Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Mark Murphy covers leadership, hiring and employee engagement. What is a situational interview question? In short, situational ...

Did you freeze up the last time an interviewer opened a question with "Tell me about a time when…"? That's a behavioral interview question, and many interviewees find them tricky to handle. Job ...

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While each job interview will be different, certain questions come up time and time again. "Why do you want to work here?" and "Tell me about yourself?" are the two most commonly reported interview ...

Sometimes job interview questions can surprise us, but it probably shows something to the hiring manager about us.

Based on an analysis of near misses over hundreds of job interviews both given and received, here's my effort to compress it all into something you can read on the bus. 1. Focus on the positive.