Behavioral interview questions such as "What motivates you to do a good job?" give hiring managers a window into a candidate's personality, priorities and values. In formulating your answer, reflect ...

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During a job interview, you will always be asked why you are looking. There are different potential versions of this question: “Why are you making a change?” “Why are you leaving your company?” “Why ...

At first glance, the popular interview question “Why should we hire you?” sounds similar to “Why do you want to work here?” but the shift in perspective requires a shift in your response because ...

You can prepare all you want for a job interview, but still be asked a curveball question that leaves you stumped for how to answer. Should you say “I don’t know” when you actually don’t know? The ...

Mark Mensheha, Director, National News Desk, American City Business Journals Aug 25, 2025, 8:39am CDT Julie Jones Julie Jones is founder and CEO of Today’s Professionals Consulting & Development. The ...

Job interview questions pretty much all feel like minefields where one poorly chosen word or awkward pause blows the entire thing. Most of us know that honesty, or at least complete honesty, isn't the ...

Dan Porter, CEO of Overtime, asks one common question to differentiate a good potential employee from a bad one during a job ...