Phone Interview Questions...
And How To Give Your Best Answers

Below you'll find examples of phone interview questions you may be asked during a phone job interview, together with advice on how to answer them.

Follow this and our phone interview help and you'll feel positive and confident, willing that phone to ring so you can deliver a first-rate performance and win the face-to-face interview!

Types of Phone Interview Questions - Multiple Choice

Telephone interview questions are usually designed to narrow down a pool of applicants to a manageable size for interview, not to determine the best candidate.

Because of this, telephone interview questions are usually more general in nature than face-to-face job interview questions and sometimes even multiple choice.

Multiple choice interview questions will ask you, for example:

• "Do you strongly disagree, disagree, agree or strongly agree with the following statement: 'I have the killer instinct'".
• "Do you strongly disagree, disagree, agree or strongly agree with the following statement: 'I prefer to work on tasks on my own'".

These types of telephone interview questions try, at a very basic level, to ween out candidates wholly unsuitable for the job.

Our advice? Know the sort of person the interviewer is looking for and answer the interview question accordingly.

Types of Phone Interview Questions - Open Questions

If the phone job interview questions are not multiple choice, they are still likely to be more general than regular job interview questions because the level of detail is often not needed at this stage.

However, there is no harm in preparing for your phone interview as if it were the real thing. In fact, we would positively encourage it! After all, it's better to be over-prepared than under-prepared.

And what better way to prepare than by finding out the common job interview questions asked these days? In our Job Interview Guide you'll find more tips on preparing for phone interviews as well as 54 common job interview questions. There's even a bonus - "How To Avoid The 10 Most Critical Mistakes In Your Job Interview".

How Do I Answer Phone Job Interview Questions

Now you know the type of phone interview questions you'll be asked, take some time to prepare good answers. Our phone interview advice will show you what to say and how to say it.

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