While there are several questions that crop up time and time again in job interviews, you just never quite know what you’re going to be asked on the day.
Some people will thrive on the spot and be able to craft illuminating answers to anything thrown their way, but others may find themselves struggling to articulate what they want to say, overcome by stress or anxiety.
In a bid to try and make the interview process fairer for everybody, the John Lewis Partnership (John Lewis and Waitrose) has shared interview questions for all job levels online so that a candidate’s performance isn’t impacted by nerves.
The company claims this move will give them the best chance to find the right person for the role. They add that applicants will also be asked follow-up questions, so the procedure will still be ‘rigorous’ and that they won’t know which order questions will be asked …