Interviewer: Let you work overtime and not pay overtime, what are you doing? This is the best answer
The epidemic is coming to an end, companies are resuming work one after another, and many graduates who stay at home can finally start looking for suitable jobs. But the coming and going of the epidemic does not seem to change the nature of interviewers to make things difficult for people, and the strange interview questions that many interviewers have asked are still as tangled as ever.
Kobayashi is also a member of this interview army. Her dream job is in sales for a large company. Although the job of sales is difficult, as long as you spend your time and deal with customers, you can always get good results. It is precisely because of this that when an interviewer is looking for a candidate for a sales position, not only the interpersonal skills of the interviewee, but also the on-the-spot thinking reaction of the interviewer must be examined, and the questions asked are also much more difficult than other positions.
To this end, Xiaolin was fully prepared before participating in the interview. She has memorized many techniques for dealing with clients and has practiced many strategies for selling items on her own. But what Xiaolin didn't expect was that the question the interviewer gave them turned out to be: Let you work overtime without paying overtime, would you like it?
This question is placed in other positions, that is, to consider the work attitude of the interviewers. But the job of sales is different. As long as the customer wants it at any time, even in the middle of the night, the salesmen have to get up and work overtime.
Therefore, Xiaolin knew that the interviewer must be serious in asking this question, and what he wanted was the answer from the interviewers' hearts. The interviewees' answers are likely to be completely related to their subsequent work content.
01. Different answers from different people
There are many interviewers for this position, but not everyone is as meticulous as Kobayashi, thinking about the key to this question.
The first interviewee said: "I am willing to accept this arrangement. I am a freshman who has just graduated from school and has no work experience. Working overtime will give me more opportunities to get in touch with work, and it will also give me more opportunities to work. Summarize some experience. Therefore, I am very happy to accept the company's arrangement, even if there is no overtime pay, it does not matter, as long as it can play a role in training myself, I am willing to work overtime. "
Although the interviewer was sincere and completely willing to accept no overtime pay, the interviewer still looked unsatisfied and politely asked the interviewer to leave. The interviewers below snorted, and many who had the same thoughts as this interviewer were a little flustered.
The second interviewer summed up the experience of the previous interviewer, saying: "I don't want to accept this arrangement. I work for the salary, and if the content of my job does not match the salary, I may slack off. To the content of their own work. What’s more, money is also a way to motivate employees to continue to work hard, so I hope the company can give corresponding overtime pay according to the specific time and content of overtime work.”
The idea of the second interviewer is completely opposite to that of the first interviewer. After all, the sales job is a natural selection, and the fittest survives. Everyone relies on money to have enough motivation to complete the task. But the interviewer still seemed unsatisfied with the answer.
The third interviewee was Xiaolin. This job was originally her target job, and she made a lot of efforts to pass the test smoothly. Therefore, when he was just asked, Kobayashi thought of an answer that would really satisfy the interviewer.
Xiaolin said: "I will decide my own approach according to the specific situation. There are many variables in each industry. If it is because of my own reasons that the task is not completed within the specified time, I will work overtime for free. In emergencies, such as special requests from customers, I will also work unpaid overtime.
But if someone else's work is not completed within the stipulated time and I need to do it for him, I hope the company can give me the compensation I deserve. If it is the company's fault that causes everyone to deal with the business slowly, or the task situation does not match my ability, so that I need to work overtime frequently, I will promptly report this situation to the company and discuss specific solutions with the company. "
In the end, Kobayashi's answer was praised by the interviewer, and she got the job smoothly.
02. What are some practical interview skills?
1. The attitude should be sincere, please be calm
For the interviewer, the attitude of the interviewee to answer the question will determine their first impression of the interviewer. Therefore, when we hear the interview questions, we should first calm ourselves down, not to appear too flustered and give the interviewer a bad impression. When answering questions, you should be calm and calm, neither humble nor arrogant, and your attitude should be sincere, expressing your love for the job and your specific understanding of the job. Let the interviewer know that you have thought deeply about this question and truly respect the interviewer who asked this question.
2. Answers should be logical and well-founded
In the face of interview questions, we must have our own understanding of the subject, not to follow others' opinions. The most important thing is that when organizing your answers, you must add your own understanding to make your answers well-founded and convince the interviewer through rigorous logic. Don't always say what others think, just what I think, have your own ideas, let the interviewer know that you have ideas about this question and this position, and rely on clear logic to make the interviewer think highly of yourself at a glance.
3. Prescribe the right medicine instead of casting a wide net
Before the interview, we need to know what kind of occupation we want, what kind of work content we want to do, and choose the scope of occupation according to what we want, and then conduct the interview. Don't think that you can do anything, so cast a wide net, so that when you interview, you don't even know what kind of position this is. In this case, we are obviously a little less prepared than others, and we are completely inferior to those who are determined to get this position and have paid a lot. Therefore, when choosing an interview, you must choose according to your own thoughts, so as to be able to prescribe the right medicine for the interview questions and get the interviewer's favor.
Although the interview may seem difficult, as long as we think about what kind of career we want, be fully prepared for this position, and have our own understanding of this position. Then during the interview, we can answer questions calmly and use clear logic to make the interviewer impress us.
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