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Best Interview Questions for Freshers with Answers | iSmartRecruit

Hiring new people is always been challenging work for HR professionals. Though recruitment is a long chain on processes each process is interconnected. Interview management can refer to the most lively process as it includes both the parties - Candidates and Interviewers.

If you are running a start-up and going to do your first hiring, you would probably need a fresher - who can work passionately and with complete dedication. To find this kind of candidates nowadays is a bit difficult task.

Here are the best interview questions that you can ask your fresher candidate.

Question 1. Introduce yourself:

This is one of the most common questions asked during an interview. Your candidate can highlight his qualification achievements, previous roles, skills of expertise, etc.

Question 2. What are your strengths and weaknesses?

If you are asking this question to your candidate, be specific with their roles and responsibilities. Some candidates showcase their personal strengths and weaknesses which could be irrelevant for this job.

Question 3. How will you overcome your weaknesses?

This kind of question can show their enthusiasm for changing their bad habits or lacking points. If a candidate is willing to turn his weaknesses into strengths, he can answer this very positively.

Question 4. What are your hobbies?

The purpose of asking this question is to know more about your candidates’ mindset and personality.

Question 5. Where do you see yourself in 5 years from now?

Your candidate has to be optimistic and ambitious. If your candidate is not that excited about his future, he can not bring the change in your organization with his hiring!!!

Question 6. Why should we hire you?

This is also one of the most important questions you can ask your candidates during an interview. Your candidate can answer this question in such a way that you can find him more reliable and productive.

So these were some of the best interview questions you can ask your candidate if they are just starting with their career or fresher.

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