1) Management skills
2) Team play and leadership skills (responsibility).
3) Soft skills which are primarily customer oriented.
4) Communication, analytical ability and interpersonal skills.
5) Stress management
These are the primarily skills which a candidate should have apart from his knowledge on the technical aspects. Many candidates place importance on technical skills without paying emphasis on the soft skills which are vital and essential.
No matter how knowledgeable you are first impression always counts. In an interview time is very precious and the interviewer should be impressed by your knowledge, soft skills and Attire with a short time. Dressing is considered to be very important in interviews as you are also rated based on your dressing style. Talent and personality are reflected upon your dressing to an extent.
Customer oriented industries demand and place much more importance on your attire. Never except to be shabbily dressed, unprofessional dressing will never take you places.
There are some rules which you need to follow while dressing which are: -
1) First things first don’t make the interviewer sick with your fragrance or cologne. When you hop out of the shower make sure to apply lower amount of aftershave and cologne because the interviewer may not like the fragrance. Body deo to a certain extent is good but never over apply it.
2) Wear clothes in which you are comfortable what`s the point if you cannot sit comfortably with your clothes on. There are instances where people were rejected only because of their dressing. So make sure to select the right clothes with right combination.
3) In an interview everything you wear should be professional even your shoes if you don’t have a pair of professional leather shoes then make it a point to get one preferably black. Polish the shoe and have a right pair of socks. Socks shouldn’t be too bright so that the interviewer gets distracted because of it. Wear socks which match your shoe and pant.
4) There exists a fine line between the company’s dress code and the interview professional dressing. Company`s do provide a bit of relaxation on their employees dress code but not during the interview session where you are required to exhibit your professionalism.
Men can wear these types of clothes for their interview they are: -
(i) A suit preferably of black, navy or dark grey, etc)
(ii) A long sleeve shirt or any shirt which matches the suit.
(iii) Belt and matching Tie. When selecting a tie make sure that you it matches with your attire in general.
(iv) Leather shoes and dark socks are a must and they should match with your dress and attire in general.
(v) Jewelry is always a no. Have some jewelry which is acceptable. Men should wear only little jewelry.
(vi) Hair should be well groomed and nails should have a professional look. Trim your nails and have a professional hair style.
(vii) Aftershave should be moderate and it needs to be applied in a smaller amount.
(viii) Carry all your certificates and documents in a briefcase or in a file so that you can produce them in an order as per necessity.
These are some of the suggestion which a woman can follow they are: -
1) Professional suit preferably in navy blue, black, or dark grey.
2) Try to impress the interviewer by your knowledge and attire. Wear a suit skirt in which you can comfortably sit without any difficulty.
3) Coordinated blouse and conservative shoes so that you can have a professional look.
4) Jewelry should be limited, wear ear rings and jewelry which increase your beauty and professional look. Never wear dangling ear rings, limited bangles, etc.
5) Professional hair style and neatly manicured nails shows about your planning and management style. It also depicts neatness and quality of the work.
6) Neutral pantyhose.
7) Documents should be enclosed in an orderly manner in a briefcase or file so that you can produce them in an orderly manner as per the request of the interviewer.
There is always a question about what to wear to an interview and this can be solved to an extent by these tips they are: -
1) Select your dress for the interview and try it once to determine whether it fits you appropriately and to judge whether you are comfortable in that.
2) Make a point to iron your dress and wear them if they are dry cleaned. Drop the clothes in the dry cleaners store as soon as you finish your interviewer.
3) Everything right from your documents to clothes should be ready before one day so that last minute hurdles are avoided.
4) Polish you shoes and wash your socks so that they don’t stick.
5) Use a mint before attending the interview and not during the interview.
These are some of the tips which can help you to some extent.
These are some of the tips which can help you to some extent.
Unusual job interview questions are very famous among big corporate giants like Microsoft etc. Make sure that you remain focused on these interview questions because you can never expect the type of questions you will be asked.
