Recently, ResumeDoctor.com surveyed over 2,000 recruiters and hiring managers
worldwide in order to find out what questions are most frequently asked during
job interviews. Participants came from a variety of industries, including information
technology, marketing and sales, finance, and healthcare.
# 15 – Are you willing to relocate?
Technological advancements and diminishing costs of
communications via email, Internet, video/phone
conferencing, etc. has reduced the necessity of the
business traveler. However, relocation and business
travel are still relevant issues that need to be
addressed. Employers require sincere and honest responses,
especially because of the magnitude of such a commitment. It
is not necessary for a candidate to offer justification or
personal reasons in their response to this question.
Ginna Yost, Sr. Technical Recruiter for Systems Engineering
Services in Atlanta, Georgia reveals that an interview
is more about the responses than the questions, "You can tell
a lot about a person by their answer. You can determine what
motivates them, how they handle pressure, their degree of
initiative, their passion for their job, if they prefer to
work independently, what they consider to be a challenge."
Ian Cuss from the recruiting firm Skillsgroup explains, "I tend to structure a
question in a way that is really several questions in one. Getting
behind the character of the candidate is the key. After all, they may
have the required skills but inevitably they will be working alongside
other people. I want to know how well will they fit in?"
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