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Job Interviews: Top Answers to Tough Questions Paperback – 16 July 2012
Phoenix, May 2012
"In a tough market with strong competition for just a handful of roles, you need to be the best on the day. Only careful preparation and ensuring you match everything you say and do to the specific role, employer and eveninterviewer, will position you as a serious contender for the role. John once again combines a proven, thorough approach with practical tips that will equip you with the skills, examples and confidence required to achieve interview success."
Isabel Chadwick, Managing Director, Career Management Consultants Ltd
"John's book is a great asset to anyone who fears the interview process. Aswell as some very practical and useful exercises, designed to help capturepowerful information and to get you thinking, he gives a fascinating insightinto the psychological processes, making it much easier to understandand put yourself into the shoes of the interviewer. John's style is veryaccessible, demonstrating his years of experience and translating it intoan easy-to-read collection of hints, tips and guidance. I suspect a lot ofinterviewers will also want to use this book to help them raise their game!"
Kerwin Hack, Consultant Director, Fairplace Cedar
"This book is an extremely comprehensive guide on how to succeed in jobinterviews. John takes you 'backstage' into the mind of the interviewers soyou can understand what they are thinking and what they really want toknow when asking a range different of questions. Getting a job interviewinto today's difficult employment market is a privilege. This manual willhelp you to be much better prepared so that your next job interviewbecomes a positive opportunity to show what you can really offer, not anordeal to be feared. He covers everything from warm up questions to thetricky issue of salary."
Simon Broomer, Managing Director, CareerBalance
"John Lees is the career professional's professional; the doyen of careersexperts. His books and advice have helped countless numbers of peopleto enjoy better, more fulfilling careers. This book is an essential read foranyone who is about to attend a job interview."
Dr Harry Freedman, Career and Business Strategist,Hanover Executive
"John gives consistently good, pragmatic advice and provides suggestionsto help people make the most of themselves and the opportunities theyget. Easy to read, relevant and straightforward, the book offers so muchmore than standard self-help books - it provides practical steps to getreaders started and give them confidence to take ownership of theircareers. A great resource to ensure a head start in a competitive market."
Denise Nesbitt, Senior Change Delivery Manager,Talent & Development, Lloyds Banking Group
"John Lees' writing offers insight and knowledge which allows you tothink in new ways and achieve changes you didn't think possible. In thesedifficult and challenging times, his books help you achieve your nextcareer step."
Laura Roberts, Chief Executive, NHS Manchester
Why are you on the market right now?
If our roles were reversed, what questions would you ask?
Sell me this stapler!
Tough questions like these can unnerve even the most confident jobseeker, proving that it's not always the best candidate who gets the job, it's the best interviewee.
Whether a first-time jobseeker, career-changer, or returning after a break, Job Interviews: Top Answers to Tough Questions is your indispensable toolkit. Now thoroughly revised and updated to reflect today's demanding job market, featuring:
- 225 of the most common interview questions
- A 'fast-track' preparation option if your interview is TOMORROW!
- More sample answers to challenging questions
- Insights into the employer mindset when vacancies are thin on the ground
"This book is invaluable. Follow the guidelines and your chances improvebeyond measure. You will be sharp, focused, and not only make the mostof your own abilities, but also have a clear understanding of what youneed to offer to employers. This moves you from the 'me' agenda to the 'we' agenda."
Stuart Walkley, Director, Oakridge Training and Consulting"As a careers adviser, I often find that clients know that preparation is the key to a successful interview but are unsure where to start. John Lees deals with this clearly and comprehensively. This book is based on real evidence gained from employers and this new edition has been comprehensively updated. I would recommend the book for anyone who is anxious about interviews and to people applying for any level of job, regardless of how much interview experience they may have."