In Microsoft they are using new practices which test the programming skills and analytical ability of the candidates. These unusual job interview questions may increase your chances of being hired but the basic fact remains the same you need to concentrate on your technicals and programming skills.
Unusual job interview questions are created because candidates are increasingly becoming familiar with the responses to standard questions. It is always good to prepare questions from the
1) Behavioral and situational type questions.
The best thing about unusual job interview questions is there is never a wrong or right answer. It tests your strengths, quick thinking, creativity, spontaneity, humor, versatility, responses to situations, etc.
The best thing about unusual job interview questions is there is never a wrong or right answer. It tests your strengths, quick thinking, creativity, spontaneity, humor, versatility, responses to situations, etc.
These are some of the questions which might be asked during your interview. Either these questions are asked previously or have been framed by experts in the industry. So go through it: -
1) If you had won a lottery of 10 million what will you do with that money and tell us in which way you will be spending that money?
2) If you got to meet a person from the history with whom will you meet and why?
3) Hollywood is planning to do a movie on you which actor will you recommend to play your role?
4) If you are trapped in a forest what will be your first thought?
5) If you are provided with invisibility power what will be your first action? What will be your first work and action?
6) Name a person either male or female you would like to get transformed into?
7) You are on a beach alone what will you do?
8) Name a person with whom you would like to have dinner and why?
9) If you were stuck in the middle of the desert what will be your strategy to escape?
10) Till date what is the most fearsome act you have done?
11) Suppose you have six months time to live what will you do with the time?
12) Do you like to live in a colony or have a castle built in a lonely island owned by you?
13) What will be your instant reaction when you have found that you forget something very important and you are unable to recollect it?
14) If you are transformed into a car which type of car you would like to be?
15) Suppose you are transformed into a doll or stuffed action heroes who would that be?
16) You just found out that the next cigarette you smoke will kill you what will you do?
17) Can you please rate me on a scale of one to five where one being the lowest and five being the highest?
18) You just recollected your past life what would be your reaction how do you explain it to people?
19) You just got hold of a time machine what will you do?
20) You have a time machine in which you can go to any level of past but you cannot return to the current date and time what will you do.
There can be many unusual questions the key to answer to these questions is to speak your mind. If you want to have a good dressing on you in a different manner if you get transformed into a Salad then explain it to them.
Some questions mentioned here are thought provoking for example in the time machine question it says that you cannot return to the current time and date, where you can ask them will it go to future. If it can go to future then there would be no problem for you.
There can also be technical, mathematical and analytical questions where you have to explain them about it specifically. For example you might have been a question to
1) Explain about the logic behind the palindrome program by a flow chart representation or Java diagrammatic representation?
2) Explain about dijkstra algorithm?
3) What is the problem with the GOTO statement why is it not so famous?
4) What do you understand about stored procedures where is it used?
5) If there is one major improvement you would like to do to a C# programming IDE what would that be?
6) Why developers are increasing for C# and not VB.Net which is very easy to perform
7) What do you think will be the future of programming languages IDE what advances can you expect?
Here are some of the Typical Interview Questions, try to answer them on your own.
1) What made you to choose this field as you career?
2) What are your long term and short term goals? What has been your progress in realizing them?
3) Why should the company hire you?
4) What extra skills you have which are not present in your resume?
5) You are given the most boring work in the world how would you motivate yourself?
6) Which work would you like to do twenty four hours a day or at the least twelve hours a day without getting bored?
While answering this question it is very imperative that you be honest try not to fake your image. This question might be kept on record during your employment. There are instances when candidates were rejected partly because of the answer to this question. Always remember that the interviewer has much knowledge about what he is speaking.
7) How do you describe your strength and how could you use it?
8) Explain your weakness and what is your progress in eliminating it?
9) Give us a detailed explanation on why you choose this project and what was the underlying idea behind it?
10) Describe your contribution to the project you have done?
11) Give us a sales pitch on any product?
12) In what way did your education background prepare you for a career in the industry?
13) Which one do you support practical or theoretical?
