How to know before an internship interview
INTERNSHIP Interview Questions And Answers! (How To PASS a JOB INTERN Interview!)
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hello there my name is richard mcmahon
from the interview training company
passmyinterview.com
and in this tutorial i'm going to teach
you how to prepare for and pass an
internship interview
now regardless of the company that you
are being interviewed for please do make
sure you watch this tutorial from
beginning to end because i promise you
it is going to make a massive difference
to your preparation and your performance
at the intern interview
now this is what i'm going to cover
during this training tutorial and these
are the reasons why you should watch it
from beginning to end i'm going to give
you some brilliant tips for passing your
intern interview i will also give you a
number of sample internship interview
questions these are the common questions
that are being asked during intern
interviews right now i will also give
you suggested answers to those common
internship interview questions i will
also tell you the qualities
that the interviewer is looking for now
the qualities that you need to
demonstrate during your intern interview
are entirely different to the ones that
you would give during a regular job
interview and also i will tell you three
questions that you need to ask at the
end of your internship interview now
before i get into all of that i just
want to give you a very warm welcome to
this internship interview training
tutorial
as i say my name is richard mcmahon
that's me there in the center and i've
been helping people for about 20 years
now to pass their interviews and i'm
going to do that during this tutorial by
giving you top scoring internship
interview questions and answers please
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very much indeed so let's get into the
internship interview questions and
answers tutorial
now the first thing that i need to cover
is those all-important qualities so what
are the qualities that the interviewer
is looking for from people at internship
interviews first of all an enthusiasm
for the internship so
some people think i've just got to go
through this intern i don't really want
it but you're going to be different you
need to show a high level of enthusiasm
remember they are taking you on they
don't need to do that but they are
taking you on
and they want to see that you are
therefore enthusiastic for this
internship
also a willingness to learn whilst you
are there now during some of the answers
that i'm going to give you in a second
we are going to tell the interviewer how
willing you are to learn whilst you are
there within the internship also they
are looking for team working
capabilities the fact that you are going
to get involved with the other members
of their already established team during
the internship and learn from other
people you also need to demonstrate you
have a passion for your future career
a passion for your future career and
also we want to demonstrate the
qualities of professionalism and
punctuality
um you know you need to be able to
demonstrate all of these different
qualities during your internship
interview so how do we do that well
let's get into the internship interview
questions and answers please take notes
as i go along so i'm going to give you
the intern question i'm then going to
give you a tip or a couple of tips for
answering it and i will then give you an
example internship interview question
response so the first one is tell me a
bit about yourself so this will be the
first question during your intern
interview so we want to get off
on a positive footing so my tips in your
answer to this question show you are a
passionate person who wants to build the
solid foundations for a future career
show you are an active person and that
you have a desire to continually learn
and develop
so those are the things that we want to
cover in our answer so here we go here
is my suggested answer to the internship
interview question tell me a bit about
yourself
i believe i am an enthusiastic person
who genuinely wants to develop the
necessary skills and qualities to have a
successful career and future i am
genuinely a positive person i keep
myself active and i want to learn from
more experienced people than myself so i
can build the necessary work qualities
and traits that are attractive to future
hiring managers i am someone who
understands you have to work hard to
achieve what you want in life
and i feel that by undertaking my
internship with your company it will
allow me to build the foundations
necessary for a successful future career
that is a brilliant answer to that very
first internship interview question tell
me a bit about yourself
the second question that i want you to
prepare for is why do you want to intern
here so why do you want to come to this
company for your internship
so couple of tips give reasons that are
attractive to the interviewer so think
about them in your response
so the reasons might be
that you want to develop a strong work
ethic you want to improve teamworking
skills and also learn from more
experienced members of staff in a
company that is aligned to your own
future career goals so these are really
good reasons to give for the intern
interview question why do you want to
intern here here is my suggested answer
i want to intern here primarily for
three reasons firstly i feel your
business is aligned to my future career
goals and i will get to learn invaluable
skills that will help me in the future
secondly
it is clear you have a wealth of
experience at this company and you have
strong work values and ethics i want to
use my time wisely during the internship
and get as much out of it as possible if
i undertake my intern here i am
confident that will happen finally one
of the main reasons for undertaking this
internship is i want to develop the
necessary work skills and values to
excel in my future career
working here will allow me to develop
those skills and values for sure another
great answer
to another internship interview question
which is why do you want to intern here
and i like the fact that you are really
showing a level of passion there those
all important qualities that i spoke
about at the beginning you are
demonstrating them there and also you
were explaining that they have a wealth
of experience they've got strong work
values and ethics and you want those
as part of your core attributes for the
future
next question that we want to prepare
for is what are your strengths and
weaknesses now this is a difficult
question we can all give off a number of
strengths that are attractive to a
hiring manager or interviewer but it's
the weakness one that we have to be
