Amazing Interview Answers: 44 Tough Job Interview Questions with 88 Winning Answers

by Richard Blazevich, Mercedes Piñera (Illustrator), Trisha Alcisto (Editor)

Job hunting? Or know someone who is? This book is perfect to help anyone gain an advantage during the toughest part of the process, the dreaded job interview. In Amazing Interview Answers, you'll find everything you need to successfully interview for the jobs you want. The author includes step-by-step instructions for preparing for interviews. He also shares 88 examples of great answers to 44 of the most commonly asked questions. Plus, he includes tips for researching jobs as well as frameworks for preparing your interview answers. If you're the type of person who learns by example, this book is for you. It's full of questions that are typically asked during interviews along with examples of winning answers for each question. It also gives you insider tips for what you should and shouldn't say during interviews. What a rush it will be when you conclude job interviews knowing that you nailed them. If you follow the advice in this book, you should experience that feeling every time you walk out of an interview.

Genres: Nonfiction

149 pages, Kindle Edition

Published July 2, 2017

About the author

I enjoy helping people market themselves and their ideas. That passion is coming to life through the books I write and the online classes I teach.

My first book, That's a Bullseye, is a step-by-step guide for building marketing campaigns. With over 20 years of marketing experience in corporate America, I figured that would be a good place for me to start my writing journey.

Since publishing that book, I've published 5 more, all of which help people get the jobs they want.

I'm currently turning my books into online classes and helping other writers publish their own books. You can learn more about what I'm doing at AmazingJobSkills.com.

Reviews

[Goth Gone Grey · Rating 5 out of 5]

Effective, informative book

I purchased this book not for use as an interviewee, but an interviewer. I wanted to learn better ways to meet with potential employees and assess their potential. I learned that, as well as seeing the positive, thoughtful answers can be a benefit to any business interaction, as well as personal interactions. From that standpoint, it's an excellent, effective book.

That said, if I interviewed someone and all of their answers were this polished, they would seem almost too perfect for the job. This would leave me wondering where and when the fatal flaw would appear, and actually hesitate to hire them over someone with strong, but not 100% perfect answers. As with all of life, balance is key.

[Cam · Rating 4 out of 5]

Genuinely really helpful and good information! The only thing I'll criticize is the authoritative tone. Ultimately, interviews are subjective, and different people will look for different things in candidates.

While the book goes over what can be considered best practices, there were a few times throughout the book where the author said things like "Interviews don't care about X, they want to hear Y" or "Never answer a question this way, because it will be interpreted as ____", which feel like absurdly general blanket statements.

My personal favourite was when he said answers should never be longer than 2 minutes. A fair rule of thumb I guess, but I've been in interviews that ask 5-10 questions over the span of an hour - you're telling me I should aim to be done in fewer than 20 minutes?

[Srinivasan Nanduri · Rating 4 out of 5]

A good read not just for an interviewee but also as a good interviewer

[Susan Schwartz · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love this book of 44 tough interview questions and 88 winning and amazing sample answers! So extremely helpful! This author gives excellent advice - do’s and don’ts - for job interviews in any field! He outlines 6 different kinds of questions and sample responses to help candidates become well prepared for anything that might be asked and how to respond. His extremely helpful Workbook Section encourages needed practice and support! This is a must-read book for anyone in job search mode!

[Matthew Horvat · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book did exactly what it set out to do, list 44 interview questions and provide answers for them. Then you reach the mid point of the book and it proceeded to run through them again and provide another set of answers.

I expected more of the book, than just that. Most of the questions seemed to be niche to certain fields. You go from the "tell me about yourself" to "sell me this pen".

[Christopher Ramos · Rating 5 out of 5]

Interview practice guide

This guide provides many examples of common Interview questions and appropriate responses. The examples are realistic and I’ve used them to secure another role (the tip about practicing your interviews really help)

[A. Cari · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great concepts, even though many of the questions do not pertain my professional ambitions.
Still very helpful.