Human Resources Questions

“What was the toughest decision you ever had to make?” that means they want to gauge your ability of decision even if there is really hard to choose between any two.

They want to hear on what circumstances what will be your priorities and values you take while taking a decision which can effect a lot and most important to it.

Your decision skills are shown to interviewer that you answer will reflect. You must be accurate in your answer and try to explain the conditions and evidences upon which you taken such decision. Also you can tell how those decisions are beneficial for you in further life.

Best Answer for “What was the toughest decision you ever had to make?”

There are 2 toughest decisions that I ever made in my life.

The first one is about to choose my career. I want to be an engineer but my parents planned for me something else because of financial problems. At that time this decision was toughest for me to choose parents planned career path or my own. But I go against to my parents path and tried my best to get the scholarship from college, which I also did giving my best performance.

Second decision that I have taken is to choose between job and higher studies. In this I have chosen to do job only. I have to learn more within the job and get an experience in my field. I also want to emphasize my skills and gain more knowledge in reputed company.

Best Answer for "How would you improve upon our product/ company?"

Since I’d be coming from an altogether new environment, I am bound to possess a new perspective towards everything here including the company, product, customers, environment, strategy etc. This will enable me to constructively question things which anyone else here might not do. This will help in improving the things and making the product & company better.

Having worked closely with product development team I understand how the research for product development is carried out and how is customer requirement analysed; I’d be able to provide a value addition there too.

If I am chosen for this position, I’ll use my first 30 days in understanding my role carefully in terms of the contribution to the industry and increasing the overall profitability. I’ll sit with my line manager and other juniors to realize what has already been finished and what its impact has been. From there on, I’ll formulate my strategy to development in close conjunction with managers and see that it is perfectly implemented.

Good Answer for "What changes would you make if you came on board?"

There are so many experienced persons in board. May be they know something better than me. So I respect their ideas. There is much difference between changing and updating. Where changing results good outcome with bad. And whereas updating results more productivity and innovative thoughts. So first I will go for updating results and after that If I feel that change is inevitable than first of all I understand the company goals and environment, if there is any changes needed than I will change by taking suggestions from the respected experienced person for effective results. Apart from that if no changes needed than I will give my best to the company as a board member....

HR-Human Resources:

To be a good HR person we need to have excellent  communication skills,interpersonal skills, good friendly attitude, talkative, decision-making skills etc.

An HR is the backbone of a  company. Right from recruiting the suitable person to training and then efficiency appraisal and then compensation and then exit interview...everything every step involves an HR.

So, if you wish to be a soul of the company not just a part of it, you should be an HR.

Always prioritize by what's most important to what is less important to us to reach our goals as soon as possible.

State that you are quite happy with your career progress barring few mistakes that could be avoided. Highlight some of mistakes you committed and how you have rectified them. While answering, you should take all responsibilities for where you are, how you’ve gotten there, where you are going…and you harbor no regrets.

The purpose of this question is to check your adaptability and flexibility. Did you feel victimized?

Answer this question by mentioning the change that was made but the main focus should be on how you adjusted in that situation and the results you achieved afterwards.

For example you can say something like, “Being an early joiner in the marketing team, I opened a lot of new customer accounts. Over the time the team grew and we had more people in the team opening more accounts. At one point of time, we had to re-distribute the accounts area wise so that a particular territory can be allotted to each one of us. This re-distribution meant loss of my high performing accounts and a requirement to develop new accounts in the assigned territory. Initially, it looked difficult but I could understand the need for this re-distribution and saw more opportunities for the company and myself. I introduced my colleagues to the old accounts I held and started strategizing for better ways to tap the new territory. Within 6 months, I could develop 50 new accounts with the help of new strategy. Usually we would achieve this result in 9 months to a year.”