101 Great Answers to the Toughest Interview Questions Paperback – February 10, 2009

This is THE book to help anyone prepare themselves properly for an interview in today's world. Most companies now have SBO (Situation, Behavior, Outcome) type questions in their interviews, and if you don't have prepared answers to these questions, you are dead in the water. This book will help you be on top of your game and seperate yourself from the others, if you do the work. It's not hard - you are basically just telling stories about yourself - but you need to take your time and write them down - but this book will guide you. When I graduated college later in life, I had worked at the same company for 8 years and had never really had a "real" interview, as my advances were automatic based on my work. I was scared to death to interview. My friend lent me his version of this book, and by the time I was done preparing, I interviewed with several companies and had 4 job offers at one time! It's obviously my experience and preparedness that landed me the offers, but this book guided me to that direction. It's a must have!!

WHEN I GRADUATED FROM TECH SCHOOL, THE SCHOOL GAVE US THIS BOOK FOR REFERENCE. IT DID LAND ME MY FIRST TECH JOB IN 2000! IT PREPARES YOU HOW TO ANSWER THE QUESTIONS THESE INTERVIEWERS ASK. ESPECIALLY THE "TELL ME ABOUT YOURSELF" QUESTION. I LEND THIS BOOK OUT AND NEVER GOT IT BACK AGAIN.ALL PARENTS SHOULD GIVE THIS BOOK TO THEIR CHILDREN. THIS IS A BOOK YOU SHOULD ALWAYS KEEP IN YOUR HOUSE FOR REFERENCE. IT'S LIKE A BIBLE. (LOL)

It is a good read, and the author does have some great advice so I am still glad that I purchased it however, be warned there is not 101 questions and answers in this book, so the book is not exactly what I thought it was going to be, which was interview questions with the answers that the interviewer is looking for.He does go over some interview questions and how to answer them.The main Takeaway, is that you have to know yourself, your strengths, and your weaknesses who you are. He has some good exercises to do at the beginning of the book to have you pinpoint your strength and weaknesses, and to answer the question who you are.

Book was as advertised.

The title of this review says it all, but I'll add a few comments regarding specific things that I liked and disliked in the book.My background: I've interviewed for a variety of positions in chemical engineering, hospitals, professional schools, and most recently the pharmaceutical industry. I've also interviewed and evaluated candidates in hospital settings.I purchased this book hoping to gain additional valuable insights to augment my past interview experiences, but I found the vast majority of advice in the book is either common sense to any experienced job seeker or too general to be especially helpful.POSITIVE ASPECTS-The recommendations for the dreaded "Tell me about yourself" question are spot on and detailed--easily the most valuable ~7 pages of the entire book.-Tips on analyzing one's strengths and past accomplishments should help new job seekers as they prepare for first-time professional interviews.-Easy read--most readers should be able to finish this over the course of an afternoon or less.NEGATIVE ASPECTS-Example responses--if actually repeated verbatim in an interview--would sound extremely artificial, robotic, and would definitely never land you a job. I understand that these only meant to serve as examples, but placing them in quotes may fool some readers into thinking that this is exactly what interviewers want to hear (to be fair, this is addressed in the book, but it's buried in the fine print).-As mentioned previously, this book contains a lot of common sense that most readers should (hopefully) know: bathe, wear a nice suit, maintain eye contact, be confident, research the company/position, match your strengths and skills to the position, answer the question that they ask you, don't ramble, etc.-Sometimes the book reads a bit too sarcastic and unprofessional. Passages such as "You Brought Your Cat. How Nice." and "You reek, bro!" don't really add to the credibility of the author.OVERALLDon't bother purchasing--you can download a free pdf version of an older edition of the same book (4th, 2000) that essentially covers the exact same points.

I got laid off from my company after 9 years. Even though I interviewed people before, I felt I was unprepared and I did not answer well when I landed two in person interviews, one with Boeing and another one with Gallup (the famous Strengthfinder interview they conduct). They both were structured interviews and they wanted to hear certain things from me and wanted me to give more examples, and that's was this book prepared me for. After studying the book, not reading it, I devised an interview strategy where I would have an answer ready with an example to show to every major question this book lists. For example, I had the same answer for the Accomplishment=Success=Growth type of question. Remember, you only have one hour to wow the interviewer or panel. I landed a third videocall interview (2 rounds) with a company, they were at the stage of offering me the position and I canceled my candidacy. Work on some weaknesses from that interview and it was good dry run oportunity. I had a fourth in person interview with a company, they offered the position, and I accepted. I feel like this book prepared me well. Buy the book, study it, skip the parts that don't pertain to you. Have a strategy, study the major interview questions, be positive and come across as outgoing, fun to be around and you will get the job. Good luck.