14) Would you like to pursue higher education, if so in which college and stream?
15) Which are your favorite subjects in the college and why?
16) Which subjects are your least favorite and why?
17) Describe your self in three words?
18) Give yourself a one-liner?
19) What are your favorite video games and why?
20) How do you plan your typical work week?
When answering these questions you need to have your thought process running. Make your self clear about your project, graduation subjects, technical aspects of your project, etc. Try to have a clear voice and fresh breath because they can act as a major distracts to the interviewer.
If you are an experienced person most questions will be based on your ex employer and the projects you have handled. Some of the
questions are as follows: -
1) What made you to choose this company and not your old company?
2) In what ways this company is different from your previous company?
3) Do you prefer to work individually or in a team?
4) Rate yourself on a scale of one to five?
5) What was the logic you employed behind the rating?
6) What do you know about your job position and the company?
7) What was the average time frame you devoted yourself to the project?
8) Explain to yourself or motivate yourself after being fired from the job?
9) Did you have conflict in understanding your superiors?
10) What will be your ideal dress code?
11) State three reasons of why we shouldn’t hire you?
These questions can be answered if you have presence of your mind and thought process running in it. All of these questions might not be asked but it is good to prepare few of them because you may never know what you would be expecting.
12) What do you think would be the future of this industry?
13) State one apps or development feature which can be added to our product line, website, etc?
14) How do you rate me on a scale of one to five where five being the highest?
There are some more questions on this website which can help you.
All the best.
So far, we have talked about these kind of Interview Types -
1) Direct interview questions
2) Situational questions
3) Behavioral interview questions
4) Technical questions
5) Stress questions etc.
1) Direct interview questions
2) Situational questions
3) Behavioral interview questions
4) Technical questions
5) Stress questions etc.
Now, unfortunately many of the interview questions are overlapping in these articles but anyway, we thought of putting a separate section for Tough Interview Questions.
So Here are some few tough questions (as per candidate experience) according to the category wise: -
Tough Direct Interview questions
1) How do you consider eligible for this position?
2) What specific interest made you to choose this field and why do you consider this as your career?
3) What are the uses of your project and what was the logic behind choosing it?
4) What makes a project attractive or an over night hit?
5) How many companies did you apply to other than this company? If yes why and if not why, be specific?
2) What specific interest made you to choose this field and why do you consider this as your career?
3) What are the uses of your project and what was the logic behind choosing it?
4) What makes a project attractive or an over night hit?
5) How many companies did you apply to other than this company? If yes why and if not why, be specific?
Tough Situational Interview Questions
1) You were working late for the project to complete all the week will you come to work on Sunday even when you have family commitments?
2) You are newly married and you have been assigned an overseas assignment for one year what will you do?
3) You need to fire your close friend from the job? How would you explain or present the situation (gravity of problem) to him? What are the chances that you would still be his friend? Can you take that hard decision?
4) You have been watching your project manager arriving late everyday because of which your work is getting delayed? What possibly will you do if you are present in that situation? Whom will you approach; will you break the hierarchy rule?
5) Are you ready to work for a company which has just crossed into profit zone last quarter? How best can you explain yourself?
2) You are newly married and you have been assigned an overseas assignment for one year what will you do?
3) You need to fire your close friend from the job? How would you explain or present the situation (gravity of problem) to him? What are the chances that you would still be his friend? Can you take that hard decision?
4) You have been watching your project manager arriving late everyday because of which your work is getting delayed? What possibly will you do if you are present in that situation? Whom will you approach; will you break the hierarchy rule?
5) Are you ready to work for a company which has just crossed into profit zone last quarter? How best can you explain yourself?
Tough Behavioral Interview Questions
1) Explain us about a famous bug or glitch you found in your previous project? Take us step by step which you have approached the problem?
2) Do you give consideration to other people thoughts? If you did what was your own thought and the other team members thought?
3) Explain about a logic which you have come across the projects you have handled? What was the rationale behind it and what is the basis for that logic?
