Mr.

Kobayashi, Fumiya

Job Interview Questions

1. Tell me about yourself that is not stated in your resume.

2. Tell me about your educational attainment.
3. Why are you looking for a new opportunity?
4. What is your greatest strength and weakness?
5. What can you do for this company?
6. What is/are your edge/s compare to the other applicants?
7. Do you take work home with you?
8. What challenges are you looking for in your next job?
9. How do you handle pressure?
10. Describe a difficult experience at work and how you handled it.
11. How much do you expect to get paid?
12. Describe your work style.

Areas Improved:

a) Talks more naturally than before

b) More confident in answering questions
c) Answers questions promptly
d) Answers have good content but has to work more on giving shorter
and simpler answers – direct to the point
e) Uses business words
f) Clearer pronunciation – more understandable than before

Areas need to be improved:

a) Minimize pauses or unnecessary fillers (aahhh) – affects fluency

b) Has to be direct – longer answers, more mistakes
c) Few pronunciation lapses – goal getter
d) Give more direct answers – the simpler, the better – lesser mistakes
e) Minimize saying “ in my previous company” – generalized answers
f) Take note of unnecessary hand gestures- too much is distracting
g) Few grammatical lapses
- “… communicate with frequently…” – communicate with the team frequently/ communicate frequently
- “I was used to be afraid of failing” or “I used to be afraid of failing” – take note of the differences
- “I had experienced… “ - appropriate usage

h) Avoid saying “something like that or something” – be specific

Recommendation: Continue answering interview questions naturally and confidently. This way, you can communicate
with the interviewer well. Work more on modifying your answers, make them more direct – the simpler , the better.