect with the company

10) To receive the contract document before you come here so you can check if all the necessary details are included in it or not.

11) Any Other allowances.

MISS X, very useful Questions.. Thanx for sharing. Appreciate it! Especially no. 9 which is really an important question to ask HR people

1. What tasks will I be expected to perform?

2. What is my base salary rate and allowances?

3. Am I able to obtain a permanent exit visa or will I have to ask permission every time I want to leave the country?

4. After what length of employment am I allowed to leave the country?

5. How many paid days of leave am I allowed per year and how many paid sick days am I allowed. Are those days accumulative or will they disappear if I do not use them?

6. What are my working hours and does over time get paid at a higher rate?

7. Is my position open to eventual promotion?

8. How long is my contract for?

9. Will all the answers you provided be included in the contract as guaranteed terms.

10. Will I be able to sign the contract before I begin working, or will you only allow it after a certain probationary time period?

1st thing to clear out is the Accomodation issue - whether they are giving accomodation or just an allowance. If it is an allowance make sure that at least it increases every year according to the rate of inflation.

2. Working Days. Its not unusual to find companies working 7 days a week even on Fridays!

3. Hours of work. (including timings) Its not unusual for companies to have "Petty-Shop" timings with a lunch break in the afternoons of 3 to 4 hours!!!

4. Transportation. This is a major issue in Doha. Check if the Co is providing transportation to the place of work from the place you will be staying.

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1) Hello

2) Wats ur nAme....lol

3) From which country...:)

4) Are u Married or Single

6) How many Years work Experience

7) Wats ur qualifications

8) How is everyone in House....lol

9) Wats cooking for lunch ?? :)

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