3. What do you look for in a job? Keep your answer oriented toward the opportunities at the organization and don't overemphasize salary. • Talk about your desir

3. What do you look for in a job?
Keep your answer oriented toward the opportunities at the organization and don't overemphasize salary.
• Talk about your desire to perform and be recognized for contributions.
• Orient your answer toward opportunities rather than personal security.

4. How long would it take you to make a meaningful contribution to our firm?
• Be realistic. Say that, while you would expect to meet pressing demands and pull your own weight from the first day, it might take six months to a year before you could expect to know the organization and its needs enough to make a major contribution.

5. If you could start your career (or education) over again what would you do differently?
The best answer is, “Not a thing” or something minor. Don't say "I should have majored in computer science."
• You should try to present yourself as a person who is happy with your life.
• You’ve enjoyed its ups and learned from its downs.
• You would not, as a result, want to change things that brought you to where you are today.
• You are excited by the challenges of the future.

6. How successful do you think you have been so far?
Say that, all in all, you're happy with the way your career or education has progressed.
• Given the normal up and downs of life, you feel that you've done quite well and expect to continue to succeed in the future.
• Present a positive and confident picture of yourself, but don't overstate your case. An answer like "Everything is wonderful; I'm overjoyed!" is likely to make an interviewer wonder whether you are trying to fool him or yourself. The most convincing confidence is quiet confidence.

7. What do you like most and least about your current position (or internship or other work experience)?
Be careful and be positive. Describe more features that you liked than disliked.
• Don't cite personality problems.
• If you make your job experience sound terrible, an interviewer may wonder why you've remained there until now, or whether you have an attitude problem that would likely show up on a new job, too.