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Patterns in Interviews

The Arizona Republic has an article advising us to plan for the inevitable patterns that occur in job interviews.

It also offers advice on some of the most frequently used job-interview questions including:

  • What are your weaknesses?
  • Why do you want to work her?
  • Why did you leave your last job?
  • What are your career goals?
  • Tell us why we should hire you.

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A similar article distributed by Copley News Service lists five similar questions -- and notes that you'll get more than 800 hits if you use the search term "job interview" on Amazon.com.

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