careful with
so my tip for you when responding to
this intern interview interview question
what your strengths and weaknesses is
give three strengths and just one
weakness
so good strengths to give are the fact
that you are organized you are
self-motivated which means you don't
need much supervision and you have a
passion for learning those are three
really good strengths to give now when
you give your weakness
tell the interviewer you are trying to
improve on that weakness but don't give
them a weakness that could be damaging
to your chances of getting this
internship
so here is my suggested answer
my weakness is i sometimes spend too
much time on the details
which can slow me down when trying to
get things completed quickly
the weakness is borne out of simply
wanting to do a perfect job but i am
learning to get things finished faster
while still maintaining high standards
my strengths include the fact i am very
well organized and i can plan my work
accordingly i am also self-motivated and
i don't need much supervision and i also
have a natural passion for continuous
learning and development that is a
brilliant answer and what you will
notice about my response there is i give
the weakness first and i finish with my
strengths and i think that's important
because you are finishing on a high
so we have basically turned around the
question we are giving them the weakness
and then the three strengths
that's a very powerful answer next
interview question for your internship
interview how would your friends
describe you in three words now this is
a tricky one because again we could all
say
my friends think that i'm you know very
positive enthusiastic i am great
but here's my tip for answering this
question be honest in your answer you
don't have to give three brilliant words
you could actually give two positive
words or traits that your friends would
describe you by
but then give them one that identifies
you are willing to learn let me give you
two answers to this question how would
your friends describe you in three words
i believe they would describe me as
someone who is honest
someone who is loyal and also possibly
someone who can be sensitive at times my
sensitivity is a positive trait in many
ways as it means i genuinely care about
my family my colleagues and also my
friends here is
answer option number two i feel they
would describe me as hard-working
someone who is conscientious and also
someone who has high levels of integrity
i like to do things the right way and
also believe you only get what you want
in life through hard work dedication and
commitment so two really good answers
there and you can pick which one is
applicable to um what your friends would
say about you
next internship
question that i want you to prepare for
is what do you plan to do during your
internship
so my tip for this is show the
interviewer you have a plan in place
already of what you intend to do whilst
you're there now this shows you are
organized and that you want to get the
most out of your time whilst with the
company so you are not just going
through the motions i've got to do an
internship you are looking to get as
much out of it as possible and you have
a plan in place so that's the important
word i want to say yes i've got a plan
in place and this is what i intend to do
so here is my suggested answer to the
internship interview question what do
you plan to do during your time here i
plan to get the most out of my time with
your company during this internship in
three ways i want to first and foremost
contribute to your company by being
productive and helping the team where
possible
i also plan to learn from you how this
industry works and what has made you
successful as a company finally i plan
to learn invaluable work skills and
values that will help me throughout my
future career so you can write down
those words that i've put in capitals
which combine your plan of what you are
going to do during your internship
next question is
what are your plans after you finish
this internship and you graduate from
school
so my tip for this is unless you have
definitive plans to work elsewhere say
you are open to working for their
organization in a specific role
now it often happens that interns end up
back at the company they completed their
internship with and there's nothing
wrong with saying i'm open to that
because then that shows
that there's a benefit to them that if
you are really good during your
internship there might be a an
opportunity for you later on once you
graduate so here is my suggested answer
to this internship interview question to
be truthful with you i am very much open
to working here for your company in the
role of and then you would insert the
job title
i carried out my research before
applying for this internship and you are
clearly a forward-thinking and
innovative company who has very high
standards and ambitious plans for the
future this is an industry that excites
me and i think it has a great future
ahead providing you are happy with my
performance during the internship and
there is space for me here i would very
much like to get my career underway with
your company if the opportunity arises
so that is attractive to them so what i
do with a lot of my suggested answers is
that i look
to add a benefit to the interviewer and
that's what you are doing there there is
a possibility that if they're happy with
you and you like it as well that you
would work for them because why would
they not want you if you are really good
during the internship and you show a
great work ethic high standards and
you're willing to learn from others then
why wouldn't they want you back because
they know what you're like so questions
to ask in your internship interview
because they will say do you have any
questions for us here's three brilliant
questions to ask at the end of your
internship interview
so what plans do you have for me during
this internship obviously you already
told them what you would like to do
so you are now asking what would they
like you to do so what plans do they
have for you
second question in your experience how
can i get the most out of my time here
during the internship so they will have
had many other people there during
interns
um and they will be saying
you know this is what you need to do
during your time there so that
demonstrates that you really do want to
get the most out of your time and you're
asking for their help in their
experience how could you get the most
out of your time and finally what the
future plans for your company over the
next five to ten years or so that shows
that you're interested in what they're
doing and moving forward and again you
are willing to learn as you go along now
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