Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Caroline Castrillon covers career, entrepreneurship and women at work. You know the signs. A racing heartbeat, sweaty palms and ...

Job interviews are nerve-wracking for any job seeker. Even if you spend hours preparing, you can never be certain you won’t be caught off-guard with a tough interview question — and it can be hard to ...

Did you freeze up the last time an interviewer opened a question with "Tell me about a time when…"? That's a behavioral interview question, and many interviewees find them tricky to handle. Job ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Rachel Wells is a writer who covers leadership, AI, and upskilling. Have you ever been left speechless at a job interview because ...

Not so much a question, as it is a requirement for an interview. Be sure to have a succinct elevator pitch ready to fire off that aptly describes your background. 2. What are your strengths? Instead ...

Don’t be stumped in your next job interview. These tips can help. By Bryan Clark In its simplest form, a job interview is an attempt to impress someone at the other end of the table. Your résumé and ...

Every company has a unique set of interview questions they use to determine how well job candidates would fit into a specific role. However, there are some questions that are pretty universal when ...

Welcome to Pressing Questions, Fast Company’s mini advice column. Twice a week, Deputy Editor Kathleen Davis, host of The New Way We Work podcast, will answer the biggest and most pressing workplace ...

You can’t control a lot of things about the application process—but you can control how well you prepare for the interview.

The job interview questions that seem the simplest on the surface are often the ones that make us stumble the most. One of them is "Why should we hire you?" — and candidates should always come ...

A career coach's blunt take on how to answer one of the most common job interview questions has drawn millions of views—and a flurry of diverse opinions—after going viral on TikTok. Anna Papalia, a ...