Interview Diary ^beta

Interviews are a great opportunity to showcase your unique talent, background and create a strong impression on your potential recruiters.
Hence, it makes sense to be well prepared for your interviews. PlaceCom's Interview Diary is a simple yet powerful tool to help you be solidly prepared.
Here's a list of typical interview and application-form questions that you should prepare for. As ex-MBA students, we know how critical it is, to have these answers handy during the placement season, or when you have to fill in multiple application forms the same day.
This diary will help you :

Writing and sharing your answers: Looking at some of these questions, especially behavioral, one may be tempted to asusme that we know how to respond effectively. But our own experience in interviewing and recruiting has shown us (beyond doubt) that the best answers come by practice. Practice of writing your answers and sharing it with others. Sharing with other colleagues will help you get quick feedback and an opportunity to improve them
Learning from other's answers: Your batchmates at your school and others, are the best people to learn from. Read their answers, ask yourself what's the structure they follow, is it creating impact, what can I learn from their responses?
Keeping the answers ready for D-Day: The Campus Placement days are crazy ! We have been there. You will have a lot going on. Have your interview answers handy in one place, so that you are not worrying and thinking through those at the last moment. Be relaxed and confident.

Give an example of a goal you couldnt meet and how you handled it	269 views	458
Have you ever made a mistake? How did you handle it?	190 views	216
We all make mistakes we wish we could take back. Tell me about a time you wish you’d handled a situation differently with a colleague.	294 views	195
Why is digital marketing so successful?	226 views	193
If you were our CEO, what’s the first thing you would do?	118 views	191
If you were the marketing manager of a brand X, how will you market it?	173 views	189
What’s the difference between the push and pull strategies in marketing?	107 views	184
Tell me about a time you were under a lot of pressure. What was going on, and how did you get through it?	176 views	182
What’s a sales funnel?	126 views	180
What is the most stressful situation you have handled and what was the outcome?	206 views	178
Give an example of a goal you reached and tell me how you achieved it.	324 views	177
Tell me about a time when you made sure a customer was pleased with your service.	140 views	168
Describe a time when you struggled to build a relationship with someone important. How did you eventually overcome that?	430 views	166
What do you understand by social media marketing?	146 views	163
Tell me about a time you had to be very strategic in order to meet all your top priorities.	128 views	158
Who do you admire most and why?	114 views	140
Tell me about a time you failed. How did you deal with the situation?	158 views	137
Tell me about a time others disagreed with your recommended course of action. How did you persuade them to accept your plans and what were the results?	118 views	130
Tell me about a time when you (or your boss) made an unpopular decision that had to be executed by your team	173 views	129
If you could be any character in fiction, who would you be?	98 views	127
Describe a situation where you worked effectively as part of a team to accomplish a goal on time and within budget. What was your role? What did you learn?	104 views	127
When you’re working with a large number of customers, it’s tricky to deliver excellent service to them all. How do you go about prioritizing your customers’ needs?	1758 views	127
What is your least favorite thing about humanity?	168 views	126
Describe a complex problem you had to solve and walk me through your thinking as you solved it.	106 views	126
Tell me something about PLC (Product life cycle)	115 views	126
What are the keys to marketing success?	119 views	126
Tell me about a time you needed to get information from someone who wasn’t very responsive. What did you do?	162 views	126
Tell me about a time when you handled a challenging situation.	115 views	125
Tell me about a time when you had to rely on written communication to get your ideas across to your team.	111 views	125
Tell me something about 4P’s of marketing	118 views	124
Are you competitive by nature?	115 views	124
Tell me about a time when you worked under close supervision or extremely loose supervision. How did you handle that?	129 views	124
Have you had to convince a team to work on a project they werent thrilled about? How did you do it?	113 views	123
Tell me about a time when you were in direct conflict with a peer and how was it resolved.	138 views	123
Tell Me About a Time When You Were Successful	99 views	123
Give me an example of a time when you had to think on your feet in order to delicately extricate yourself from a difficult or awkward situation.	109 views	123
Describe a time when you were the resident technical expert. What did you do to make sure everyone was able to understand you?	154 views	123
Did you ever make a risky decision? Why? How did you handle it?	132 views	122
What personal or professional accomplishments are you most proud of?	92 views	122
What is the funniest thing that has happened to you recently?	94 views	122
Describe a situation you feel you should have handled differently.	112 views	122
Tell me about the first job you’ve ever had. What did you do to learn the ropes?	117 views	122
Give me an example of a time when you did not meet a client’s expectation. What happened, and how did you attempt to rectify the situation?	122 views	121
What is the difference between marketing and selling?	102 views	120
Give me an example of a time when you had to explain something fairly complex to a frustrated client. How did you handle this delicate situation?	119 views	120
Tell Me About a Time When You Failed	95 views	119
Tell Me About a Time When You Motivated Someone	99 views	119
How would you pitch our product/service to a person you meet on the street? (This is a standard question for a sales role but can be particularly interesting to ask a non-sales candidate)	102 views	119
Tell me about a creative solution you developed for a challenging situation or problem.	106 views	119
What is the difference between a consumer and customer?	101 views	119
Talk about a time when you had to work closely with someone whose personality was very different from yours.	124 views	119
If you could be a superhero, what would you want your superpowers to be?	135 views	118
What is your greatest strength?	129 views	118
Do me a favour – sell me this pen?	111 views	118
Describe a time when you saw some problem and took the initiative to correct it rather than waiting for someone else to do it.	143 views	118
Describe a situation in which you worked as part of a team, but your team failed to accomplish the goal on time and within budget. What was your role? What did you learn?	108 views	117
Describe a time when it was especially important to make a good impression on a client. How did you go about doing so?	296 views	117
Give me an example of a time when you were able to successfully persuade someone to see things your way at work.	111 views	117
Tell me about a successful presentation you gave and why you think it was a hit.	141 views	117
Describe a time when you weren’t pleased with your work and why?	122 views	116
How lucky are you and why?	97 views	116
Describe a situation working with a group or team where there was interpersonal conflict. Describe how you approached the conflict. What worked and what didnt? How did you manage the outcome?	110 views	115
Tell me about your proudest professional accomplishment.	103 views	115
Describe a time when you had to interact with a difficult client. What was the situation, and how did you handle it?	112 views	113
Describe a time when your team or company was undergoing some change. How did that impact you, and how did you adapt?	112 views	96
Sometimes it’s just not possible to get everything on your to-do list done. Tell me about a time your responsibilities got a little overwhelming. What did you do?	131 views	96
How honest are you?	108 views	93
Give me an example of a time you were able to be creative with your work. What was exciting or difficult about it?	132 views	93
• Have you had to convince a team to work on a project they werent thrilled about? How did you do it?	111 views	92
Tell me about a time you were dissatisfied in your work. What could have been done to make it better?	101 views	92
Describe a long-term project that you managed. How did you keep everything moving along in a timely manner?	243 views	91
Describe a situation in which you aspired to reach a goal. What obstacles did you confront along the way? What did you do to overcome them?	116 views	89
How would your current boss or a team member describe you? What would they say are your greatest strengths and weaknesses?	95 views	86
Are you an Introvert or Extrovert?	109 views	85
Tell me about a time when you had to win someone over to your way of thinking. How did you accomplish this? What was the outcome?	140 views	52

Interview Diary beta

Interview Diary ^beta