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	588 views	536
Have you ever made a mistake? How did you handle it?	434 views	307
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.	738 views	289
If you were our CEO, what’s the first thing you would do?	268 views	284
Why is digital marketing so successful?	435 views	278
Give an example of a goal you reached and tell me how you achieved it.	728 views	276
If you were the marketing manager of a brand X, how will you market it?	509 views	276
Tell me about a time you were under a lot of pressure. What was going on, and how did you get through it?	509 views	273
What’s a sales funnel?	233 views	270
What is the most stressful situation you have handled and what was the outcome?	356 views	268
What’s the difference between the push and pull strategies in marketing?	224 views	265
What do you understand by social media marketing?	439 views	265
Describe a time when you struggled to build a relationship with someone important. How did you eventually overcome that?	1294 views	253
Tell me about a time when you made sure a customer was pleased with your service.	313 views	253
Tell me about a time you had to be very strategic in order to meet all your top priorities.	476 views	248
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?	290 views	242
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?	259 views	239
Who do you admire most and why?	236 views	234
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?	6502 views	229
Tell me about the first job you’ve ever had. What did you do to learn the ropes?	445 views	229
Tell me about a time you failed. How did you deal with the situation?	298 views	228
Tell me about a time when you (or your boss) made an unpopular decision that had to be executed by your team	450 views	227
Tell me about a time when you handled a challenging situation.	286 views	226
Tell me something about PLC (Product life cycle)	297 views	226
Describe a complex problem you had to solve and walk me through your thinking as you solved it.	238 views	225
Did you ever make a risky decision? Why? How did you handle it?	311 views	224
Have you had to convince a team to work on a project they werent thrilled about? How did you do it?	248 views	224
Tell me about a time when you worked under close supervision or extremely loose supervision. How did you handle that?	567 views	223
Describe a situation you feel you should have handled differently.	251 views	222
What are the keys to marketing success?	229 views	222
Are you competitive by nature?	297 views	222
Tell Me About a Time When You Motivated Someone	212 views	221
If you could be a superhero, what would you want your superpowers to be?	291 views	221
What is your least favorite thing about humanity?	554 views	220
Tell me about a time when you were in direct conflict with a peer and how was it resolved.	408 views	219
If you could be any character in fiction, who would you be?	223 views	219
Talk about a time when you had to work closely with someone whose personality was very different from yours.	283 views	219
Describe a time when you were the resident technical expert. What did you do to make sure everyone was able to understand you?	561 views	219
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.	342 views	218
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?	253 views	218
What personal or professional accomplishments are you most proud of?	210 views	217
Give me an example of a time when you were able to successfully persuade someone to see things your way at work.	252 views	217
Tell Me About a Time When You Were Successful	221 views	216
Tell me about a creative solution you developed for a challenging situation or problem.	214 views	216
Tell me something about 4P’s of marketing	261 views	216
Do me a favour – sell me this pen?	240 views	216
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?	357 views	216
How lucky are you and why?	206 views	215
What is the difference between a consumer and customer?	251 views	215
Tell me about a time you needed to get information from someone who wasn’t very responsive. What did you do?	669 views	215
Tell me about a time when you had to rely on written communication to get your ideas across to your team.	273 views	215
Tell Me About a Time When You Failed	235 views	214
What is the difference between marketing and selling?	212 views	214
Tell me about a successful presentation you gave and why you think it was a hit.	440 views	214
Describe a time when you saw some problem and took the initiative to correct it rather than waiting for someone else to do it.	322 views	214
Describe a time when it was especially important to make a good impression on a client. How did you go about doing so?	556 views	213
Describe a time when you had to interact with a difficult client. What was the situation, and how did you handle it?	296 views	212
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)	224 views	210
Tell me about your proudest professional accomplishment.	223 views	210
Describe a time when you weren’t pleased with your work and why?	253 views	208
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?	323 views	208
What is your greatest strength?	392 views	208
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?	234 views	206
What is the funniest thing that has happened to you recently?	242 views	205
How would your current boss or a team member describe you? What would they say are your greatest strengths and weaknesses?	349 views	194
Give me an example of a time you were able to be creative with your work. What was exciting or difficult about it?	274 views	194
Describe a time when your team or company was undergoing some change. How did that impact you, and how did you adapt?	272 views	192
• Have you had to convince a team to work on a project they werent thrilled about? How did you do it?	282 views	191
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?	463 views	189
Describe a long-term project that you managed. How did you keep everything moving along in a timely manner?	869 views	188
How honest are you?	292 views	188
Tell me about a time you were dissatisfied in your work. What could have been done to make it better?	328 views	188
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?	546 views	185
Are you an Introvert or Extrovert?	344 views	178
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?	291 views	149

Interview Diary beta

Interview Diary ^beta