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When preparing for an interview, you want to put your best foot forward in selling your strengths, skills and background for the job. You also have to be ready to answer common interview questions ...

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 ...

Job interviews can be stressful enough without having to field questions that cross professional boundaries. Some questions aren’t just uncomfortable-they’re actually illegal for employers to ask.

You’re being interviewed for a job you really want and it’s going well. You’ve managed to keep calm, show off your skills and experience, and you can feel a rapport with the interviewer. But then, ...

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 ...

Kelli Valade wants to make sure all her new hires understand their weaknesses and have done their homework. Denny’s CEO Kelli Valade isn’t afraid to admit she’s always working to be better—and she ...