eGigCommon job interview questions and answers
These questions come up in almost every interview, from a first job to a senior role. Practise them until your answers sound natural, not memorised.
12 questions. Read each one, start the timer and answer out loud as if you were in the room, then open the tip. Nothing is recorded.
Tell me about yourself.
What a good answer covers
Two minutes: your current work, one or two results you are proud of, and why this role fits. Skip your family history.
Why do you want to work here?
What a good answer covers
Name something specific about the company or role. Show you looked at their work, products or customers.
Why should we hire you?
What a good answer covers
Three reasons tied to the job description, each with proof: a skill, a result and how fast you learn.
What are your strengths?
What a good answer covers
Pick two strengths that matter for this job and give a real example of each.
Tell me about a weakness.
What a good answer covers
A real but fixable weakness, and what you are doing to improve it. Avoid “I work too hard”.
Describe a problem you solved at work.
What a good answer covers
Use STAR: the Situation, your Task, the Action you took and the Result, with a number if you can.
Tell me about a time you worked with a difficult colleague.
What a good answer covers
Stay calm and fair: what the difference was, how you talked it through, and how the work got done.
Where do you see yourself in three years?
What a good answer covers
Show you want to grow in this field and stay long enough to add value.
Why are you leaving your current job?
What a good answer covers
Stay positive: growth, learning or a better fit. Never criticise your current employer.
What salary are you expecting?
What a good answer covers
Give a range based on research and your current CTC. Say you are open to discussing the full package.
When can you join?
What a good answer covers
Know your notice period. If you can buy it out or shorten it, say so.
Do you have any questions for us?
What a good answer covers
Always ask one or two: what success looks like in 90 days, how the team works, next steps.
All 12 questions with answers
1. Tell me about yourself.
Two minutes: your current work, one or two results you are proud of, and why this role fits. Skip your family history.
2. Why do you want to work here?
Name something specific about the company or role. Show you looked at their work, products or customers.
3. Why should we hire you?
Three reasons tied to the job description, each with proof: a skill, a result and how fast you learn.
4. What are your strengths?
Pick two strengths that matter for this job and give a real example of each.
5. Tell me about a weakness.
A real but fixable weakness, and what you are doing to improve it. Avoid “I work too hard”.
6. Describe a problem you solved at work.
Use STAR: the Situation, your Task, the Action you took and the Result, with a number if you can.
7. Tell me about a time you worked with a difficult colleague.
Stay calm and fair: what the difference was, how you talked it through, and how the work got done.
8. Where do you see yourself in three years?
Show you want to grow in this field and stay long enough to add value.
9. Why are you leaving your current job?
Stay positive: growth, learning or a better fit. Never criticise your current employer.
10. What salary are you expecting?
Give a range based on research and your current CTC. Say you are open to discussing the full package.
11. When can you join?
Know your notice period. If you can buy it out or shorten it, say so.
12. Do you have any questions for us?
Always ask one or two: what success looks like in 90 days, how the team works, next steps.
Before the interview
- Read the job description twice and match two of your examples to what it asks for.
- Keep printed copies of your resume, ID proof and certificates ready, even for online rounds.
- Know your current CTC, expected salary and notice period. Check typical pay in our salary guide, and compare offers with the in-hand salary calculator.
- Genuine employers never ask you to pay for an interview, training kit or joining. Report anyone who does.