4) Tell us about your work environment do you consider working alone or do you consider working in a group? Why so?
5) Did you ever come into a conflict (of ideas) with your team members, project manager, superiors or professors? How did you handle it and explain it to them?
2) Do you give consideration to other people thoughts? If you did what was your own thought and the other team members thought?
3) Explain about a logic which you have come across the projects you have handled? What was the rationale behind it and what is the basis for that logic?
4) Tell us about your work environment do you consider working alone or do you consider working in a group? Why so?
5) Did you ever come into a conflict (of ideas) with your team members, project manager, superiors or professors? How did you handle it and explain it to them?
Tough Technical Interview Questions
These interview questions are relative in terms of toughness as for few, they will look very easy. Its needless to say, they are a very small part of tough technical questions. We will highly advice you to look at all the technical interview questions at the main Interview Questions Page.
1) Explain the key concepts of stored procedures?
2) Why should you consider working with C and not C++?
3) People say that object oriented programming has made programming tough? How and what programming language do you compare to arrive at that thought?
4) Explain the processes which are present in generating, transmitting and receiving of a message through internet? Which famous programming language is employed to solve that?
5) What are the various database additions (support) front end and backend you can add to Microsoft access which can improve the performance of MS Access?
2) Why should you consider working with C and not C++?
3) People say that object oriented programming has made programming tough? How and what programming language do you compare to arrive at that thought?
4) Explain the processes which are present in generating, transmitting and receiving of a message through internet? Which famous programming language is employed to solve that?
5) What are the various database additions (support) front end and backend you can add to Microsoft access which can improve the performance of MS Access?
Tough Stress Interview Questions
1) How do you handle stress? What is the best thin or work you do when you are stressed out?
2) You need to work a full whole one month because of quarter results nearby what reason will you give to exempt from the work?
3) Do you consider standing in a line as stressed work?
4) Define stress and when do you get stressed out?
5) You might have got stressed out in work area give us a specific situation and the way you overcame it? Do breaks during the work remove stress or a good sleep?
2) You need to work a full whole one month because of quarter results nearby what reason will you give to exempt from the work?
3) Do you consider standing in a line as stressed work?
4) Define stress and when do you get stressed out?
5) You might have got stressed out in work area give us a specific situation and the way you overcame it? Do breaks during the work remove stress or a good sleep?
If you want to answer these questions then the best way to do this is to prepare about various projects you have handled and the work environment in general. Try to prepare for these questions before two to three days write them on a white sheet or notepad. Interviews are present to judge your caliber and to have a suitable candidate for their position. If you answer to the HR questions in an unprofessional manner then you will be having these tough questions probably. Never ever try to give him a false image it will trigger him to know more about you and the best way he can know is through flood of questions.
Here is the List of Top Interview Questions frequently asked in interviews -
These five questions are frequently asked during the interview: -
1) Tell me about yourself (or) this question can be framed in many different ways and it is very important as it gives an introduction about you to the interviewer.
2) Why or what was the reason for leaving your previous job?
3) Explain about your project and the complexities you faced during its execution?
4) Why should we hire you state some examples to support your answer?
5) Explain about your interests and hobbies and why they interest you?
Try to have answers to these questions jotted because they are very frequently asked during an interview. While answering these questions try to be honest and give a well rounded thought before answering to them. If you have difficulty in speaking English then try to attend a tutorial. Technical knowledge is primarily required if you want to increase your chances. Technical knowledge can give you approximately 40% chances of securing an interview.
These are some of the behavioral oriented questions: -
1) What was the biggest challenge you faced during your project and how you over came it?
2) What made you to choose this field what interests do you have in this field?
3) Tell us about a situation in which you had to manage your team to achieve a target or a deadline?
4) Explain us some of the guidelines you followed which paved a way for successful completion of the project?
5) How do you analyze a project and its features?
These are some of the tips which you might find helpful. Do have your own ones they will be much more useful than these.
These are some of the tips which you might find helpful. Do have your own ones they will be much more useful than these.
