HR Manager Interview Questions I HR Executive Interview Questions for MBA fresher

HR Manager Interview Questions I HR Executive Interview Questions

Tell me something about yourself in brief 

This is one of the most frequently asked questions during an HR round interview.

Ans:- 

“Thank you, Sir/Ma’am for this opportunity. I am from ABC City and belong to a nuclear family.

My father is a Central Government Employee and my mother is a Vice Principal at a private school.

My younger sister will appear on her ICSR 10 board this year.

We are a very close-knit family. On an individual front, I perceive myself as a confident, conscientious, and hardworking individual.

I carry out any task assigned to me without hesitation, provided the instructions are clear. In the case of doubts, I never hesitate to put forth my questions.

I have always been a fast learner, and I love to keep up my process of learning to figure out better ways of solving problems.

Moreover, I love to compete with my own past performances than competing with my peers, as I believe that improvement is always better than perfection!”

Don’t make the mistake of sharing too much personal information in any of your HR interview questions and answers round.

Some tips to answer this question:

• Do not ask the interviewer what he wants to know about you. You may be asking genuinely, but that just sounds rude.
• Do not speak what is already there in the resume. The interviewer wants to know what they have not seen on the resume. And do not speak about anything personal.
• Introduce yourself by including certain adjectives like problem-solving, innovation and tech-savvy, creative, quick learner, etc. that best describe you in your professional life to boost your chances.
• Cover what you have accomplished in your career and what work you have done in the past which can help you excel in the position that you are being interviewed for.
• You can also tell why you want the position and how the job is going to be perfect for you.
• Focus only on your strengths that are relatable to the work.

Describe who you are or Tell me about your background

In a job interview, you can be asked to describe who you are, Describe yourself in one word or Describe yourself in 3 words, but all such questions essentially mean that you talk about your skills and qualities.

Ans:-1

“I am a MBA in HR/B. Com in Economics. I also have an MBA or I have completed a certification course in Digital Marketing from ABC Academy.

What else would you like to know?”

ANS:-2

“I have worked on independent project work with 2 other students on Soft Skills.

I have also participated in several paper presentations on Business Communication.”

What are your strengths and weaknesses?

Some tips to answer this question:

• Be honest.
• Start by stating the strongest skills and qualities that can be a great match for the job role.
• Be ready with the backup claim for each of the strengths that you mention. Hence, avoid speaking of the strengths that you do not possess.
• Do not tell any weakness that can potentially jeopardize your candidature.
• Do not mention more than 2 weaknesses and always mention how you are working on improving them.
• Do not tell cheesy, cliché answers like “I am a perfectionist which is both my strength and my weakness”.

This is a very common question asked by HR personnel to candidates.

Remember that interviewers these days hardly ever get impressed by flowery responses.

So be careful while tackling this one.

Ans:-1

“I have several strengths namely – I am patient, committed, honest, and self-motivated.

I am the biggest dreamer I have ever come across! I forgive easily and hate to keep grudges in my heart.

My greatest weakness is that I don't like getting interrupted when I am seriously into something.

Another one of my weaknesses is that I trust people very easily.

As I already said, I am a very patient person, so I am actively working on this lacuna.”

 

Ans:-2

 

 

“I am impatient which is the reason why I am a quick learner.

But I honestly believe that being impatient is a real weakness.

I expect my team members to prove themselves and start delivering on the very first assignment.

In case a particular resource fails, I have a tendency to stop delegating work to them and pick up projects on my own.

I am working on this attitude and in my previous organizations, my peers helped me cope with this to a great extent.

To compensate for my own weakness, I prep my people with my exact expectations.

Then I give them a complete scope of the assignment followed by various “checkpoint” dates, where they can update me about their progress, with a demo/presentation if applicable.

In my previous job as a Project Manager, I was handling a 15-member team of both individual contributors and business managers like lawyers, Web Designers, Graphic Designers, SEO/SEM Consultants, Editors, Writers, and Callers.

I used to break the entire task down into manageable chunks for each employee, followed by stringent timelines about when they would circle back to me.

Ans:- 3

I think one of my greatest strengths is that I am a great team player. I am also a self-motivated and quick-learning individual. Whatever task that I set to do, I always give my best and complete it diligently and well in advance. My weakness would be that I am learning to master people skills while meeting new individuals. I get nervous while talking to new people. I have been working on this for quite a long time and I can say with utmost confidence that I have come a long way.

What is your greatest fear?

Remember that this is a stress test question.

Don’t simply talk about your weaknesses, your interviewer genuinely wants you to talk about your loopholes!

Ans:1

“You might think that since I have never worked in my life, and this is only my first job, my inexperience is my weakness.

But I beg to differ. I am a fast learner and very open-minded.

I assure you that I do not carry any preconceived notions regarding how I feel I should perform my job.”

 

Ans:2

“I work too hard sometimes and care too much about my work. I take my tasks back home and work even during the weekends.

You can call me a workaholic, but my family always points out that this is not right.

Slowly and steadily I am realizing that speed and working smartly is the key.

So, I have begun to reach out to my colleagues for ready-to-use workarounds so that I can give more time to my family.”

If you are allowed to change one thing about your last job, what would it be?

Ans:

I have been working at a senior level for the last many years. These roles have always needed me to make real-time decisions. Sometimes the facts, figures, and other information in real time cases are not complete & still, we have to make a decision. In such cases, there exists a probability of making inaccurate decisions.

Knowing this, I usually run down my old decisions to see the outcome. It makes sure that I don’t repeat a mistake ever again in the future. While carrying out one such exercise, I realized that the product promotion strategy that I recommended would have been different, if I had had the complete data and figures but there was no way to get them in real-time.

What is your experience with cost reduction efforts?

Ans:1

: I have extensive experience with cost reduction. In my current position as an HR manager, I was appointed as head of the new training program. The previous program was becoming out of date, and it was found that it was not very efficient for its set price. Through extensive research, I discovered a new software program that would provide training for various employees at their then-current levels. I presented this information to the supervisor, and once the software was implemented, it helped to increase employee productivity by 25 percent.

What do you like least about the world of human resources?

Everyone has parts of their job they aren’t crazy about. However, it’s important to avoid coming across as overly negative or unwilling. If you don’t like recruiting, for example, you shouldn't say “I hate recruiting” and leave it at that. Instead, you might want to say something more along the lines of “Recruiting isn’t my passion, but I know what an important role it plays in a company’s success so I don’t mind taking it on as one of my responsibilities.”

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