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.

What is your least favorite thing about humanity?	822 views	1695
Tell me about a time when you were in direct conflict with a peer and how was it resolved.	856 views	1693
Tell me about a time you failed. How did you deal with the situation?	580 views	1621
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?	463 views	1586
Describe a time when you had to interact with a difficult client. What was the situation, and how did you handle it?	494 views	1523
If you could be any character in fiction, who would you be?	356 views	1484
Give an example of a goal you reached and tell me how you achieved it.	1169 views	1452
Tell me about a time you were dissatisfied in your work. What could have been done to make it better?	721 views	1449
Tell me about a time you needed to get information from someone who wasn’t very responsive. What did you do?	1250 views	1378
Tell me about a time when you handled a challenging situation.	475 views	1369
What is your greatest strength?	754 views	1324
Have you had to convince a team to work on a project they werent thrilled about? How did you do it?	636 views	1310
What is the funniest thing that has happened to you recently?	402 views	1310
Give an example of a goal you couldnt meet and how you handled it	996 views	1299
What personal or professional accomplishments are you most proud of?	485 views	1275
Tell me something about PLC (Product life cycle)	437 views	1239
Are you competitive by nature?	612 views	1223
If you were our CEO, what’s the first thing you would do?	479 views	1208
Describe a complex problem you had to solve and walk me through your thinking as you solved it.	392 views	1181
Tell me about a time when you had to rely on written communication to get your ideas across to your team.	545 views	1181
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?	11353 views	1178
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?	867 views	1177
Describe a time when it was especially important to make a good impression on a client. How did you go about doing so?	779 views	1159
Why is digital marketing so successful?	620 views	1112
Tell Me About a Time When You Were Successful	362 views	1073
Have you ever made a mistake? How did you handle it?	604 views	1051
Who do you admire most and why?	371 views	1045
Do me a favour – sell me this pen?	389 views	1029
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?	467 views	999
Tell me about a time when you made sure a customer was pleased with your service.	583 views	998
What is the most stressful situation you have handled and what was the outcome?	643 views	988
What’s a sales funnel?	377 views	983
Tell Me About a Time When You Failed	386 views	977
Describe a time when you were the resident technical expert. What did you do to make sure everyone was able to understand you?	959 views	953
What is the difference between marketing and selling?	408 views	944
What’s the difference between the push and pull strategies in marketing?	359 views	944
What do you understand by social media marketing?	633 views	936
Give me an example of a time you were able to be creative with your work. What was exciting or difficult about it?	425 views	918
Tell me about a time when you worked under close supervision or extremely loose supervision. How did you handle that?	956 views	873
If you could be a superhero, what would you want your superpowers to be?	442 views	862
Tell me about a time when you (or your boss) made an unpopular decision that had to be executed by your team	654 views	855
Tell me about a time you had to be very strategic in order to meet all your top priorities.	957 views	854
Give me an example of a time when you were able to successfully persuade someone to see things your way at work.	420 views	853
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?	519 views	842
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?	434 views	840
Tell me about the first job you’ve ever had. What did you do to learn the ropes?	711 views	839
• Have you had to convince a team to work on a project they werent thrilled about? How did you do it?	680 views	833
Tell me something about 4P’s of marketing	407 views	817
Tell Me About a Time When You Motivated Someone	473 views	804
If you were the marketing manager of a brand X, how will you market it?	964 views	800
How honest are you?	416 views	779
Describe a time when your team or company was undergoing some change. How did that impact you, and how did you adapt?	570 views	777
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?	376 views	751
Did you ever make a risky decision? Why? How did you handle it?	612 views	750
What are the keys to marketing success?	357 views	750
Tell me about a time you were under a lot of pressure. What was going on, and how did you get through it?	755 views	728
Tell me about your proudest professional accomplishment.	357 views	728
How would your current boss or a team member describe you? What would they say are your greatest strengths and weaknesses?	496 views	703
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?	806 views	699
Are you an Introvert or Extrovert?	492 views	699
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)	386 views	698
Talk about a time when you had to work closely with someone whose personality was very different from yours.	531 views	690
Describe a time when you struggled to build a relationship with someone important. How did you eventually overcome that?	1790 views	688
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?	457 views	672
Describe a situation you feel you should have handled differently.	409 views	670
Describe a time when you weren’t pleased with your work and why?	406 views	639
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.	1005 views	608
Tell me about a creative solution you developed for a challenging situation or problem.	494 views	603
Describe a long-term project that you managed. How did you keep everything moving along in a timely manner?	1143 views	579
What is the difference between a consumer and customer?	541 views	556
Tell me about a successful presentation you gave and why you think it was a hit.	630 views	555
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?	733 views	539
Describe a time when you saw some problem and took the initiative to correct it rather than waiting for someone else to do it.	712 views	531
How lucky are you and why?	496 views	521
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.	593 views	508

Interview Diary beta

Interview Diary ^beta