For the first question you need to answer it honestly about the challenges you faced and the solutions you developed to overcome it. Only a person actively involved in the project can answer this question. Refresh your memory to answer this question. Project report details should be kept as detailed as possible.
Technical questions are always present in an interview and they are chiefly directed towards the project. Refresh your project memory clearly and try to have some points and tips on
1) Project report in general.
2) Technicalities involved
3) Environment and behavior of the project
4) Team members and their contribution.
5) Deadlines
6) Strategy you planned for completion of the project any logic you devised to complete the project.
7) A complete analysis of the project.
The above topics are very much required because they are most frequently asked.
The above topics are very much required because they are most frequently asked.
If you are a fresher and need information then the best thing to is to start with your documents, certificates, awards, seminars and extra curricular activities.
Have all the letter of recommendations from your professors, teachers, and head of the departments because they give you a complete profile about you.
When you are explaining about the project you did explain to them about everything in detail which includes technical and non technical information.
Some of the questions which you will be asked during the interview are: -
1) Explain a time or situation during your project when you had to purely rely on analytical ability?
2) What extra feature if added to your project would have improved the reliability and cost to profit ratio of your project?
3) Did you at any time regret of being assigned the project? If so why?
4) What made you to leave your previous employer and seek our company?
5) If you have your retirement money at this point of time would you retire?
For the last question you need to ask yourself. Be honest and try to answer them which make you feel confident. Also remember we all work for money and some work for passion. Considering the above sentence try to answer the question.
Whenever you answer to these types of questions it is always good to use soft skills. Soft skills give you an edge over other competitors. Soft skills become much more important when you are in group discussion or in a panel interview.
When you are discussing the salary part be reasonable according to your experience, achievements, and job position. There are instances when candidates demanded the interviewer of higher pay which the company eventually paid because he was talented. If you have skill then you are at your own will to demand more money.
Here are some of the most common Software testing Interview Questions asked during Interviews.
1) How do you define the job responsibilities of a software tester?
2) What are the entire different software testing applications do you know?
3) Describe about a major obstacle you found during testing an application or a program?
4) Why do you like testing rather than programming?
5) What do you think is the future of this industry?
6) What are the problems you faced when you automated testing tool?
7) Explain how you can activate the test case design and explain us the possibility of the process?
8) What are all the test principles you advise to a programmer?
9) Describe some common problems you face during testing?
10) What are all the testing projects you have handled?
11) How do you determine the working of specific tools work with your application?
12) What are the different tools available for testing during software development cycle?
13) What so you mean by synchronization and how do you implement it win load runner?
14) Why should win load runner be used and what are the advantages of it? Explain a case scenario when you used it?
15) Compare win runner to other products in the market?
16) What is the difference between context sensitive and analog recordings?
17) Explain to me about test director?
18) Give differences between Test Director and win runner?
19) What are the possible ways to check a bitmap?
20) State the different databases on which Test director can reside on?
While answering these questions to the interviewer it is very imperative to answer these questions in detail. Interviewer wants to know the amount of information you know and he will be very pleased if you can answer to him thoroughly. In most of the interviews there will be a written test on passing that test you will be put through a one-one interview. In a one-one interview you will be asked on various topics and issues.
21) Explain what is a module and the features and uses of compile module?
22) When should you use verify/update and debug modes?
23) Explain about a batch test and when do you use it?
24) Explain to us about the various projects you have performed using win runner?
25) What is a test data and what is the effective way to manage it?
26) Can win runner be used for testing web and web applications?
27) What is the difference between a quality analysis and quality check?
28) What are the different test cases you formulate when there are no documents or data for the test case schedule?
29) Explain about back end testing and Unit testing?
30) State and explain about Defect life cycle?
31) Explain about the bug life cycle?
32) What is a traceability matrix and how is it done?
33) If the test scenario involves a login screen how will you test it?
These are some of the questions which can help you in preparation to the testing interview. If you don’t understand a particular question ask the interviewer he will be the right person to guide you.