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	117 views	428
Have you ever made a mistake? How did you handle it?	88 views	185
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.	118 views	157
Why is digital marketing so successful?	158 views	156
If you were our CEO, what’s the first thing you would do?	66 views	152
If you were the marketing manager of a brand X, how will you market it?	78 views	152
What’s the difference between the push and pull strategies in marketing?	54 views	151
What’s a sales funnel?	77 views	150
Tell me about a time you were under a lot of pressure. What was going on, and how did you get through it?	68 views	150
Give an example of a goal you reached and tell me how you achieved it.	163 views	140
Tell me about a time when you made sure a customer was pleased with your service.	81 views	135
Describe a time when you struggled to build a relationship with someone important. How did you eventually overcome that?	104 views	134
What is the most stressful situation you have handled and what was the outcome?	136 views	130
Tell me about a time you had to be very strategic in order to meet all your top priorities.	64 views	128
What do you understand by social media marketing?	73 views	127
Who do you admire most and why?	55 views	111
Tell me about a time you failed. How did you deal with the situation?	99 views	104
Tell me about a time when you (or your boss) made an unpopular decision that had to be executed by your team	88 views	104
Tell me about a time you needed to get information from someone who wasn’t very responsive. What did you do?	63 views	95
Tell me about a time when you had to rely on written communication to get your ideas across to your team.	57 views	95
Tell me about a time when you handled a challenging situation.	57 views	94
Tell me about a time when you were in direct conflict with a peer and how was it resolved.	43 views	94
What is your least favorite thing about humanity?	87 views	94
Describe a situation you feel you should have handled differently.	57 views	94
Tell me something about 4P’s of marketing	53 views	94
Are you competitive by nature?	49 views	94
Did you ever make a risky decision? Why? How did you handle it?	69 views	93
Have you had to convince a team to work on a project they werent thrilled about? How did you do it?	51 views	93
If you could be any character in fiction, who would you be?	51 views	93
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?	61 views	93
Tell me something about PLC (Product life cycle)	60 views	93
What are the keys to marketing success?	61 views	93
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?	175 views	93
What personal or professional accomplishments are you most proud of?	47 views	92
What is the funniest thing that has happened to you recently?	48 views	92
Describe a complex problem you had to solve and walk me through your thinking as you solved it.	45 views	92
Do me a favour – sell me this pen?	56 views	92
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?	46 views	92
Tell me about the first job you’ve ever had. What did you do to learn the ropes?	49 views	92
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.	54 views	92
Describe a time when you were the resident technical expert. What did you do to make sure everyone was able to understand you?	61 views	92
Tell me about a time when you worked under close supervision or extremely loose supervision. How did you handle that?	52 views	92
Tell Me About a Time When You Motivated Someone	47 views	91
Describe a time when you weren’t pleased with your work and why?	54 views	91
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)	52 views	91
If you could be a superhero, what would you want your superpowers to be?	64 views	91
Tell me about a creative solution you developed for a challenging situation or problem.	49 views	91
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?	54 views	91
What is the difference between marketing and selling?	52 views	91
Tell Me About a Time When You Failed	47 views	90
How lucky are you and why?	48 views	90
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?	55 views	90
What is your greatest strength?	52 views	90
What is the difference between a consumer and customer?	47 views	90
Talk about a time when you had to work closely with someone whose personality was very different from yours.	55 views	90
Describe a time when it was especially important to make a good impression on a client. How did you go about doing so?	75 views	90
Describe a time when you had to interact with a difficult client. What was the situation, and how did you handle it?	51 views	90
Give me an example of a time when you were able to successfully persuade someone to see things your way at work.	60 views	90
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?	58 views	90
Describe a time when you saw some problem and took the initiative to correct it rather than waiting for someone else to do it.	70 views	90
Tell Me About a Time When You Were Successful	47 views	89
Tell me about a successful presentation you gave and why you think it was a hit.	56 views	89
Tell me about your proudest professional accomplishment.	50 views	89
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?	53 views	88
Describe a long-term project that you managed. How did you keep everything moving along in a timely manner?	71 views	65
Describe a time when your team or company was undergoing some change. How did that impact you, and how did you adapt?	59 views	64
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?	54 views	64
Give me an example of a time you were able to be creative with your work. What was exciting or difficult about it?	72 views	62
• Have you had to convince a team to work on a project they werent thrilled about? How did you do it?	48 views	61
How honest are you?	50 views	61
Tell me about a time you were dissatisfied in your work. What could have been done to make it better?	48 views	61
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?	52 views	60
How would your current boss or a team member describe you? What would they say are your greatest strengths and weaknesses?	48 views	57
Are you an Introvert or Extrovert?	52 views	57
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?	72 views	25

Interview Diary beta

Interview Diary ^beta