Answers to consulting interview questions

Answers to consulting interview questions

Below are top 3 interview questions and answers for consulting positions:

Question 1: What are your biggest strengths?

This question will help polishing your qualification to the requirements of the employer.

1. Steps to answer this question:

a) Identify which you are good at:

• Knowledge;

• Experience;

• Skills;

• Abilities.

b) Prepare a list of your strong points:

c) Review the recruitment requirements:

You should review carefully the recruitment requirements to know for sure which requirements are the most important to the employer.

d) Make a list of your strong points in your resume/cover letter:

List and describe your strong points in your resume and cover letter orderly.

You should make descriptions to those points in your resume.

e) Prepare persuasive answers to the question of the employer about strong points:

You do not only state your strong points to the employer but must also provide evidence for them by references or records attached with your application form.

2. Strong points that the employer may concern about:

• Great communication skills;

• Ability to adapt to the change in company culture;

• Ability to solve problems flexibility;

• Hard-working;

• Ability to learn from failure;

• Group work spirit.

Question 2: Why did you leave your last job?

1. Some sample answers to the interview question: “Why are you leaving your last job?”

• There is no opportunity to promote in my current job and I’m ready to face a new challenge;

• I have worked there for 04 years with much experience and skills. I want to be promoted but the Company do not offer me that opportunity;

• The company has cut down with its focus on the business line my job is responsible for;

• My family transferred to another region, or, my current workplace is too far away from my home;

• My old company often paid late and had inadequate compensation policy.

2. You should avoid answers that:

• Speak ill of your old boss, colleague, etc.;

• They punished me many times for…

• I did not complete my job.

Question 3: What is your greatest weakness?

1. Ways to answer:

a) First way: Turning your strong point into weak point.

For example: I am a perfectionist and therefore, I rarely believe in anyone who can work as well as me. As a result, I am afraid to delegate important tasks to others. This approach has a weak side as that if you are not clever, you will cause the employer to believe that you are cheating him.

b) Second way: Solving your weakness absolutely.

A better approach is that you state one point which was once your weakness, but you have done well to resolve it.

For example: I tended to be a perfectionist, therefore I didn’t like to delegate to others. But I have found out that in order to develop the organization, everyone in the organization must be experienced with many tasks and this is very good for an efficient team work.

2. Steps to answer:

• You need to show it through your attitude and voice: It is really your weakness. And, you may also state some situations how much that weakness has caused you difficulties.

• Give your solution to resolve that weakness, partly or wholly.

• Solutions to a weakness may be training, mentoring, etc

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