EMPLOYMENT INTERVIEW

How does one answer questions interview questions such as the following?

What was the latest skill you acquired?

What was your last personal technology purchase?

What was the biggest hurdle you overcame in your career?

What would your dream vacation be and why?

What was the best lesson or advise passed down to you?

What was your biggest career disappointment?

Reply By Peter Fisher

Thank you for these questions which are the sort of interview questions that really make you think and if you respond in a particular, is that what they really wanted to know?

I'm going to give you some examples of how I suggest you answer these questions, and the reasons why you might be asked interview questions like these, but I'm going to leave that for a couple of days so that other visitors might make some of their own suggestions about how they would answer them.

OK, if you want to offer your answers to these employment interview questions all you have to do is use the comments link below.

I'm really looking forward to reading your answers. What we'll do then is to pull all the best answers together and publish them on another page - if you add your name I'll give you credit for the best answer.