Tricky Job Interview Questions Hiring Managers Love

Business News Daily recently published an article for hiring managers listing some of the “best” job interview questions. The site spoke to career counselors and other experts about the questions that best weed out unqualified candidates.

Well, as we say, know thy enemy, so here are some of the top questions and why you should have a good answer prepared.

  • Question: When you finish your work, what do you like to do? This is a trick question, because, according to Michael Mercer, author of Job Hunting Made Easy and creator of this question, “bad” candidates will interpret this to mean “what do you do after work on personal time” whereas “good” candidates will interpret this to mean “What do you do when you just finished a project at 2 p.m.
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