Difficult Interview Questions & Answers

You did it! You reworked your résumé, perfected your cover letter, and landed the big interview. But walking through the door is only the beginning—especially if the interviewer throws some hard-hitting questions your way and you don’t know how to respond. “The interview is an elimination process,” says Dr. Thomas J. Denham, a career counselor at Careers in Transition, LLC, in Colonie, N.Y. “The employer is trying to weed out those who are not the most worthy of the position.” Here, Denham offers some advice on how to answer five of the toughest interview questions.