David Levinson, Careers Adviser, The University of Edinburgh
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ISBN-100077141601
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ISBN-13978-0077141608
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Edition3rd
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PublisherMcGraw-Hill Education / Europe, Middle East & Africa
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Publication date16 July 2012
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LanguageEnglish
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Dimensions15.19 x 1.57 x 22.91 cm
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Print length264 pages
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- Publisher : McGraw-Hill Education / Europe, Middle East & Africa; 3rd edition (16 July 2012)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 264 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0077141601
- ISBN-13 : 978-0077141608
- Dimensions : 15.19 x 1.57 x 22.91 cm
- Best Sellers Rank: 647,737 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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About the author
John Lees is one of the UK's best known career strategists. John specialises in helping people make difficult decisions - difficult because they don't know what to do next, or because there are barriers in the way of change.
He is based in the UK but has delivered workshops in the USA, South Africa, Mauritius, Switzerland, Australia and New Zealand and is a presenter at business conferences and consumer events. He has also featured as a speaker at the world's largest international career conferences in the USA. His books have been translated into Arabic, Georgian, Polish, Spanish and Japanese.
Alongside his day job, John serves as an ordained minister in the Diocese of Exeter where he is Bishop's Officer for Self Supporting Ministry. He is also National Officer for Self Supporting Ordained Ministry.
John is the creator and moderator of the Career Coach Forum, an international LinkedIn group for career professionals with over 10,600 members.
John has written a weekly careers column for 'Metro' and thought leadership pieces for 'The Times' and 'The Guardian'. He appears regularly in the national press with features in a wide range of titles including 'Management Today', 'Cosmopolitan', and 'Psychologies' His coaching work has been profiled in 'Coaching at Work' and 'The Sunday Times'. TV appearances include the BBC interactive ‘Back to Work’ programme, BBC 2’s ‘Working Lunch’, Channel 4’s ‘Dispatches’, and ITV’s ‘Tonight – How To Get A Job’). He is a regular blog contributor to Harvard Business Review online and in 2012 wrote the introduction to the 'HBR Guide to Getting the Right Job'.
'How To Get A Job You Love' regularly lists as the best-selling careers book by a British author, and previously a WHSmith Business Book of the Month. John is the author of a range of career titles including 'Get Ahead in Your New Job' from McGraw-Hill. Other business titles include 'Secrets of Resilient People' (Hodder & Stoughton), and 'The Success Code' (John Murray Learning, 2016).
John is a graduate of the universities of Cambridge, London and Liverpool, and has spent most of his career focusing on the world of work. He is the former Chief Executive of the Institute of Employment Consultants (now the IRP). He has worked with a wide range of organisations on career management issues including: British Gas Commercial, The British Council, CIPD, Endsleigh, Fairplace, Hiscox, The House of Commons, ICAEW, Imperial College, The Association of MBAs, Lloyds Banking Group, Marks & Spencer, NAPP Pharmaceutical, Oakridge, Tribal, and business schools across the UK. John is an Honorary Fellow of the Institute of Recruitment Professionals, a NICEC Fellow, and was a founding Board Director of the Career Development Institute.
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Not so Good: Too much padding, and no matter how thorough any author is with this type of book, they will never provide the answer to the key question(s) you will undoubtably be asked, and website worksheet links not where they should be
I bought this book in November 2016 on the lead up to changing job. With more and more interviews now relying on competency and experience questioning, I wanted to be as ready as possible to provide good answers to likely tough questions.
I had already been through a couple of tough interviews and not been successful, so this book along with John Lees' two other related books on this subject The Interview Expert: How to Get the Job You Want and The One Page CV: Create your own high impact CV. Clever, clear, and comprehensive. Get noticed and beat the competition. were I hoped, going to get me over the line next time round (which as it happens, they did!).
As I've already highlighted above, there are many of this type of book around and it's just not possible for the author to provide the answers to the specific questions you think you will need, or indeed will most likely be asked, so it's important to use this book as a guide on how to pull out key points in your work and/or life history that may be relevant to the job you are trying to land. Rather than try to give specific answers to questions you may be searching for, the author gives an example of a question and then provides not only an answer, but the logic behind the interviewer asking that question in the first place. Understanding this, is key to help you develop good answers to the questions not contained within the book.
Overall this is a very interesting read, especially if you take the time to use the worksheets located on John Lees' website (though the link may not be completely accurate). I would recommend anyone looking to change job, to read and work through this book. After all, it worked for me, so I hope it will for you.