Here are the Top 15 HR Interview Questions with Answers:



1. Why should we hire you?:

>Sir, as I am a fresher, I need a platform to start my career. In addition to this, I have some some technical knowledge and lot of potential in me as well, that would help me to sustain in your organization. I will put all my efforts for the good progress of this organization. Being sincere and punctual, I can finish the work given to me on time and will surely try my best to fulfill all the needs for this company.

>Sir/madam Today Companies need some basic qualities in employee like dedication, hardworking and stable and I assure you I would work hard with full dedication and will be stable in your company. As a fresher after my graduation I would get a wonderful platform to enhance my skills.
I assure you if you give me the opportunity to work in your department I would give my best to the organization and will come up with all the expectation which you will require from me, and I assure you that I will never let you down and your company as well.

2. WHY DO YOU WANT TO WORK AT OUR COMPANY?

>As a fresher I need a platform to start my career. I have gone through your companies profile and learnt that your company encourages fresh talent and provides good work culture. By joining your company I get a good chance to work with skilled people which will help me to improve my practical knowledge.
I have good knowledge in C, Java etc. the skill set which matches your company’s requirement. If given a chance I would utilize my skills for company’s growth.

3. WHAT ARE YOUR GOALS?

>My short term goal is to get a job in a reputed company like yours and my long term goal is to become in a respectable position in that organization.

4. CAN YOU WORK UNDER PRESSURE?

>Yes Sir, I can work under pressure. The hidden quality of a person comes forward only when they work under pressure. So it will defi nitely boosts my confidence and ability to work in any situation.

>Yes Sir, I can work under pressure it’s a part of job. I think it’s helps to improve my ability and skills.

>Yes Sir I can definitely work under pressure because this is the time when the ability of a person is judged. During pressure I often produce better results than expected because I am a person who is calm and can transform such situation.
Thank you.

5. How do you feel about working in Night Shifts?

>Firstly I’m fresher and I have to learn more and your organization is best platform to start my career so no matter whether it is working nights or weekends. When company needs me at any time or any situation I will be there

>As a fresher I would think working at Weekends and nights as a additional opportunity to get proficiency in my field as soon as possible. So that I would really helpful to the organization in a better way in a short period of time.

>Honestly speaking. I would prefer to spend time with my family in weekends. I would complete the work on time so that there would be no need for me to work on weekends or nights. But if the company needs me I would always be there to serve my company at any time.

6. Are you willing to relocate?

>Yes Sir I am always ready to relocate because it would learn new things as I want to build my career as well as my knowledge along with the interacting new people and new culture.
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>Yes Sir I want to relocate. Due to this relocating we learn many things like cultures, languages, attitude of different people. Its a best option
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>Yes Sir, I will definitely like to relocate if my job offers me. As it helps us to learn and work with different environment. I believe that interacting with new people and adjusting will reveal our dedication and capability towards work and helps us to know many things. So I would like to relocate.
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>Yes, It is a good opportunity and I can adjust any environment and learn new things to interact with new people also culture.

7. WHAT ARE YOUR STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES

MY STRENGTHS ARE
Optimistic.
Flexibility
Quick learner.
Self motivated
I have the ability to work in team as well as individually.
I have good communication and excellent documentations and
reportify skills.
I am adaptable in any kind of environment
I am a quick learner from my mistakes and willing to be improved from those mistakes.
I try to balance success and failures in a balanced manner and I’m optimistic, I never lose hope. Eagerness to learn new technologies.
WEAKNESS
I am a bit traditional in my approach.
Can’t wait for any Thing, feeling like totally wasting of time.
I sometimes feel hard to say no to people.
If anybody ask for help I never say no.
My weakness is when I involve in any work I try to finish it as soon as possible and I do not care about my time. If anyone ask me to help I never negate them.
I can’t eat and sleep if I don’t finish my duties.
I will see for the 100% perfection, at sometimes it results in delay of work in time.
I don’t feel comfortable until I complete my work.
I try to finish two tasks at the same time.

8. HOW MUCH SALARY DO YOU EXPECT?

Sir, as I am fresher, I don’t have any idea, but I can trust you and confidently say that you will give me a salary as per my performance and industry standard and what I deserve.
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Sir, I am fresher, salary is not first priority for me. This is a big platform to start my career. So I also want to improve my knowledge and skills and gain experience.
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Sir, l’am a fresher and getting placed into a company like yours is itself an achievement for me. Salary to be payed to the employee de pends upon the company’s policy, I always honor and respect the decisions made by the company.
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Sir, as a fresher my first preference is to build my CV than to look for money. So I would be completely fine with the salary for fresher’s as per your company’s HR policy.
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Sir, money is important to me but what is more important is to gain knowledge, skills and experience. So, as a fresher I think I should be paid for what I deserve according to the qualifications and knowledge I have.

9. WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HARD WORK AND SMART WORK?

Hard work means more input less output. Smart work means less
input more output.
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Hard work Straight way to reach the goal. It needs like more
efforts, energy, timing etc.
Smart work : Short cut way to reach the goal. It needs perfect planning and less effort, energy, timing etc.
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For the interview, a person studying all technical and non technical side questions is hard work and a person studying only interview based questions is smart work.
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In order to get a job we must put our hard work, but to survive there we must require smart work.
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Hard work is putting your maximum into your job, while smart work is doing your job in most efficient manner.
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Hard work means doing work constantly but smart work means doing work constantly but with proper planning!
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We can say that Smart work is the last step and hard work is the first step towards success. But it is sure that nobody can reach at the last step without putting first step. So for smart work we need to do some hard work first.
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I think hard work gives experience & smart work needs experience. Clearly we should do hard work for experience & than use that experience to do smart work.
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When we apply our full strength and performance for a long time to achieve success, it is called hard work but when we reduce our time by doing logical smart thinking with our brain achieving the same goal, its called smart work.

10. GIVE ME AN EXAMPLE OF YOUR CREATIVITY.

Sir my creativity is that I try to solve every problem in every position by using my mind, experience and intelligence and I also try to give answer of any question in well way like here I am trying to give answer of all questions this is also example of my creativity.
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Creativity is doing normal day life activity in some different way to make use of the available resource. I personally done some creative thing like
1. Using debit card for drawing lines.
2. Using old cold drink bottles as pot for plants.
3. Using bulb for drawing engaged sheets during my college days. 4. Cooking food mixing 2-3 cuisines (sadly Maggie is banned).
5. Having altered rules of cricket ground for ease of playing. Creativity is just using common sense more commonly.
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Truth of life, if a man can do all thing and create new things with his idea’s but he had no degree or certificate is known as creativity.
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Creativity is nothing but seeing things in a different way. The same will be seen by you in one way and your friend in a different way. So, it all lies in the way you see it. If a thing is seen by all in same (or) similar way and if you see it slightly in a different way you call it as creativity.
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Creativity is nothing but doing ordinary things in a extra-ordinary way. If you have creativity, then there is no requirement of any degree or certificate because some pieces of paper doesn’t define your life and skills also.
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To be precise creativity is doing ordinary things in extraordinary
way.
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Creativity is that we create new things different from others with help of our mind
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Creativity is nothing but creating a situation from the existing one. So am interested in maths subject so when sir will explain one of the methods to solve the problem then I will try all the other methods to obtain the solution easily.

11. Being a Non-IT student, Why did you choose IT?

  • Software is the way the future seems to be going, with everything in our lives slowly shifting to the e-platform.

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  • Since the beginning of my graduation I developed my liking for IT and with time this inclination became stronger and today I have the chance to pursue my interest as my job , and that is why I want to join IT industry.

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During admission I didn’t get the opportunity to take up computer during subject choice so you went and took up mechanical/EE/ECE but my passion lied with computers. To prove this I have done various projects.

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When hardware hits software that’s innovation, precisely what I am trying to do.

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I was from electronics so I said that irrespective of the branch I have always been interested in coding. Subjects like DIP (digital image processing) have helped me gain understanding of coding (MATLAB)

Plus every branch is taught C and in some case C++

12. Where do you see yourself in the next five years?

I am still in the learning phase. But over the next few years, I would focus more on improving my skills, both on technological and leadership fronts and 5 years down the line, I would like to see myself in a position to propagate great innovative ideas and lead my team towards such ideas.

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In 5 years from now, I see myself as an knowledgeable and respected person in my company and I have an in-depth knowledge of the industry and the domain.

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In 5 years, I develop my knowledge in that career and achieve the target. Performing the daily task correctly. I truly believe is an approach to training will allow me to learn new skills and grow within this position.

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As a fresher, I look forward to learning new things and improving my knowledge. In five years I see myself as a responsible professional with great knowledge for the growth of the organization.

13. Do you have any questions for me?

How do you feel working with XXXX company?

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How is the work life balance?

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What are the new trending technologies that the company is working on?

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What is driving the company towards the top position among all other Tech giants?