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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

This week’s Careers newsletter includes ways to manage stress and anxiety during a job interview, an interview with Colin ...

More than half of recruiters admit to asking this as a first question in an interview. This question is intended as an icebreaker but feels vague. Here’s what to say and what not to say. In a ...

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 ...

Articles about job interview questions abound; search “job interview questions” and Google lists 3.7 million results. (Second on the list is an article I wrote on the most common job interview ...

To stand out in today's job market, it's crucial to go "one step beyond" other candidates by polishing your personal narrative and preparing for tricky interview questions. Candidates who are able to ...

Once you have decided to launch a job search, the job interview is likely the most critical part of the process—potentially leading to a life-changing position. But when tricky or difficult questions ...