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Originally Posted by Have Hope
I have to study my field & areas of knowledge IN-DEPTH before EVERY SINGLE interview.
They ask me test knowledge questions, success stories and details about what I've done to resolve let's say for example, technical issues on an ecommerce enterprise level website. Or, how exactly did you increase traffic for this one website, mentioned in your resume, and tell us the methods used. Or how do you optimize articles for SEO? Or, what are the latest Google algorithm updates and how do they affect SEO strategy? Or, tell us about an off-site linkbuilding strategy you used that worked well. Or, what are the upcoming trends to look out for, and how have you prepared for those in your work? I have to answer questions about what is included in a technical or on-page website audit - and I have to answer these in detail and 100% accurately.
It's not like interviewing for a teaching role. I have to have all of these types of answers at my fingertips for every single interview I conduct. I tailor my answers based on the employer's area of expertise.
I spent SIX-EIGHT hours prepping for my last interview.
And, yesterday's interview involved a question along the lines of: what would be your long-term strategy for a site of several thousand pages, that is a new website with no domain authority, and what would be your short-term strategy?
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I was just wondering. I asked because I didn’t know what they ask you.
Nothing to do with interviewing for a teaching role, which requires a lengthy interviewing process itself. Heck you have to pass psychological personality tests first, which are hours long. You aren’t even getting into first interview if you can’t pass psychologist test with a decent score. And in my specific role I need to know various (not just education related) state and federal laws and procedures and eligibility for every possible situation including change in procedures and every situation that I could possibly encounter.
I just think I either know it and can figure it out if I don’t know it, or I am going to flunk because I just don’t know enough. No one has 6 hours to study for anything. Especially if one has a job and looking for another. There are no extra 6 hours in a day.
I assumed (obviously incorrectly) that if you had something in a resume you should be able to answer it without having to study. Like what methods you used or how you increased traffic. I believe if it’s in my resume, I know it. If I don’t know it, I take it out of a resume. I understand you have a different approach and if it is working out, it’s all good.
But I get it. If you have to study, you study. It just seems kind of strange. I have family in all possible fields, including very technical. No one studies for hours for the first interview, especially if stuff is already in your resume. You either know or if you don’t. I understand studying about each company you are applying to, which could take maybe an hour of researching. But if it works for you then good luck